Travel Nurse RN - NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care - $2,570 per week

Cross Country Nurses is seeking a travel nurse RN NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care for a travel nursing job in Fargo, North Dakota.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 09/28/2026
• Duration: 12 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours
• Employment Type: Travel

Job Summary:
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Registered Nurse (RN) position in Fargo, North Dakota. This role involves delivering specialized nursing care to neonatal patients in a Level III NICU, including assessments, procedures, and monitoring. The position requires a caring and skilled RN committed to providing high-quality neonatal care in a dynamic clinical environment.

Job Details:

• Location: Fargo, ND
• Schedule: 12-hour rotating day/night shifts, with every other weekend working
• Minimum Hours Per Week: 36 hours
• Start Date: 08/31/2026
• Required Qualifications:
  • Active North Dakota RN license and willingness to obtain compact license if applicable
  • Active Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, American Heart Association required
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification required
  • Minimum of 2 years neonatal nursing experience
  • Experience with Epic (OneChart) charting system highly preferred
  • Level III NICU experience required
  • Ability to perform neonatal assessments and care for IVs, umbilical lines, CPAP, Nasal Cannula, medications, feeds, and G-tubes
  • Able and willing to float to Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Pediatric (PEDS) departments within scope
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience with procedures such as intubation, spinal taps, PICC line placement, and high-frequency ventilators
  • Knowledge of neonatal equipment, including ventilators, nitric oxide, MedFusion pumps, and Spacelab monitors
• Additional Information:
  • Training and orientation include two days of Epic charting with a buddy system for unit norms and patient assessments to determine safe scope of practice
  • Unit comprises 40 beds with a nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:1 to 1:2 for critical infants, and 3:1 for feeding and growing infants
  • Scrub color requirement: Child-friendly scrubs with role-specific colored pants
  • Must badge in and out at the facility and adhere to float requirements to PICU and PEDS departments

Benefits
The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits

Posted Date: 2026-08-25

Cross Country Job ID #1293796. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Registered Nurse / Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

About Cross Country Nurses

Benefits

• 401k retirement plan
• Referral bonus