Travel Nurse RN - NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care - $3,261 per week

Bestica is seeking a travel nurse RN NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care for a travel nursing job in Lubbock, Texas.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty : NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care
• Discipline : RN
• Start Date : 11 / 30 / 2025
• Duration : 13 weeks
• 48 hours per week
• Shift : 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type : Travel

3062399

Years of Experience :

Patient Ratio Experience :

1 : 2-4

Charting System : Required, Epic

Will position float between units : Yes

Is on-call required? No

Are weekends required? Yes PRN

Are block schedules required? Yes

What are expected ratios? 1 : 2-4

Special requirements : Needs NICU experience (minimum 2 years); may require float to PICU / pedi if not needed in NICU

Are 48 hours approved : Yes

Certfications : Certs marked with

BLS, NRP Advanced

Skills : Skills marked with

IV therapy

Administration of blood & blood products

Arterial line management

Central line blood draw

Central Line / Implanted Line Care

Starting and maintaining IVs

UAC (Umbilical Artery Catheter)

UVC (Umbilical Vein Catheter)

Medications / Emergency Medications

Anti-Seizure Medications

Antibiotics / Antivirals

IV vasopressors

Neonatal Dosage Calculations

Steroids

Surfactants

Professional Topic and Skills

APGAR scoring

Developmental Care

Patient / family teaching

Phlebotomy

Thermoregulation

Neurologic

Assist with lumbar puncture

Intracranial Pressure Monitoring

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Seizure disorders

Therapeutic hypothermia (cooling blanket)

Ventricular Peritoneal (VP) Shunts

Endocrine / Metabolic

Blood glucose monitoring

Hyperbilirubinemia

Insulin administration

Phototherapy

Gastrointestinal

Breastfeeding Support / Handling of Breast Milk

Colostomy / Ileostomy care

Feedings (bottle, breast, gavage)

Gastroschisis / Omphalocele

Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)

Placement / Management of oral / nasogastric / nasojejunal tubes

Post Abdominal Surgery

Respiratory

Bubble CPAP

High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)

High Frequency Ventilation

Management of Chest Tubes

Meconium Aspiration

Nitric Oxide (INo)

Oscillators

Oxygen Delivery Systems

Respiratory distress syndrome

Suctioning (ETT, NT)

Tracheostomy care / management

Ventilator management (AC / PC / SIMV / CPAP / BIPAP / PEEP)

Cardiovascular

Invasive Hemodynamic monitoring

Telemetry -on the unit monitoring

Infectious Disease

Isolation Precautions

Neonatal Sepsis

Sepsis Work Up

Work Settings

Level 1 Nursery

NICU II

NICU III

NICU IV

Patient Types

Neonates < 24-28 weeks

Neonates >

34 weeks

Neonates 29-34 weeks

3062399

Years of Experience :

2 year(s)

Patient Ratio Experience :

1 : 2-4

Charting System : Required, Epic

Will position float between units : Yes

Is on-call required? No

Are weekends required? Yes PRN

Are block schedules required? Yes

What are expected ratios? 1 : 2-4

Special requirements : Needs NICU experience (minimum 2 years); may require float to PICU / pedi if not needed in NICU

Are 48 hours approved : Yes

Certfications : Certs marked with

BLS, NRP Advanced

Skills : Skills marked with

IV therapy

Administration of blood & blood products

Arterial line management

Central line blood draw

Central Line / Implanted Line Care

Starting and maintaining IVs

UAC (Umbilical Artery Catheter)

UVC (Umbilical Vein Catheter)

Medications / Emergency Medications

Anti-Seizure Medications

Antibiotics / Antivirals

IV vasopressors

Neonatal Dosage Calculations

Steroids

Surfactants

Professional Topic and Skills

APGAR scoring

Developmental Care

Patient / family teaching

Phlebotomy

Thermoregulation

Neurologic

Assist with lumbar puncture

Intracranial Pressure Monitoring

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Seizure disorders

Therapeutic hypothermia (cooling blanket)

Ventricular Peritoneal (VP) Shunts

Endocrine / Metabolic

Blood glucose monitoring

Hyperbilirubinemia

Insulin administration

Phototherapy

Gastrointestinal

Breastfeeding Support / Handling of Breast Milk

Colostomy / Ileostomy care

Feedings (bottle, breast, gavage)

Gastroschisis / Omphalocele

Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)

Placement / Management of oral / nasogastric / nasojejunal tubes

Post Abdominal Surgery

Respiratory

Bubble CPAP

High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)

High Frequency Ventilation

Management of Chest Tubes

Meconium Aspiration

Nitric Oxide (INo)

Oscillators

Oxygen Delivery Systems

Respiratory distress syndrome

Suctioning (ETT, NT)

Tracheostomy care / management

Ventilator management (AC / PC / SIMV / CPAP / BIPAP / PEEP)

Cardiovascular

Invasive Hemodynamic monitoring

Telemetry -on the unit monitoring

Infectious Disease

Isolation Precautions

Neonatal Sepsis

Sepsis Work Up

Work Settings

Level 1 Nursery

NICU II

NICU III

NICU IV

Patient Types

Neonates < 24-28 weeks

Neonates >

34 weeks

Neonates 29-34 weeks

About Bestica

We are a trusted provider of solutions in Information Technology and Healthcare sectors to the DoD, Federal and Commercial markets. Our guiding principle and core values help us care for our people and the community; and build a culture of excellence which in turn helps us achieve our organizational objective of exceeding customer’s expectations in each and every project. Headquartered in San Antonio, TX, we were founded in 2005 and are certified as an  8(a) Business.