Registered Nurse NICU Market Float Pool
You'll float between locations across the Austin, TX metro area.
- Shift and hours
- Rotating Schedule: Rotating l PRN
- Unit and setting
- NICU Department: NICU Nurse Staffing
- License
- RN license
- Term
- Per Diem Schedule: Rotating l PRNPRN
Do you qualify?
- Certification
- NRP certification NRP Certification required.
- Certification
- BLS within 30 days of hire
- Education
- Nursing diploma from an accredited school, or required professional licensure at time of hire Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing OR Required professional licensure at time of hire.
- Experience
- Two years of recent NICU nursing experience Minimum of two years of recent NICU nursing experience demonstrating clinical competency across diverse, high-acuity patient populations.
- Also asks
- Proven autonomous care in multi-unit, float or resource team work Proven ability to successfully navigate and provide autonomous direct care in a multi-unit, float, or resource team environment.
Preferred
- Certification
- PALS
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Pays above most Texas PRN rolesTexas PRN postings that state pay run $31/hr to $70/hr, the middle half $40/hr to $55/hr, across 369 postings.
- Also stated
- $60/hr
The role and schedule
- Floating
- Floats across Austin-area locations Will float across various locations in the Austin, TX Metro area
- Day to day
- Direct patient care across diverse specialty units Deliver high-quality, compassionate direct patient care across diverse specialty units
- Travel
- Works across multiple Austin-area locations
The workplace
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Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
NICU / Neonatal Residencies hire in directly, and the unit's level sets the work.
Original listing
Posted on Ascension’s careers page.
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- Department
- NICU Nurse Staffing
- Schedule
- Rotating l PRN
Deliver high-quality, compassionate direct patient care across diverse specialty units in adherence to all established organizational protocols. Implement and continuously monitor patient care plans, ensuring the accurate and timely execution of physician and nursing orders. Coordinate all aspects of a patient's journey by serving as the central link for communication and assessment among all disciplines within the healthcare team. Communicate and meticulously record all patient conditions, observations, and interventions to ensure a seamless, well-coordinated care plan.
Licensure / Certification / Registration
BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted. NRP Certification required. Pediatric Advanced Life Support preferred. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.
Education
Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing OR Required professional licensure at time of hire. Minimum of two years of recent NICU nursing experience demonstrating clinical competency across diverse, high-acuity patient populations. Proven ability to successfully navigate and provide autonomous direct care in a multi-unit, float, or resource team environment.
What's around it?
Austin, TXFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 2% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,729/mo
- Household income
- $93,658/yr, all local households, not nurse pay