RN Specialty Neonatal
Little Rock, Arkansas
The Neonatal Nurse is a Registered Nurse who provides nursing care to infants that suffer from medical complications soon after birth, ranging from congenital defects and surgical problems to prematurity. Baptist Health Arkansas is hiring for its own floors, with no agency in between.
- Shift and hours
- Night · 7p-7a Shift: Night Working Hours: 7p-7a72 hours bi-weekly
- Unit and setting
- Neonatal Intensive Care · Hospital
- License
- RN license A new RN graduate from an accredited nursing program or Registered Nurse in good standing and licensed to practice in the state of Arkansas.Registered Nurse license in good standing to practice in Arkansas
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed A new RN graduate from an accredited nursing program or Registered Nurse in good standing and licensed to practice in the state of Arkansas.
- License
- Registered Nurse license in good standing to practice in Arkansas Check your license
- Certification
- Healthcare CPR Healthcare CPR required.
- Certification
- ACLS, PALS, and/or NALS as required by area (training provided) Some areas may require ACLS, PALS and/or NALS; training is provided.
- Education
- graduate from an accredited nursing program
Preferred
- Education
- BSN BSN preferred.
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questionsAround graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
The role and schedule
- Patients
- infants with medical complications soon after birth, including congenital defects, surgical problems, and prematurity
- Day to day
- assessing the patient and developing an individualized care plan meeting physical, psychological, educational, sociocultural, and spiritual needs
- Day to day
- dealing with witnessing births and infant deaths The Neonatal nurse is caring and calm, able to deal with witnessing not only births but infant deaths as well.
- Day to day
- planning, organizing, and administering care and collaborating with interdisciplinary team
- Care model
- interdisciplinary team full partner Is able to practice as a full partner of an interdisciplinary team.
The workplace
Baptist Health is Arkansas' largest not-for-profit healthcare organization, headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. The system encompasses over 300 points of access, including 12 hospitals, urgent care centers, a senior living community, and more than 75 primary and specialty care clinics.…
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
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Your fit
On your path
NICU / Neonatal is open from year one. Residencies hire in directly, and the unit's level sets the work.
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- Department
- Neonatal Intensive Care
- Shift
- Night
Working Hours: 7p-7a
Summary
The Neonatal Nurse is a Registered Nurse who provides nursing care to infants that suffer from medical complications soon after birth, ranging from congenital defects and surgical problems to prematurity. The nursing roles during this phase focus on assessing the patient and developing a plan of care designed to meet the physical, psychological, educational/health literacy, sociocultural and spiritual needs of the patient and family. The Neonatal nurse is caring and calm, able to deal with witnessing not only births but infant deaths as well.
The Registered Nurse is responsible for planning, organizing, and administering care within the scope of his/her training and expertise, collaborating with other disciplines to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and achievement of desired patient outcomes is met. This is done in conjunction with the objectives and policies of the hospital and the Nurse Practice Act of the state of Arkansas.
Other information
- A new RN graduate from an accredited nursing program or Registered Nurse in good standing and licensed to practice in the state of Arkansas. BSN preferred.
- Applies basic knowledge and skills to meet standard of care.
- Is able to practice as a full partner of an interdisciplinary team.
- Healthcare CPR required. Some areas may require ACLS, PALS and/or NALS; training is provided.
- Specialty units require and will provide specific specialty education.
This job will be authorized 72.00 hours bi-weekly.
What's around it?
Little Rock, ARFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 11% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,106/mo
- Household income
- $63,003/yr, all local households, not nurse pay