Registered Nurse, NICU (36 Hours), 10K Sign On

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Position Summary/ Department Summary:

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), in the Division of Newborn Medicine, is a Level III/IV, 30-bed referral center for critically ill infants requiring complex medical and surgical care. Highly specialized physicians, nurses, and support staff collaborate in the care of critically ill infants and their families. A team from multiple specialties within the hospital provides advanced therapies and family centered care for infants from around the region and the world.

We work closely with the Fetal Care and Surgery Center to coordinate both prenatal consultation and postnatal intensive care for infants with a wide range of prenatally diagnosed conditions. Neonatology attendings, fellows, pediatric surgical residents, and either neonatal nurse practitioners or pediatrician hospitalists are available on the unit 24 hours a day.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Providing care to critically ill medical and surgical neonates and infants with various conditions including (but not limited to) complications of prematurity, respiratory distress, pulmonary hypertension, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, long gap esophageal atresia, tracheoesophageal fistula, gastroschisis, omphalocele, necrotizing enterocolitis, congenital heart disease and other congenital anomalies.
  • Working collaboratively to provide family-centered care as a member of a multidisciplinary team that provides expert neonatal care.
  • 36 hours/week, rotating days/nights and every third weekend.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:
BSN required

Experience:
  • 1 year of acute care pediatric, ICU or ED RN experience required.
  • NICU or PICU experience strongly preferred.
Licensure/ Certifications:
  • Massachusetts RN Licensure
Sign On Bonus:
  • Position is currently offering a 10K Sign On Bonus (not eligible for internal candidates and not eligible for former BCH employees who worked here in the past 2 years).

The posted pay range is Boston Children’s reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting.

Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job-related factors. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive benefits package that includes flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.

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