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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Travel Nursing Jobs in Houston for RNs

Find Top RN Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Travel Nursing Jobs in Houston, Texas

AMN Healthcare can help you find the top NICU travel nurse jobs in and around Houston, Texas. We currently offer 1 of the best available nurse travel jobs in the Houston area. We have new jobs updating daily, so be sure to Apply Now so our specialists can make sure you get first crack. We make it easy for you to compare Houston’s NICU nursing jobs by allowing you to filter based on salary, shift type, location or duration to find the right job for you.

As of Nov 1, 2024, the average Neonatal Intensive Care Unit travel nurse working in Houston and surrounding areas earned about $1,501 weekly. Today you can find NICU jobs with a salary range between $1,419 to $1,564 per week.

If you have a specific start date in mind, we have a variety of options for NICU travel jobs in Houston. The earliest start date in Houston is Jan 4, 2025 for a Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care role at $1,564 per week. The latest start date for an NICU job in Houston is Jan 6, 2025 for a Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care role at $1,564 per week. You can also find other possibilities by sorting on “start date” in the list below.

There are a variety of contract lengths available for a(n) Neonatal Intensive Care Unit travel nurse job in Houston including 13 weeks.

Houston is a great location for NICU travel nurses to come live, work and play! And what is a travel nurse looking for if not a great work/life balance in a fun city? Search for jobs below or apply now and our AMN Healthcare team will help get you started!

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Search Top Paying Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Jobs in or near Houston

We have 1 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit jobs in Houston, TX and 6 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit jobs in Texas, and 39 total Nationwide. If you’re not finding what you’re looking for immediately, sign up for the AMN Passport App today and we’ll connect you directly with a recruiter.

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Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Houston, Texas – 77054
  • 12 N,
  • January 4, 2025
  • 13
$1,419 to $1,564
Weekly Pay*
397 licensed bed facility; Units include a 146-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) with 82 Intermediate and 64 Advanced beds. NICU services include 2 lactation rooms, a milk bank and a transition room that allows parents to spend the night with their baby before being discharged home. Over 900 births per month. Rooms have modern amenities, state of the art monitoring equipment and facility wide Wi-Fi for a wonderful patient experience.
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Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Pasadena, Texas – 77504
    Distance from Houston: 11 miles
  • 12 N,
  • January 6, 2025
  • 13
$1,419 to $1,564
Weekly Pay*
Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) RN needed for 350 bed Level 3 Trauma center Suburb 15 miles southeast of Houston, close to gorgeous Gulf beaches
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Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Webster, Texas – 77598
    Distance from Houston: 21 miles
  • 12 D,
  • January 6, 2025
  • 13
$1,419 to $1,564
Weekly Pay*
500+ bed Level 2 Trauma center Gulf Coast location, midway between Houston and Galveston. Webster offers a full spectrum of restaurants, electrifying nightlife, and sensational shopping. Located just minutes from Space Center Houston and Galveston‘s beaches.
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Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Odessa, Texas – 79761
    Distance from Houston: 440 miles
  • 12 N,
  • January 13, 2025
  • 13
$1,763 to $1,943
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Odessa, Texas – 79761
    Distance from Houston: 440 miles
  • 12 D,
  • January 13, 2025
  • 13
$1,763 to $1,943
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care
  • El Paso, Texas – 79902
    Distance from Houston: 674 miles
  • 12 D,
  • January 6, 2025
  • 13
$1,463 to $1,612
Weekly Pay*
327 bed Level 3 Trauma center Experience walking tours of Downtown to get a taste of our history that spans 400 years. There’s shopping, outdoor concerts at the Chamizal National Memorial, museums of every kind, the Zoo, and nature hikes through our four Texas State Parks. Only one hour away from Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico.
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Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Marietta, Georgia – 30060
    Distance from Houston: 697 miles
  • 12 N,
  • January 13, 2025
  • 13
$1,745 to $1,924
Weekly Pay*
The RN Clinical Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed care givers who ensure that patients, families and significant others receive individualized high quality, safe patient care. They practice in a clinical environment that is administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders and is supported through the Wellstar Shared Governance Model. The framework for practice is steered by the Wellstar Professional Practice Model and evidence-based practice and research. RN competencies are derived from these models and supported by the Wellstar Values.
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Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Springfield, Illinois – 62769
    Distance from Houston: 765 miles
  • 12 D,
  • January 20, 2025
  • 13
$2,569 to $2,831
Weekly Pay*
As part of HSHS, you’ll join a team that is focused on improving, excelling and building a better tomorrow. Whether it is a clinical, technical or professional career, this is your chance to launch a rewarding career.
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Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Urbana, Illinois – 61801
    Distance from Houston: 821 miles
  • 12 N,
  • January 4, 2025
  • 13
$2,146 to $2,365
Weekly Pay*
Magnet Recognized
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Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Urbana, Illinois – 61801
    Distance from Houston: 821 miles
  • 12 N,
  • January 4, 2025
  • 13
$2,146 to $2,365
Weekly Pay*
Magnet Recognized
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Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Phoenix, Arizona – 85016
    Distance from Houston: 1,014 miles
  • 12 N,
  • January 6, 2025
  • 13
$2,247 to $2,476
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding Neonatal Intensive Care unit, based in exciting Phoenix is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Salem, Virginia – 24153
    Distance from Houston: 1,022 miles
  • 12 N,
  • January 6, 2025
  • 13
$1,705 to $1,879
Weekly Pay*
TRAVEL – RN NICU (675) 7:00PM-7:00AM
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Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Minneapolis, Minnesota – 55422
    Distance from Houston: 1,058 miles
  • 12 D, 12 N,
  • January 7, 2025
  • 13
$1,934 to $2,132
Weekly Pay*
At North Memorial Health you will be a valuable member of our inclusive and nurturing team that values professional growth, offering big benefits like tuition reimbursement and a supportive culture with a world of education and training opportunities. Our health system encompasses two hospital locations in Robbinsdale and Maple Grove as well as a network of 25 clinics which includes 13 primary clinics, 6 specialty clinics, 4 urgent care/urgency centers and emergency care offerings covering five counties. Our Robbinsdale Hospital, established in 1954, is a 385-bed facility recognized as the top Level 1 Trauma center for 25 years, as well as serving as a Level II pediatric trauma center, and Level III NICU. Our Maple Grove Hospital was established in 2009, is a 134-bed facility recognized as a top hospital in the state for Women and Children Care, with a Level III NICU, and is the largest Family Birth Center in the state (~5,000 deliveries per year and over 60,000 babies delivered). Both have been named to the 2022 Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospitals® list, 2023 Women’s Choice Award Best Hospitals list.
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Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Henrico, Virginia – 23229
    Distance from Houston: 1,075 miles
  • 12 N,
  • January 4, 2025
  • 13
$1,740 to $1,918
Weekly Pay*
RN needed for 33 bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). This position presents a great opportunity to learn the latest technologies while providing excellent care within a passionate team environment. START: ASAP SHIFT:12N
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Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Detroit, Michigan – 48201
    Distance from Houston: 1,105 miles
  • 12 N,
  • January 13, 2025
  • 13
$2,179 to $2,401
Weekly Pay*
Common Diagnosis/Treatment: Respiratory Distress # of Beds: 54 Nurse to Patient Ratio: 2:1 and 3:1 Charting: Scrub Color: Areas of Float Support:Will need to float between Harper Hutzel Hospital and Detroit Receiving locations. Post partum Special Procedures: Lumbar Puncture, Intubation, Chest tubes, Umbilical lines, etc
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Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Falls Church, Virginia – 22042
    Distance from Houston: 1,211 miles
  • 12 N,
  • January 4, 2025
  • 12
$2,066 to $2,277
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right individual to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Falls Church, Virginia – 22042
    Distance from Houston: 1,211 miles
  • 12 N,
  • December 23, 2024
  • 13
$2,066 to $2,277
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right individual to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Upland, California – 91786
    Distance from Houston: 1,338 miles
  • 12 N,
  • January 6, 2025
  • 13
$1,957 to $2,157
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Upland, California – 91786
    Distance from Houston: 1,338 miles
  • 12 N,
  • January 6, 2025
  • 13
$1,896 to $2,089
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 19140
    Distance from Houston: 1,339 miles
  • 12 N,
  • January 6, 2025
  • 13
$1,487 to $1,638
Weekly Pay*
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Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Fountain Valley, California – 92708
    Distance from Houston: 1,352 miles
  • 12 N,
  • January 8, 2025
  • 13
$2,627 to $2,895
Weekly Pay*
CCS level 3. 27 bed unit. N:P 1:3 Level III NICU Top 10 Diagnosis/Procedures: 1. Respiratory distress, 2. prematurity, 3. R/O sepsis Any special procedure done on the unit? ROP laser surgery when needed, CT, UAC, UVC, PICC line placement Common Equipment: Bili lights, bili blankets, isolettes, Giraffe, Ventilators, suction, bag and mask, PIV, PICC lines, UAC, UVC, Cardiac monitors, infusion pumps, WOWs Titrate Vasoactive Drips- Dopamine, Epinephrine
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Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Los Angeles, California – 90027
    Distance from Houston: 1,371 miles
  • 12 N,
  • January 6, 2025
  • 13
$2,547 to $2,807
Weekly Pay*
Welcome to this outstanding Intensive Care Unit (NICU), where the latest in advanced technology meets compassionate care. Innovative care teams take pride in providing comfortable, comprehensive experiences for all patients. This esteemed Intensive Care Unit (NICU) facility welcomes creative and dedicated caregivers.
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Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Los Angeles, California – 90033
    Distance from Houston: 1,371 miles
  • 12 N,
  • January 6, 2025
  • 13
$2,032 to $2,240
Weekly Pay*
Centered in the heart of Boyle Heights, Adventist Health White Memorial is one of the area’s leading healthcare providers since 1913. We are comprised of a 353-bed hospital, three medical office buildings, residency programs, comprehensive cancer care and a vast scope of services located in the Los Angeles area. In 2019, Adventist Health White Memorial was recognized with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest presidential honor for performance excellence. We are proud to promote wellness in the community at the local farmers market and through our community resource center with services for seniors and Spanish-speakers. Los Angeles is known for its art, rich culture, numerous sports teams and world-renowned dining. There is something for everyone in this culturally diverse city. Job Summary: Delivers coordinated nursing care for a patient or an assigned group of patients according to established standards of care and the nursing process. Supervises and directs the activities of various levels of assigned nursing staff, and coordinates care with other disciplines while utilizing critical thinking, professional and supervisory discretion, and independent judgment. Job Requirements: Education and Work Experience: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN): Preferred Acute care facility experience: Preferred Licenses/Certifications: Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice: Required Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) or Basic Life Support (BLS OR HS-BLS OR RQIBLS) certification: Required Department Specific License/Certifications: Hospital Fire and Life Safety (HLFS): Required Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or HeartCode ACLS (HACLS): Required Essential Functions: Collects relevant data pertinent to the patient?s health or situation. Analyzes the assessment data in determining diagnosis and care issues. Develops a plan that prescribes interventions to attain outcomes. Implements the plan, coordinates care delivery, and employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment. Evaluates progress toward attaining outcomes. Identifies outcomes for the patient or the patient?s situation. Collaborates with the team of patient, family, and healthcare providers in providing patient care in a safe, healing, humane, and caring environment. Provides learning opportunities for patients/family members and team members. Directly provides health information to patients, families, and treatment team. Participates in discharge planning in order to provide continuity of care. Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of healthcare team members. Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
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Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care
  • New York, New York – 10032
    Distance from Houston: 1,417 miles
  • 12 N,
  • January 27, 2025
  • 13
$2,612 to $2,879
Weekly Pay*
Superior facility with exclusive travel opportunities! This prestigious New York Hospital is ranked among the top 5 hospitals in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report. The hospital is the only New York metro-area hospital to be ranked in all 10 clinical areas and be on the prestigious 2019 Honor Roll. You will be joining a team of energetic, committed, compassionate, healthcare professionals. This facility takes pride in providing comfortable, comprehensive experiences for patients. If you are ready to join a highly motivated and compassionate team at one of the most prestigious teaching facilities in the country this is the role for you. Come build your resume and enjoy one of the most incredible cities in the US – New York!
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Statistics on NICU RN Jobs in Houston, Texas

Here are some helpful statistics about NICU traveling nurse jobs in & near Houston. The data is based on the last three complete months of NICU job postings in the Houston and nearby areas. It is updated regularly, so you can find the most recent Neonatal Intensive Care Unit job salary trends, the types of shifts, and contract durations most commonly available in Houston and more. Find out more about travel nursing salaries.

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FAQs About Travel NICU Nursing Jobs for RNs in Houston, TX

What are the top paying Neonatal Intensive Care Unit jobs currently available in or near Houston?

What types of shifts are most common for NICU travel jobs in Houston?

Based on the last 6 months of travel nurse jobs data, 12 Hour Night shifts were the most common in Houston and surrounding areas.

How many Neonatal Intensive Care Unit travel nursing jobs are available in Houston?

There are currently 1 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit travel nursing jobs available in Houston. We also get new nursing specialties jobs daily, so be sure to apply now and a recruiter will help you find the perfect fit as jobs become available.

How much does a day shift Neonatal Intensive Care Unit nurse make on average in Houston and nearby cities?

A: A 12 Hour Day shift Neonatal Intensive Care Unit nurse in Houston can make an average of $1,629 per week based on recent job availability.

How much does a night shift Neonatal Intensive Care Unit nurse make on average in Houston and nearby cities?

A: A 12 Hour Night shift Neonatal Intensive Care Unit nurse in Houston can make an average of $1,509 per week based on recent job availability data.

What hospitals and healthcare facilities have Neonatal Intensive Care Unit staff in or near Houston?

  • McGovern Medical School Dept of Family and Community Medicine in Houston (4 miles from Houston)
  • McGovern Medical School Dept of Internal Medicine in Houston (4 miles from Houston)
  • XpertMD in Webster (20.5 miles from Houston)
  • Harris Health – County Detention Facility JA09 (1200 Baker) in Houston (0.5 miles from Houston)
  • Harris Health – County Detention Facility JA07 (701 N San Jacinto) in Houston (0.3 miles from Houston)

How much does an Neonatal Intensive Care Unit travel nurse make on average in Houston?

A Neonatal Intensive Care Unit nurse in Houston can make an average of $1,557 per week.

What is the most common contract for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit travel jobs in Houston?

Based on recent data, the most common duration for a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit job in Houston is 13.

Locating Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Travel Nursing Jobs in Houston

In Houston, facilities like McGovern Medical School Dept of Family and Community Medicine, McGovern Medical School Dept of Internal Medicine and XpertMD, all offer NICU departments. It’s a great city to work in and nearby to neighborhoods like East Downtown (zip code 77003), Greater Eastwood (zip code 77292) and Greater East End (zip code 77011) neighborhoods.

Other popular cities near Houston’s NICU job opportunities are Bellaire (7 miles), Pasadena (10.5 miles) and Alief (14.4 miles). These are near to zip codes: 77030 (4 miles), 77584 (12.9 miles) and 77598 (20.5 miles).

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Houston Hospitals With NICU Departments

There are 3 hospitals & healthcare facilities that have NICU nurses in Houston. Sometimes it is useful to see what types of shifts, contract durations, and travel nurse housing in nearby neighborhoods each facility might offer in order to find the right opportunity for your next traveling NICU nurse position in or nearby Houston.

Clear Lake Regional Medical Center
Shifts
8 D, 8 E, 10 D, 12 D, 12 E, and 12 N
Job Durations
13
Departments
Cardiovascular Operating Room Cardiovascular Operating Room Cath Lab Emergency Room Endoscopy Intensive Care Unit Labor & Delivery Medical Surgical Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Operating Room Operating Room Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Post Anesthesia Care Unit Pre/Post Operative Telemetry
Address
500 Medical Center Blvd
Webster, TX 77598
Houston Northwest Medical Center
Shifts
10 D, 12 D, and 12 N
Job Durations
13
Departments
Cath Lab Labor & Delivery Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Rehabilitation
Address
710 FM 1960 West
Houston, TX 77090
Nearby Neighborhoods
Kingwood (77325), Denver Harbor/ Port Houston (77020), East Downtown (77003), Greater Eastwood (77292), Greater East End (77011)

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