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The RN NICU Level IV Small Baby provides care to patients with complex neonatal intensive care needs at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital, a Level IV NICU and the only academic children’s hospital in Minnesota. The NICU has 49 beds, cares for infants born at 22 weeks and above, and generally assigns 1–2 patients per RN depending on the baby’s stability. Neonatal Nurse Practitioners are on staff 24/7. The unit is a designated March of Dimes NICU Family Support® program and includes a Neuro NICU for babies with neurologic conditions. The role involves advanced monitoring using current technology and care for high-frequency ventilation, surgical patients with congenital anomalies, intubated patients, and patients with tracheostomies. Care may also involve Total Body Cooling (TBC), Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), peritoneal dialysis, central arterial lines and monitoring, and other venous lines. The position is scheduled for 60 hours every two weeks, on day shifts of 12 hours, and every third weekend.