Trainee Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) Nurse

As a trainee Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse, you will learn to provide intensive and specialized care to premature infants and sick newborns from 24 weeks of gestation. You will be at the bedside of newborns whose vital functions are being monitored, supported, or temporarily taken over.

You work according to the principles of developmental care and family integrated care. Thanks to our couplet care rooms and single bed units, mother (parents) and child can stay together during admission. Because of this, you also work closely with the maternity and obstetrics departments.

You will be guided by motivated and enthusiastic colleagues to provide care for this unstable patient category. Every Neonatal Intensive Care unit has its own expertise; Emma is specialized in the surgical and pulmonary patient categories. As an ICU center, we also attract premature infants and sick newborns from the surrounding region. One year after graduation, you can also participate in the neonatal transport team, in which you work closely with the Amsterdam ambulance service.

What do you bring?

You enjoy working in a specialized and dynamic environment where collaboration is central. You bring:

• one of these diplomas:
  • HBO-V (Bachelor of Nursing) with clinical internship or work experience;
  • HBO-V Honours Short Program Acute Care (VPAZ) or Technical Nursing and clinical internship experience;
  • MBO-V (Vocational Nursing) with at least one year of clinical work experience as a qualified nurse.
• preferably experience with pediatrics or departments with an acute character (for example, surgery or internal medicine);
• possessing a pediatric certification is NOT a requirement, but it shortens the training;
• availability for 28 to 36 hours per week and willingness to work all shifts;
• the ability to remain calm in stressful situations;
• a critical and eager-to-learn attitude, with an interest in innovation and family integrated care;
• proficiency in the Dutch language (minimum C1 level).

Are you already a high care neonatal nurse or a basic neonatal nurse? Then we can offer a tailored NICU training program based on previously acquired competencies.

We have more nursing vacancies open in the Neonatal ICU. View our vacancies for high care neonatal nurse and qualified Neonatal Intensive Care nurse here.

What do we offer you?

• A contract for the duration of the training, with a view to permanent employment.
• Classification in salary scale 7M: € 3,171 to € 4,492 gross for a full-time employment (depending on education and experience). In addition, you will receive an 8.3% end-of-year bonus. Calculate your net salary here.
• Vacation hours: 194.4 hours per year for a full-time employment and the possibility to save up hours.
• The changing allowance is € 110.00 gross per month for a full working time in accordance with the UMC collective labor agreement.
• 100% public transport reimbursement. Do you come by walking, cycling, or by car? Then you will receive a reimbursement of €0.21 per km (for the car, a maximum of 40 km one way applies).
• Do you come by bike? Make use of our good bicycle scheme.
• Pension accrual at ABP, of which we pay 70% of the premium.
• Free and unlimited access to training courses, including GoodHabitz, in our learning environment.
• An active staff association and a Young Amsterdam UMC association, both of which organize fun (sporty) activities and events.