Birth Center – NICU

Birth Center – NICU

Duties:

  • Assist the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) staff with:
    • Answering the phone.
    • Restocking.
    • Making transfer and admission packets.
    • Hold the babies with supervision and direction of the nurses.

 

Requirements:

  • Have volunteered at least 100 hours (preferably in the Birth Center), and have met all qualifications and requirements of the Department Lead for consideration.
  • Current with vaccines including COVID, MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella), Varicella, Hep B, Tdap vaccine, and Flu vaccine.
  • Able and willing to follow the directions of the nurses.
  • Sit/Stand/Walk babies for 15-60 minutes at a time.
  • Complete the Baby Cuddling Training program.

 

Assignments: 

(All shifts may not be available)

  • Monday – Sunday: 8am-12pm, 12pm-4pm, 4pm-8pm

 

Locations:

  • Palomar UC San Diego Health Escondido
Last updated: June 22, 2026