Registered Nurse - NICU

Registered Nurse # NICU

Boulder Community Health is seeking an RN in the Special Care Nursery that is responsible for delivering high-quality, coordinated patient care using the nursing process. This role supports the mission, vision, and goals of the hospital and the Family Birth Center by ensuring the appropriate resources are provided to patients and families, promoting patient satisfaction, and contributing to optimal clinical and cost outcomes. The RN cares for a diverse patient population, including neonates, adolescents, and adults, while maintaining a respectful and compassionate approach that addresses the unique needs of each individual based on age and physical abilities.

Benefits include health insurance, dental and vision insurance, paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, retirement plan with matching contributions, paid time off, education assistance program, staff support initiatives, and employee assistance program.

Qualifications

• Colorado RN license in good standing.
• BLS certification required by end of conditional period.
• NRP required by end of conditional period.
• Two years of independent nursing experience in Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery preferred.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates clinical competence in performing nursing procedures and identifies the rationale underlying the nursing skills.
• Identifies patient care problems, makes interventions based upon an understanding of the biopsychosocial processes.
• Assesses patient status systematically and anticipates and responds to changes in patient clinical condition.
• Actively seeks participation of the patient, family, and other members of the health care team to assure continuity of patient care.
• Communicates clearly in all aspects of documentation.
• May be required to perform point of care testing. May be a point of care trainer.
• The RN ensures completion of the interventions and appropriate patient education by demonstrating clinical knowledge for standard therapies as outlined in care guidelines for their areas of training and cross training.
• Care of the postpartum patient and well newborn.
• Transitional care of the newborn.
• Care of the high risk newborn in Special Care Nursery.
• The RN is accountable for ongoing coordination, evaluation and revision of the patients plan of care, utilizing feedback from the patient/family and the health care team.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary patient care team to identify patient learning needs, develops and implements an individualized teaching plan.
• Utilizes effective time management skills in planning and providing patient care.
• Participates in peer review process as requested.
• Participates in achieving the goals of the unit, division, and hospital.
• Utilizes and shares knowledge obtained from workshops and literature with health care team on an individual or group basis.
• Functions as preceptor for students and/or orients with direction.