Registered Nurse Pediatrics and NICU

Registered Nurse

Our client, a leading health system in Garden City, KS, is seeking a Registered Nurse for their Pediatrics and NICU department. This is a full-time position with a focus on providing compassionate care to patients and their families.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient's physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, review of medical records & clinical data.
• Evaluate patient's response and intervene to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
• Develop and implement patient plan of care and observe outcomes in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate competency in a variety of therapeutic/diagnostic interventions including IV's, incision/wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collections.
• Maintain thorough and confidential patient charts and records.
• Document ongoing status, interventions, patient response, and outcomes in an accurate, timely manner.
• Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.
• Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect the health and safety and rights of each patient.
• Provide patient/family education through assessment of patient/family learning readiness, needs, and ability.
• Provide teaching and evaluate effectiveness of teaching.

Requirements

• Required: Associates Degree in Nursing; Nursing Diploma or by endorsement.
• Required: RN License in state of employment.
• Physical Requirements: Medium Work exert/lift up to 50 lbs. force occasionally, and/or up to 20 lbs. frequently, and/or up to 10 lbs. constantly.
• Preferred: Bachelors Degree in Nursing.
• Preferred: One (1) year RN experience in NICU and/or Pediatrics.

Schedule

• Full Time Nights; 6:30 PM - 7 AM.

Compensation

• $26.95 - $42.99/hour.

Benefits

• Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision plans.
• Life insurance.
• Paid time off (minimum of 14 paid time off days, including holidays annually).
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Retirement plan benefits including 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefits offerings.