Registered Nurse (RN) NICU Level IV

Registered Nurse (RN) NICU Level IV

We are seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for a Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The RN is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care to support optimal outcomes for critically ill and high-risk newborns. The role involves coordinating care, advocating for patients and families, promoting safety and quality, facilitating learning, and collaborating with the interdisciplinary healthcare team.

Position Details

• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Work Schedule: 36 hours per week
• Shift Length: 12-hour shifts
• Shift: Night Shift

Key Responsibilities

Nursing Professional Practice

• Assess patients, identify appropriate nursing diagnoses, and plan, implement, and evaluate patient care.
• Develop, update, and coordinate patient care plans to achieve patient goals and optimize outcomes and transitions across the care continuum.
• Monitor, record, and communicate patient conditions as appropriate.
• Maintain essential competencies required for the assigned specialty and patient population.

Patient Advocacy

• Advocate for ethical and holistic care by partnering in care planning.
• Promote the autonomy, dignity, rights, values, and beliefs of patients and families.

Patient and Team Education

• Foster a learning environment for patients, families, nursing staff, students, and other healthcare team members.
• Facilitate formal and informal learning for patients, families, healthcare professionals, and the community.

Safety and Quality

• Maintain accountability for patient safety and identify and correct problems.
• Integrate evidence-based practices and clinical best practices into nursing care.
• Use data and evidence to improve patient outcomes.
• Treat patient safety, personal safety, and environmental safety as equally important priorities.

Professional Development

• Participate in ongoing professional development.
• Practice within the legal scope of the Nurse Practice Act, the Nursing Social Policy Statement, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and applicable specialty standards.
• Promote a culture of inquiry that explores, integrates, and shares research and evidence-based practices.

Leadership and Collaboration

• Lead and coordinate teams within the practice setting and community.
• Delegate appropriately, coordinate patient care, and collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare team members.
• Integrate nursing knowledge into team-based care.
• Model professional behavior as a representative of the nursing profession.

Required Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited nursing program.
• Washington Registered Nurse (RN) License upon hire.
• National Provider Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association upon hire.
• National Provider Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification from the American Academy of Pediatrics upon hire.
• At least 1 year of nursing experience.