Registered Nurse - NICU - Hospital

Registered Nurse – NICU
The Registered Nurse – NICU cares for newborn babies who are delivered pre-term or at-term newborns who experience complications at the time of birth. The Registered Nurse – NICU provides intensive around-the-clock care, including both medical needs and basic daily care activities.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care of the neonatal patient and coordinates with healthcare team members
Cares for infants transitioning to extrauterine life
Provides age and culturally appropriate care to patient
Provides nutritional assessment & specialized feedings
Changes dressings, inserts catheters, starts IVs
Provides arterial & intravenous therapy
Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, such as incubators and ventilators
Assists NICU Physician during examination, treatment and procedures, which can include lifesaving measures
Participates in discharge planning
Assesses signs and symptoms indicating changes in patient's condition, documents changes and informs physician/charge nurse
Collects, analyzes, and interprets data and information from health care members and documents actual and/or potential nursing diagnoses
Identifies and prioritizes actions based upon patient care requirements
Performs interventions according to identified priorities, and the hospital policies and patient care outcome standard
Provides a safe, comfortable and therapeutic patient/family environment
Initiates and evaluates family education
Documents and revises the plan of care according to evaluation, changes in medical plan of care, and effective/ineffective nursing interventions
Participates in activities to facilitate good interpersonal communications with facility • Performs other duties as assigned/necessary
Minimum Requirements:

Current Registered Nurse license for the state in which the nurse practices
One year NICU experience required
NRP card per contract requirement
Complies with all relevant professional standards of practice
Participation and completion of Amergis' Competency program when applicable
Current CPR if applicable
TB questionnaire, PPD or chest x-ray if applicable
Current Health certificate (per contract or state regulation)
Must meet all federal, state and local requirements
Successful completion of new hire training as applicable to job site
Understand patient confidentiality and HIPAA requirements
Ability to effectively elicit/provide information to and from appropriate individuals (including, but not limited to, supervisors, co-workers, clients) via strong communication skills; proficiency in the English language is required
Computer proficiency required
Must be at least 18 years of age
Benefits At Amergis, we firmly believe that our employees are the heartbeat of our organization and we are happy to offer the following benefits:

• Competitive pay & weekly paychecks
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) savings plan
• Awards and recognition programs