Charge Nurse - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - Full Time/Day Shift

Valley Children’s Healthcare • Madera, CA

42d • $53 - $82

About The Position

About Us: The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Valley Children’s Hospital is Central California’s only Regional Level IV NICU - the highest level of medical care available for premature and critically ill newborns. With a focus on family-centered care, our patients have access to a full range of pediatric and surgical specialists that treat potentially life-threatening illnesses due to extreme prematurity, congenital defects, injury, chronic illnesses and more. Our NICU patient ratios are 1:1 or 2:1 in the ICU and 1:3 in Intermediate Care. Collectively, our NICUs provide specialized care for more than 1,400 fragile babies and nearly 25,000 patient days a year. Our team supports a network of NICUs throughout Central California, providing services for Madera County, Merced County, Fresno County, Kings County and Tulare County. Our level II and level III satellite NICUs (Fresno, Merced & Hanford) are staffed with Valley Children’s team of experts to provide patients the opportunity to receive treatment closer to home. The nurses in these satellite units are trained to attend high-risk deliveries and resuscitate babies in the delivery room if needed. Our NICU is ranked as one of the best children’s hospitals in Neonatology by U.S. News & World Report for 2023-2024- the seventh such ranking for our NICU. Our expert team consists of more than 250 neonatal nurses, constantly striving to innovate and improve patient care so babies have the best outcomes. Job Summary: This position is accountable for managing the overall operations of a defined patient care unit during an assigned shift. This position has 24 hour responsibility for the direct supervision of all clinical personnel who provide patient care and the day to day coordination of quality of clinical nursing care of patients. The incumbent is accountable for monitoring, evaluation, and directing patient care provided by staff, coordinating activities of the patient care unit, making staff assignments and assisting with the development and evaluation of staff members. The incumbent will assist with the recruitment and hiring of staff, evaluating staff competency and evaluating, coaching, and counseling assigned staff in concert with the Manager/Supervisor. This position practices within the scope of the Nursing Practice Act, and in accordance with Children's policies.

Requirements

• College Degree - 4 year (required)
• RN - Registered Nurse License - CA-BRN - California Board of Registered Nursing (required)
• BLS - Basic Life Support - AHA - American Heart Association within 30 days of hire or transfer into position (required)
• NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation Program - AHA - American Heart Association within six (6) months of hire or transfer into position (required)
• NCC - National Certification Corporation - NCC - National Certification Corporation (required)
• Minimum three (3) years Full time or equivalent nursing experience (required)

Nice To Haves

• College Degree - 4 year Nursing (preferred)
• Minimum one (1) year In a Regional or Community NICU (preferred)
• Demonstrated abilities in the areas of critical thinking, problem solving, conflict resolution, leadership including delegation, collaboration, feedback, effective communication and customer focused service behaviors.
• Bilingual Skills Preferred

Responsibilities

• Managing the overall operations of a defined patient care unit during an assigned shift.
• Direct supervision of all clinical personnel who provide patient care and the day to day coordination of quality of clinical nursing care of patients.
• Monitoring, evaluation, and directing patient care provided by staff
• Coordinating activities of the patient care unit
• Making staff assignments
• Assisting with the development and evaluation of staff members.
• Assist with the recruitment and hiring of staff
• Evaluating staff competency
• Evaluating, coaching, and counseling assigned staff in concert with the Manager/Supervisor.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level