Clinical Nurse II - NBMC NICU (Per Diem, Night)

NorthBay Healthcare Corporation • Fairfield, CA

10h

About The Position

As a Registered Nurse in Northbay Health’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, the Clinical Nurse II provides safe, effective, high-quality nursing care in accordance with Jean Watson’s Theory of Caring, Relationship Based Care, and Northbay’s professional nursing practice model. The nurse assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care for assigned patients, and works through therapeutic professional relationships with patients and families and collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to promote, maintain, and restore health.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional registered nursing; a BSN is required for Clinical Nurse II.
• Hold a valid, current, unencumbered California RN license.
• Hold current AHA or AHA-equivalent BLS certification.
• Complete the Neonatal Resuscitation Provider Course within four months of hire.
• Complete STABLE within one year of hire.
• Have at least six months of RN acute-care experience or six months of same-day surgical experience.
• Have education, training, and demonstrated competency in neonatal critical-care nursing as required for RNs assigned direct patient-care responsibilities in the Community NICU.
• Demonstrate competency in relevant neonatal nursing skills, including advanced newborn assessment, neonatal resuscitation, newborn transition, medication safety, respiratory management including ventilatory support and nasal CPAP, sick-neonate transportation, newborn hearing and CHD screening, transcutaneous bilirubin screening, developmental interventions, and breastfeeding.

Nice To Haves

• One year of NICU RN experience is highly preferred.
• National nursing certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for assigned patients.
• Build therapeutic professional relationships with patients and their families.
• Work with the interdisciplinary team to promote, maintain, and restore patient health.
• Assist the provider at high-risk deliveries.
• Support the neonatal transport function.
• Provide neonatal nursing care involving newborn assessment and resuscitation, transition to extrauterine life, medication safety, infant respiratory management, sick-neonate transportation, newborn hearing and CHD screening, transcutaneous bilirubin screening, developmental interventions, and breastfeeding.
• Attend a four-hour lactation class within six months of hire and spend four hours with a Lactation Specialist during initial orientation.
• Wear Graphite (Dark Gray) scrubs in accordance with the professional appearance policy.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level