Clinical Nurse II - NBMC NICU (Per Diem, Day)
About The Position
As a Registered Nurse on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Northbay Health, provide safe, effective, quality nursing care in accordance with Jean Watson’s Theory of Caring, Relationship Based Care, and Northbay’s professional nursing practice model. Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for assigned patients. Use therapeutic professional relationships with patients and families, along with collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, to promote, maintain, and restore patient health. The role includes assisting providers at high-risk deliveries and supporting neonatal transport. Nurses assigned direct patient care in the Community NICU must meet California requirements for education, training, and demonstrated competency in neonatal critical care nursing. Nurses functioning in an expanded role must follow applicable standardized procedures. RNs in Patient Care Services must wear Graphite (Dark Gray) scrubs under the professional appearance policy.
Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited school of professional registered nursing.
- For Clinical Nurse II: BSN required. For Collegiate Clinical Nurse II: ADN required, with completion of a BSN or MSN program within 36 months of hire into the Collegiate Clinical Nurse position.
- Valid, current, unencumbered California RN license.
- Current AHA or AHA-equivalent BLS certification.
- Neonatal Resuscitation Provider Course required within 4 months of hire.
- STABLE certification required within one year of hire.
- At least six months of RN acute care experience or six months of same-day surgical experience.
- Demonstrated skills in advanced newborn assessment, neonatal resuscitation, newborn transition from intrauterine to extrauterine life, medication safety, infant respiratory management including ventilatory support and nasal CPAP, sick neonate transportation, newborn hearing screening, CHD screening, transcutaneous bilirubin screening, developmental interventions, and breastfeeding.
- For direct patient care responsibilities in the Community NICU, California licensure, education, training, and demonstrated competency in neonatal critical care nursing as specified by applicable California regulations.
- RNs functioning in an expanded role must do so in accordance with applicable standardized procedures.
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.
- Provide safe, effective, quality nursing care in accordance with Northbay’s nursing practice model and stated care approaches.
- Build therapeutic professional relationships with patients and families and work with the interdisciplinary team to promote, maintain, and restore health.
- Assist the provider at high-risk deliveries.
- Support the neonatal transport function.
- Complete a 4-hour Lactation Class within 6 months of hire and spend 4 hours with a Lactation Specialist during initial orientation.
- Wear Graphite (Dark Gray) scrubs in accordance with the professional appearance policy.
- Meet applicable California requirements for neonatal critical care education, training, competency, and standardized procedures when assigned to relevant Community NICU or expanded-role duties.
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Career Level
Mid Level
