Transitional Registered Nurse RN Neonatal ICU NICU Full time nights
About The Position
This full-time night position is for a Registered Nurse in the Neonatal ICU/NICU at Texas Health Ft. Worth, a MAGNET facility and Maternal Level IV Designated facility. The Women’s Center at Texas Health Ft. Worth has been named “Best Place to Have a Baby.” The role involves participation in a transition/training program. The work schedule is 36 hours/week, from 6:45 PM to 7:15 AM, with weekend, holiday, and on-call requirements (12 hours in a 6-week schedule). The Neonatal ICU department offers self-scheduling for work/life balance and opportunities for educational and career growth. As a regional referral center for high-risk deliveries, Texas Health Fort Worth provides advanced services for complex and high-risk infants, with over 600 NICU admissions per year. The 63-bed Level III Neonatal ICU/NICU utilizes skills such as Bubble CPAP, Conventional Ventilator, Oscillators, and JETs (high-frequency). The Level III NICU is staffed 24 hours a day by neonatologists, pediatric sub-specialists, neonatal nurse practitioners, and skilled registered nurses dedicated to providing experienced care to babies with special health needs.
Requirements
- Associate degree from an accredited Nursing program OR (RN) Nursing Diploma
- Must comply with CLIA regulations regarding foreign education equivalency (CLIAFE)
- Three (3) months experience as a Registered Nurse and acceptance into a THR transitional program Required
- RN – Registered Nurse Upon Hire Required
- BCLS – Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly Required
- NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation Program within 90 days is required
- NRPA - Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation Program within 90 Days Required
- CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention Training Maintained Annually 90 Days Required
Nice To Haves
- BSN is preferred
- Neonatal ICU Level III RN experience strongly preferred
Responsibilities
- Delivers care to patients utilizing the Nursing Process
- Assesses the patient
- Plans the care of the patient
- Intervenes as appropriate
- Evaluates the effectiveness of interventions
- Incorporates age specific safety/infection control measures into patient care
- Initiates action to meet patient and/or significant others need for information
- Maintains continuity of patient care inter-shift, inter-hospital, and while expediting out of hospital transfers
Benefits
- 401k
- PTO
- medical
- dental
- Paid Parental Leave
- flexible spending
- tuition reimbursement
- student Loan repayment program
- Nursing Career Ladder
- Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice
- Strong Unit Based Council (UBC)
- A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
