Registered Nurse, NICU, Days

Howard University Hospital • Washington, DC

404d • $74,464 - $124,571

About The Position

The Clinical Registered Nurse in the Neonatal ICU at Howard University Hospital is responsible for providing high-quality, patient-centric care to newborns in a critical care environment. This role involves collaborating with patients, families, and healthcare teams to establish health goals, maintain nursing standards, and ensure a compassionate care environment. The position requires a commitment to continuous improvement in nursing practices and patient outcomes, while also serving in a charge nurse capacity after the orientation period.

Requirements

• Associate's Degree in Nursing Required.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the District of Columbia.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support required, PALS preferred.
• NRP certification is required.
• At least 12 months of acute care/ hospital experience as an RN in NICU, Level III experience highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with patient/family and health care team to determine health goals and interventions and to revise plans of care as needed.
• Maintains awareness of the unit's periodic statistics regarding core measures, nursing quality indicators, and customer satisfaction measures and actively participates in activities/behaviors that progressively improve the statistics.
• Provides nursing care consistent with the nursing practice standards, policies, and procedures established by the unit, department, division, and institution, professional ethics and standards, and legal requirements.
• Serves in the rotational role of charge nurse upon completion of the six month orientation period and with approval by the nurse manager.
• Participates in unit performance improvement programs through ongoing design, assessment and measurement, and performance improvement activities.
• Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
• Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions.
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by the Nurse Practice Act of the District of Columbia, and other governing agency regulations.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
• Demonstrates competency in clinical skills, bedside manner, infection control, physiological knowledge, administering medication, medical teamwork, multi-tasking, listening, verbal communication, health promotion and maintenance.

Benefits

• Work-life balance
• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
• Competitive, comprehensive benefit plans offered (including health, disability, vacation, sick leave, and 403B retirement plan)
• HRSA Loan Forgiveness is available

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Associate degree