Registered Nurse - NICU

TriHealth•Cincinnati, OH

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Join TriHealth — Where Compassion Meets Advanced Neonatal Care. At TriHealth, every nurse is valued, supported, and empowered to deliver exceptional care. As a NICU Registered Nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital, you’ll play a critical role in the lives of our most fragile patients—newborns requiring specialized, high-acuity, and family-centered care. You’ll collaborate closely with neonatologists, respiratory therapists, lactation specialists, and an interdisciplinary team in a modern NICU environment built around safety, excellence, and meaningful human connection. The 9AB Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at TriHealth Good Samaritan Hospital is a specialized 60-bed unit dedicated to providing high-risk neonates with the level III NICU care they need. The unit is committed to a family-centered developmental care approach, ensuring that both the infants and their families receive the support they need during this critical time. The NICU provides highly technical care, including cardiac, respiratory, and hemodynamic monitoring, as well as ventilator support for neonates requiring specialized intervention. Staffing in the 9AB NICU is carefully structured to ensure optimal care for these vulnerable patients. Orientation for new staff in the NICU follows a Competency-Based Orientation (CBO) model, including an online didactic component. The orientation period ranges from 8 to 12 weeks, depending on the nurse's previous experience. NICU experience is preferred for new hires, but the unit is also open to new graduates who are eager to learn and grow. All nurses are required to complete the Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) and the S.T.A.B.L.E. program by the end of their first year of employment to ensure they are fully prepared to provide the highest standard of care. This position applies the nursing process in providing direct and indirect holistic care to patients and their families. The position also collaborates, in a collegial manner, with physicians and other health care team members in meeting the patient’s needs. This position may delegate certain aspects of care to those under their direct supervision, within the scope of nursing practice.

Requirements

Associate’s Degree or Diploma in Nursing.
New hires must obtain BSN within 5 years of hire.
Active Registered Nurse (RN) license.
BLS/CPR for Healthcare Providers.
Strong foundation in nursing sciences across all developmental stages.
Associate's Degree or Diploma in Nursing
New hires required to obtain BSN within 5 years of hire.
BLS/CPR (Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers)
Registered Nurse
Knowledge, judgment, and skills derived from the principles of biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences to meet complex health care needs a various stages of the life cycle

Nice To Haves

NICU experience is preferred for new hires
1+ year full-time or 2+ years part-time acute care RN experience.
Membership in a related professional nursing organization.
Specialty certification (e.g., RNC-NIC).
Preferred membership in related professional organization
RNs with more than 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time acute care experience
Preferred certification in specialty

Responsibilities

Complete initial and ongoing assessments of infants and their families; document per NICU and TriHealth standards.
Develop individualized plans of care based on clinical assessments, standards of practice, and patient/family needs.
Provide holistic, developmentally appropriate NICU care while maintaining infant safety, dignity, and family involvement.
Communicate effectively with physicians and interdisciplinary clinicians to coordinate safe, timely care.
Deliver health teaching and emotional support to families navigating NICU care.
Respond appropriately to emergent and rapidly changing neonatal conditions.
Contribute to unit excellence through precepting, knowledge-sharing, and collaboration with peers.
Performs initial and ongoing assessment of patient and family. Completes initial assessment tool. Documents ongoing assessment per unit/TriHealth guidelines. Communicates assessment findings to other health care providers as appropriate. Includes health counseling and health teaching needs in assessment.
Plans care for patient and family based on assessment, standards of care, and optimal specific outcomes. Initiates and individualizes appropriate patient care guidelines/plan of care or clinical pathways. Updates current plan of care as needed based on patient/family input and healthcare needs. Develops both short- and long-term goals with patient/family and healthcare team including discharge planning. Communicates plan of care to others.
Provides a safe, therapeutic environment, maintains patient’s autonomy, dignity, and rights, and is sensitive to patient diversity. Seeks resources to help formulate ethical decisions. Balances priorities of the patient's needs and those of the unit/facility. Recognizes emergency situations and takes appropriate action. Completes patient assignment including documentation within scheduled timeframe. Bases interventions on clinical data and desired outcomes and documents accordingly. Trains/educates other staff and acts an expert resource in specialty area through abilities in existing and newer knowledge and skills. Effectively communicates and understands/executes physician orders.
Evaluates the plan of care for patient based on optimal specific patient outcomes. Documents the patient/family response to care including teaching. Collaborates with the patient/family and with other members of the health care team, including physicians, to revise plan of care as needed. Supervises the care that was delegated to other health care team members.
Performs technical skills according to policy and procedure and accepted standards within their area of practice. Safely administers medications/treatments and monitors their effects. Uses all equipment in a safe, appropriate manner.
Demonstrates organizations responsibilities: Identifies areas for self-improvement, functions in relief charge / resource role as requested, completes assignments within scheduled timeframes, cooperates with instructor to facilitate effective learning experiences for students, maintains current knowledge in area of practice, demonstrates knowledge of organizational and department changes.