Registered Nurse (RN) - Pediatrics

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health•Lebanon, NH

19h•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Pediatric RN to join our team. This role involves providing specialized care to infants, children, and adolescents facing life-threatening conditions. Working as a nurse on our diverse pediatric units can be a fulfilling and strategic career choice, offering personalized patient care, professional growth, team collaboration, and opportunities to innovate. Our units care for med-surgical, step-down, and critical care level pediatric patients on the same integrated floor. Dartmouth Health Children’s is the world-class pediatric service line of the Dartmouth Health system, providing family-centered care for infants, children, and teens, delivering comprehensive, personalized primary care for more than 60,000 children and adolescents every year. As part of the academic Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, our providers, researchers, and nurses participate in many clinical trials. Our nurses serve as central figures in the success of our system through our shared governance nursing model, and we offer a rigorous, research-focused environment. Dartmouth Health is a nationally recognized Academic Medical Center and Children’s Hospital located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, offering a high quality of life with beautiful rural and suburban housing options, world-class schools, and abundant outdoor recreational activities. We are an integrated, award-winning health system across New Hampshire and Vermont, focused on the success of every employee.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.
Licensed Registered Nurse with New Hampshire eligibility.
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certificate required upon hire.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certificate required within 6 months of hire date.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Responsibilities

Utilizes the nursing process to assess, diagnose, identify outcomes, plan, implement and evaluate an individualized plan of care.
Utilizes critical thinking and the nursing process to anticipate and recognize changes in patient status, taking action to modify the plan of care or to elevate to the care team as necessary.
Practices in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics to advocate for patients, uphold their autonomy in decision-making, ensure informed consent and assist patients in families in expressing self-determination.
Actively seeks feedback and acts to improve performance.
Engages in the governance of practice.
Manages interpersonal relationships for self and with others.
Mentors colleagues for the advancement of nursing practice and the profession.
Assumes authority and accountability for the nursing care of patients while appropriately delegating elements of care to others members of the care delivery team in accordance with laws, regulations and policies and procedures.
Prioritizes and organizes time to optimize patient outcomes.
Actively seeks out the most current evidence and standards and applies and translates to daily practice.
Role models a culture of inquiry, developing new knowledge by contributing to research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice at the local level.
Communicates effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice.
Actively partners with others to effect change that produces positive outcomes through the exchange of knowledge.
Precepts the student nurse, nurse extern, nurse resident, experienced clinical nurse and other members of the healthcare team.
Performs other duties as required or assigned.