Registered Nurse (RN), Nursery, Nights

University of Maryland Medical System•Glen Burnie, MD

About The Position

The Registered Nurse independently provides and coordinates nursing care for patients in the nursery and serves as an active member of the multidisciplinary patient care services team. The nurse is expected to demonstrate competent clinical skills, integrate evidence into practice, collaborate with patients, families, and colleagues, and contribute to improving patient outcomes, satisfaction, and cost effectiveness. The position is accountable to peers for advancing unit practice and to the nurse manager for overall work performance. The nurse contributes to unit governance, clinical practice, professional development, organizational improvement, leadership, and patient safety. Duties include coordinating care, supporting education and learning activities, participating in quality improvement and regulatory readiness efforts, and helping maintain a collaborative, safe care environment. This role requires night work as indicated by the job title. Weekend, holiday, on-call, shift, and overtime work may be required. The position is performed indoors in a clean, well-lighted environment and may involve interruptions, crisis situations, exposure to infectious diseases or hazardous materials, and potential physical or verbal abuse by patients. Nurses may be floated to comparable units or temporarily assigned elsewhere to meet staffing needs.

Requirements

Associate Degree in Nursing.
Current Maryland RN license before beginning orientation.
At least 1 year of RN experience.
American Heart Association BLS certification upon hire.
Must meet all unit-specific certification requirements, including applicable PALS, ACLS, and NRP requirements.
Maintain all Clinical Nurse I core expectations.
Pass competency evaluation and probation successfully and remain current on mandatory classes and training.
Ability to learn and use computer systems to manage patient information.
Effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
If there is a gap of 5 or more years in applied nursing experience, successful completion of a refresher course within the previous 6 months is required.
Employees hired on or after July 1, 2018 must complete a Bachelor of Science from a College of Nursing within 5 years of hire or transfer into a Clinical Nursing position.
Ability to meet the role's physical demands, including lifting and assisting patients and equipment, and standing, sitting, bending, walking, reaching, grasping, and handling supplies or equipment.
Ability to work rotating shifts, weekends, and holidays as necessary and potentially on-call or overtime.
Ability to observe universal precautions and safe handling practices in settings with potential exposure to communicable diseases and hazardous materials.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science from a College of Nursing.
Professional certification is highly encouraged.
Membership in a professional organization.
Professional certification in the area of practice.
Participation as a super-user or subject matter expert.
Participation in organizational or community service programs.

Responsibilities

Independently provide and coordinate patient care using sound clinical knowledge and skills.
Deliver competent care to the unit-specific patient population and function effectively in unit-specific roles.
Use and integrate evidence into nursing practice.
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to plan and coordinate care that addresses patient and family needs.
Provide holistic care and use the Teach Back methodology when integrating patient education materials.
Participate in unit-based clinical practice activities and help develop clinical practice guidelines and standards.
Serve as a clinical resource for others.
Advance personal nursing practice and contribute to the skills and development of ancillary personnel.
Participate in unit-based professional development, education, and learning activities, including at least one educational contribution per year.
Complete the stated annual continuing education requirement or qualifying coursework toward a BSN or master's degree.
Demonstrate knowledge of nursing-sensitive quality indicators, national hospital quality measures, National Patient Safety Goals, and HCAHPS; contribute to unit initiatives to improve them.
Participate in unit-based process improvement, research, action-plan development, and implementation efforts.
Assist with regulatory readiness and development of patient education materials.
Delegate appropriately and contribute to teamwork, teambuilding, and unit or hospital committees and councils.
Support AACN Healthy Work Environment guidelines and comply with unit operational standards.
Provide peer-review feedback when requested and perform charge duties for assigned shifts as needed; support charge nurse decisions.
Serve as a preceptor, coach, or mentor to new nurses and students as appropriate.
Contribute to unit operations, reward and recognition activities, peer review, and peer interviews as applicable.
Take action to correct patient-safety risks and report adverse events and near misses to the appropriate management authority.
Consistently implement policies, procedures, and standards; maintain effective working relationships and communication with team members.
Identify risks in processes, procedures, and devices and communicate them to those in charge.
Observe universal precautions and safe work practices, including appropriate use of protective clothing, gloves, masks, and safe handling practices.
Complete annual respirator mask fitting.