Registered Nurse (RN) - NICU

Tenet Healthcare Corporation•Harlingen, TX

19d

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) provides direct clinical patient care. The RN assesses, plans, and implements care for assigned patients on a per-shift and unit-level basis, and supervises staff to whom care is delegated. The position supports the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) in ensuring high-quality, safe, and appropriate nursing care, clinical staff competency, and effective resource management related to patient care. The RN delivers and coordinates comprehensive nursing care in accordance with the nursing process, established safety and infection-control standards, quality-improvement practices, and the prescribed medical regime. The goal is to discharge patients after providing an optimum level of care. The RN also administers medications safely and promptly, and fulfills assigned hospital incident command and emergency-code responsibilities as needed. Valley Baptist Medical Center describes its mission as serving, healing, and educating through compassionate care, with concern for the whole patient and a commitment to quality. The posting notes that this position may qualify for a sign-on bonus.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice the profession as required by applicable law, regulation, or policy.
AHA BLS certification.
AHA ACLS, PALS, and/or NRP certification when applicable under corporate policy for the unit of hire.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Nursing.
Recent acute care experience.

Responsibilities

Provide high-quality, safe, cost-effective, total nursing care to patients.
Coordinate and integrate patient care based on the nursing process.
Direct care according to established safety, risk-management, quality-improvement, and infection-control standards, with the goal of discharging patients after providing an optimum level of care.
Coordinate and plan patient care within the prescribed medical regime.
Administer medications safely and in a timely manner according to hospital policy.
Perform HICS responsibilities, assignments, tasks, and roles as directed and needed during emergencies or disasters.
Know the hospital’s emergency codes, including their purposes and appropriate responses, and follow hospital policies and procedures for each code.
Supervise staff to whom appropriate care is delegated.