Registered Nurse RN NICU

Banner Health•Queen Creek, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse NICU at Banner Ironwood Medical Center provides nursing care to infants in a Level II nursery, including babies at 32 weeks gestation and above. The NICU has six beds, with four additional beds used in a surge area, and an average daily census of approximately 3.5 babies. NICU nurses are also trained to support and staff postpartum and normal newborn patients and to attend deliveries with the Labor and Delivery team. The department offers opportunities to train in other specialties and participate in staff meetings, skills sessions, team meetings, and caregiver committees. The position assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents patient care in accordance with organizational policies and professional nursing standards. The nurse is accountable for the quality of nursing services delivered and uses specialized knowledge and judgment to provide developmentally appropriate care. This is a part-time night-shift position, scheduled from 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. The role requires prior RN NICU experience.

Requirements

Prior RN NICU experience is required.
Graduation from an accredited nursing program with an Associate's, Bachelor's, or Master's degree in Nursing, or completion of a specialized nursing diploma program including at least two years of specialized training and/or experience.
Current valid RN license in the state of practice, temporary/interim RN license in the state of practice, or compact RN licensure for the current state of practice.
BLS certification.
Maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the practice area through annual validations.
Additional certification or continuing education may be required depending on the practice area.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree preferred.
Professional certification preferred.
Additional related education and/or experience preferred.
Experience in the clinical area for which the applicant is applying is desired.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge-planning needs; review histories, diagnostic results, and laboratory data, and report abnormal findings.
Formulate and revise patient-specific plans of care and discharge plans in collaboration with patients, families, and the multidisciplinary team.
Implement care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation, and supervision in accordance with physician orders, policies, standards, and regulatory requirements.
Evaluate patient and family responses to care and teaching, track progress toward goals, and revise care plans as needed.
Document assessments, plans, interventions, evaluations, patient responses, and physician orders accurately and promptly.
Provide evidence-based care and may participate in clinical research, shared leadership, staff and patient education, orientation, precepting, and mentoring.
Contribute to timely, effective, equitable, efficient, and safe care and participate in improving nursing quality indicators and outcomes.
Communicate and collaborate with staff, physicians, patients, families, external providers, agencies, and clergy regarding patient care.
Care for NICU patients and support postpartum and normal newborn patients; attend deliveries with the Labor and Delivery team.