Registered Nurse, NICU - Full Time, Nights

Texas Health•Plano, TX

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Texas Health Plano is hiring a full-time Registered Nurse for its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The role is based at Texas Health Plano, 6200 West Parker Road, Plano, Texas, and works 36 hours per week on a 7:00 p.m.–7:00 a.m. schedule. The NICU is a 45-bed Level IV unit caring for babies as early as 22 weeks gestation. Its environment emphasizes family-centered care, staff collaboration, engagement, and leadership support for professional growth through the NCAP program. The nurse assesses patients, plans and provides care, evaluates interventions, incorporates age-specific safety and infection-control measures, responds to patients’ and families’ information needs, and maintains continuity of care across shifts, hospitals, and transfers. Texas Health Plano is a 386-bed, full-service hospital serving North Texas. It specializes in emergency medicine and trauma, cardiology, neurosurgery and spine, orthopedics, women’s services, behavioral health, intensive care, and technologically advanced surgical services. The hospital is a Level II Trauma Facility and has Level IV NICU and Maternal facility designations, among other recognitions. Texas Health offers benefits and a supportive team environment with opportunities for growth.

Requirements

Diploma in Nursing or an associate degree from an accredited nursing program required; a BSN is preferred.
Must comply with CLIA regulations regarding foreign education equivalency.
At least 1 year of Registered Nurse experience or completion of an RN residency program required.
Registered Nurse (RN) licensure required upon hire.
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required before providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly.
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) required within 90 days.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) required within 90 days.
Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRPA) required within 90 days.
Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) training required within 90 days and maintained annually.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
2 years of NICU experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess the patient.
Plan the care of the patient.
Intervene as appropriate.
Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.
Incorporate age-specific safety and infection-control measures into patient care.
Initiate action to meet patients’ and significant others’ needs for information.
Maintain continuity of patient care across shifts and hospitals, and while expediting out-of-hospital transfers.