RN Registered Nurse Neonatal ICU/NICU Full-time Nights

Texas Health•Fort Worth, TX

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Texas Health Ft. Worth is hiring a Registered Nurse for its 63-bed Level III Neonatal ICU/NICU. The Women’s Center is a MAGNET facility and Maternal Level IV Designated facility, and the hospital serves as a regional referral center for high-risk deliveries, with more than 600 NICU admissions per year. The unit provides care for complex and high-risk infants and is staffed around the clock by neonatologists, pediatric sub-specialists, neonatal nurse practitioners, and registered nurses. This is a full-time night position working 36 hours per week, from 6:45 PM to 7:15 AM. Weekend and holiday work is required, along with 12 hours of on-call duty during each six-week schedule. The position offers self-scheduling, educational and career growth opportunities, and a supportive team environment. A sign-on bonus is available for eligible new hires. The nurse delivers patient care using the Nursing Process: assessing patients, planning and providing care, and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions. The nurse incorporates age-specific safety and infection-control measures, responds to patients’ and significant others’ information needs, and maintains continuity of care across shifts and hospitals, including during expedited out-of-hospital transfers.

Requirements

Associate degree from an accredited nursing program or an RN Nursing Diploma.
One year of experience as a Registered Nurse, or completion of an RN residency program.
CLIAFE compliance with CLIA regulations regarding foreign education equivalency.
Registered Nurse (RN) license upon hire.
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) before providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly.
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) within 90 days.
Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRPA) within 90 days.
Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) training within 90 days and maintained annually.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
One year of Level III Neonatal ICU RN experience strongly preferred.
18 months or more of NICU RN experience in an acute care setting preferred.

Responsibilities

Deliver care to patients using the Nursing Process.
Assess patients.
Plan patient care.
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’ need for information.
Maintain continuity of patient care across shifts and hospitals, and while expediting out-of-hospital transfers.