Registered Nurse ( RN ) - Mother Baby/Special Care Nursery

Trinity Health • Muskegon, MI

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About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) in Mother Baby/Special Care Nursery coordinates total nursing care, participates in patient and family teaching, and provides leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary nursing and other patient-team personnel to maintain professional nursing practice standards. The RN works collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team to deliver evidence-based medicine and individualized patient care and facilitates all aspects of the patient visit experience. The organization emphasizes care for the whole person—physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

The position is full-time, working 12-hour night shifts from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., totaling 72 hours per pay period. The schedule includes every other weekend and rotating holidays in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement. Special Care Nursery RNs must complete NRP within three months of orientation and STABLE within six months of nursery orientation. Orientation includes portions of AWHONN's Neonatal Orientation Education Program (NOEP) and shadowing assigned NNPs. The RN is responsible for maintaining unit competencies and annual education requirements.

Requirements

• Graduate of a state-accredited school of professional nursing.
• Current, unencumbered Michigan Registered Nurse license.
• ACLS, BLS, and PALS certifications are required.
• Obtain NRP certification within three months of orientation.
• Special Care Nursery RNs must complete STABLE within six months of nursery orientation.
• Ability to assess and evaluate patient condition and use the nursing process.
• Interpersonal skills to communicate with patients, families, medical personnel, and other healthcare team members.
• Ability to work cooperatively within the nursing team and perform effectively under pressure and in stressful critical situations.
• Ability to operate a computer.
• Maintain required continuing education units for relicensure and complete annual education and unit competencies.
• Become familiar with hospital and department policies and procedures, ancillary service requisition methods, and the medical staff; the posting says this knowledge is normally acquired through one to three months of orientation.

Nice To Haves

• Prior employment experience in the appropriate clinical setting for staff RN positions within a specialty area.
• OB, nursery, or pediatric experience.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN); the posting also describes the expected knowledge level as equivalent to a minimum of two years of college-level nursing training.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate total nursing care for patients.
• Participate in patient and family teaching.
• Work cooperatively with ancillary nursing and other patient-team personnel to maintain standards for professional nursing practice.
• Deliver evidence-based, individualized patient care as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Facilitate all aspects of the patient visit experience.
• Maintain current nursing knowledge, BLS certification, required continuing education units for relicensure, unit or nursery competencies, and annual education requirements.
• Complete NRP within three months of orientation and, for Special Care Nursery RNs, STABLE within six months of nursery orientation.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage available on the first day.
• 403(b) with employer match.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• 100% paid continuing education units (CEUs).
• Paid time off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree