RN - Nicu (Nights)

The Nemours Foundation • Orlando, FL

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Nemours is seeking a full-time Registered Nurse to join the NICU team at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando, Florida, working 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. The hospital’s Level IV NICU has 18 beds, private single-family rooms, and advanced therapies, including whole-body hypothermia, high-frequency ventilation, inhaled nitric oxide, and ECMO. The team collaborates with maternal-fetal medicine, pediatric surgery, cardiology, and critical care to care for neonates with complex and rare conditions. The NICU also supports the hospital’s Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Fetal Care Programs and provides regional neonatology support in partnership with hospitals across Central Florida.

The Registered Nurse implements the patient care delivery model for patients and their families. The role involves making clinical practice decisions, assessing and responding to patient needs, collaborating with the multidisciplinary team, supporting evidence-based practice, and providing compassionate, culturally responsive care. Nurses also contribute to patient and family education, ethical advocacy, care coordination, professional learning, and improvements to clinical practice and patient outcomes.

Requirements

• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) required.
• Active Florida or multistate RN license required.
• At least 6 months of RN experience required.
• Valid American Heart Association BLS certification; must remain valid for 90 days after the start date.
• Valid American Heart Association NRP certification.
• Valid S.T.A.B.L.E. certification.

Nice To Haves

• National certification in the clinical specialty preferred.
• Experience in a pediatric specialty area preferred.

Responsibilities

• Use policies, procedures, guidelines, and reliable methods to make clinical practice decisions.
• Independently develop, implement, evaluate, and modify clinical practice using nursing knowledge, critical thinking, and skills.
• Collect and interpret complex patient data and clinical events to make decisions that meet individual patient and family needs.
• Recognize and respond to changing clinical situations, using sound judgment based on an understanding of the overall patient picture.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, seek expert consultation, and delegate to other clinicians as appropriate, using evidence-based guidelines.
• Identify clinical questions and seek advice, resources, or education to improve patient care.
• Participate in research and implement evidence-based changes in practice.
• Create a safe, compassionate, supportive, and therapeutic environment for patients, families, and Associates.
• Promote comfort and healing, prevent unnecessary suffering, and develop professional, trusting relationships while maintaining appropriate boundaries.
• Provide patient- and family-centered care that recognizes and incorporates cultural, spiritual, gender, lifestyle, racial, ethnic, linguistic, socioeconomic, age, developmental, and values-based differences.
• Communicate effectively to meet patient and family health-literacy needs and protect confidentiality, autonomy, dignity, and rights.
• Advocate for patients, families, and Associates; support ethical care and initiate ethics consultation when appropriate.
• Collaborate with patients, families, and colleagues to develop and achieve goals across the continuum of care.
• Participate in team discussions, governance, councils, committees, and initiatives to improve clinical practice and patient outcomes.
• Use resources to plan and provide safe, effective, and financially responsible nursing services.
• Contribute to the development and revision of standards of care, policies, and procedures.
• Identify educational needs, assess readiness to learn, provide evidence-based teaching, and evaluate its effectiveness.
• Seek mentorship for professional growth and serve as a mentor, coach, or preceptor based on unit needs and individual preferences or abilities.

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement of up to $5,250 annually for approved courses.
• Relocation assistance of $3,000.
• Employee referral bonus.
• Six paid holidays annually.
• One day of paid volunteer time off.
• Six weeks of paid parental leave at 100% pay.
• 403(b) retirement plan with immediate participation and matching contributions.
• 457(b) program for highly compensated Associates.
• Basic life and AD&D insurance equal to one times annual salary, up to $500,000.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage at 60% of salary for non-work-related disabilities.

What This Job Offers

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