Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Nursery (BCH-Mission Bay)
About The Position
The Registered Nurse uses the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate safe, therapeutic care. As a member of the interdisciplinary and nursing teams, the nurse carries out established nursing procedures and related duties, provides care for patients with complex needs with assistance and supervision, and assists with managing care delivered by other nursing team members. The role is in the Intensive Care Nursery (ICN), a regional tertiary center caring for extremely premature infants and infants with congenital anomalies who need evaluation or surgery. The ICN also provides specialized neurological care and treats infants with neurological, gastrointestinal, renal, skeletal, cardiac, and respiratory diseases. It is an ECMO Center of Excellence. Staff nurses provide comprehensive, compassionate, specialized care to fragile infants and their families, and participate in unit-level committees.
Requirements
- Minimum two years of recent clinical RN experience in a Level III Intensive Care Nursery with a surgical patient population.
- Proficiency in providing care for extremely low birth weight infants and neonates with congenital anomalies, such as pre-operative congenital heart disease.
- Flexibility to orient and work at all UCSF Medical Center locations.
- Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of California.
- Current healthcare provider CPR certification.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Current Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
Responsibilities
- Use the nursing process for assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation to provide safe, therapeutic care.
- Function as a member of the interdisciplinary and nursing teams.
- Carry out established nursing procedures and perform related duties as required.
- Provide nursing care for patients with more complex needs with assistance and supervision.
- Assist with management of patient care administered by other members of the nursing team.
- Maintain the knowledge and abilities essential to performing stated behaviors.
- Carry out legal responsibilities within the scope of the Nurse Practice Act.
- Provide comprehensive, compassionate, specialized care to fragile infants and their families.
- Participate on unit-level committees.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
