RN Neonatal ICU (Full Time 36 Hours), West Penn Hospital

Highmark Health•Pittsburgh, PA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse in West Penn Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit assesses human responses and plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for the individuals and families for whom the nurse is responsible. The RN is fully responsible for actions taken as a licensed nurse and is accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered. West Penn’s 63-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit treats critically ill infants from more than 200 communities across western Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. The unit has private rooms where family members can sleep in with their babies, as well as three couplet rooms for twins. It cares for critically ill infants and infants in the feeders-and-growers population. The RN provides professional leadership, collaborates with an interdisciplinary team, supports patient safety and quality initiatives, and delivers compassionate, patient- and family-centered care. The role also includes delegation and supervision of appropriate staff, ongoing professional development, and working in accordance with hospital policies and applicable ethical, legal, privacy, and information-security requirements.

Requirements

Current Pennsylvania RN licensure or current multistate licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
CPR certification.

Nice To Haves

Certification in Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing (RNC-NIC).
Two or more years of inpatient hospital RN nursing experience.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership in a professional practice setting and contribute to team success through role modeling and mentoring.
Assign or delegate tasks based on patient needs and staff skill levels; assign duties and lunches when acting in a charge role.
Consider the maintenance of a safe environment, patient condition, intervention complexity, and outcome predictability when assigning work.
Provide peers with verbal and written feedback on clinical practice and role performance, and share knowledge and skills with colleagues.
Promote a culture where staff can acknowledge mistakes and take appropriate risks.
Participate in interdisciplinary evaluations of clinical care or health services.
Promote patient-safety initiatives, including National Patient Safety Goals, and participate in department-specific quality initiatives; ensure appropriate order sets are used.
Supervise, delegate to, and evaluate assigned LPN practice as appropriate to the LPN scope of practice.
Use the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized patient care according to patient needs, prescriptions, and hospital policy, including care involving patients and families.
Develop culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes with the patient, family, and other healthcare providers.
Analyze the health status of individuals and families, comparing findings with norms when possible to determine care needs.
Assess and document reported or recorded changes in patient condition, notify the physician or supervisor, and intervene appropriately.
Accept assignments outside the primary unit and perform duties within individual competency.
Pursue continuous learning, use current research and other evidence to maintain and develop clinical and professional skills, and promote the profession through participation in professional organizations.
Participate in systematic peer review and seek feedback to identify strengths and professional-development needs.
Meet hospital time-and-attendance guidelines.
Continuously evaluate patient and family satisfaction and participate in department-specific satisfaction initiatives.
Communicate compassionately with patients and families, assess their concerns, and attempt to resolve them.
Use effective time-management skills to complete assigned duties within the established work shift.
Comply with the company’s Code of Business Conduct, applicable laws and policies, HIPAA privacy requirements, and information-security guidelines.