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

Highmark Health•Pittsburgh, PA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit assesses human responses and plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for assigned individuals and families. The nurse is fully responsible for actions taken as a licensed nurse and is accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered. West Penn Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is a 63-bed Level III nursery caring for critically ill infants from more than 200 communities across western Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. The unit also cares for infants who are feeders and growers. It includes private rooms where family members may sleep with their babies and three couplet rooms for twins. The RN provides leadership in a professional practice setting, collaborates with an interdisciplinary team, contributes to patient safety and quality initiatives, and supports colleagues through mentoring and knowledge sharing. Care is delivered in accordance with patient needs, physician direction, nursing and hospital policies, and applicable ethical, legal, privacy, and security requirements.

Requirements

Current Pennsylvania RN license 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 NICU Nursing (RNC-NIC).
Two or more years of inpatient hospital RN nursing experience.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership in a professional nursing 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 serving in a charge role.
Consider safety, patient condition, intervention complexity, and outcome predictability when assigning or providing care.
Provide peers with verbal and written feedback on clinical practice and role performance, and share knowledge and skills with colleagues.
Support a culture that treats mistakes as learning opportunities and encourages appropriate risk-taking.
Participate in interdisciplinary evaluations of clinical care and health services.
Promote patient safety initiatives, including National Patient Safety Goals, and participate in department-specific quality initiatives and appropriate use of order sets.
Supervise, delegate to, and evaluate assigned LPNs within the appropriate scope of practice.
Use the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized patient plans of care, including care involving patients and families.
Establish culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes with patients, families, and other healthcare providers.
Analyze the health status of individuals and families against norms when possible to determine care needs.
Assess and report changes in patient condition, notify physicians or supervisors, intervene appropriately, and document actions.
Accept assignments outside the primary unit and perform duties within individualized competency.
Pursue continuous lifelong learning and contribute to professional advancement through participation in professional organizations.
Use research findings and other evidence in formal and independent learning to maintain and develop clinical and professional skills and knowledge.
Participate in peer review, seek feedback, and identify strengths and areas for professional development.
Meet hospital time and attendance guidelines.
Continuously assess patient and family satisfaction and participate in department-specific satisfaction initiatives.
Promote compassionate, patient- and family-centered communication and assess and attempt to resolve patient or family concerns.
Use effective time management to complete assigned duties and responsibilities within the established work shift.
Protect confidential customer information and comply with HIPAA, company privacy and information security policies, the Code of Business Conduct, and applicable laws and training requirements.