Transition RN Registered Nurse Neonatal ICU NICU Full time nights
About The Position
The Women’s Center at Texas Health Ft. Worth, a MAGNET facility, has been named “Best Place to Have a Baby” and is a Maternal Level IV Designated facility. This is a Full Time Nights position for experienced RN's to train and transition into the NICU. The Neonatal ICU Department is a regional referral center for high-risk deliveries, offering advanced services for complex and high-risk infants with over 600 NICU admissions per year. The 63-bed Level III Neonatal ICU/NICU utilizes Bubble CPAP, Conventional Ventilator, Oscillators, and JETs (high-frequency). The NICU is staffed 24 hours a day by neonatologists, pediatric sub-specialists, neonatal nurse practitioners, and skilled registered nurses dedicated to providing experienced care to babies born with special health needs.
Requirements
- Associate degree from an accredited Nursing program OR (RN) Nursing Diploma
- CLIAFE Must comply with CLIA regulations regarding foreign education equivalency (required)
- One (1) year experience as a Registered Nurse, or completion of an RN residency program required.
- RN – Registered Nurse Upon Hire Required
- BCLS – Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly Required
- NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation Program within 90 days is required
- NRPA - Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation Program within 90 Days Required
- CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention Training Maintained Annually 90 Days Required
Nice To Haves
- BSN is preferred
- One year of Neonatal ICU Level III RN experience strongly preferred
- Prefer 18 months or more NICU RN experience in an acute care setting
Responsibilities
- Delivers care to patients utilizing the Nursing Process
- Assesses the patient
- Plans the care of the patient
- Intervenes as appropriate
- Evaluates the effectiveness of interventions
- Incorporates age specific safety/infection control measures into patient care.
- Initiates action to meet patient and/or significant others need for information
- Maintains continuity of patient care inter-shift, inter-hospital, and while expediting out of hospital transfers.
Benefits
- 401k
- PTO
- medical
- dental
- Paid Parental Leave
- flexible spending
- tuition reimbursement
- student Loan repayment program
- Nursing Career Ladder
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
