Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Staff Nurse - Nights (Hiring Immediately)
Company: CHRISTUS Health
Location: Beaumont
Posted on: October 26, 2024
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Job Description:
Description _Summary:_ The competent Nurse, in the same or
similar clinical setting, practices independently and demonstrates
an awareness of all relevant aspects of a situation. Provides
routine and complex care, with the ability to on long- range goals
or plans. Continues to develop the ability to cope with and manage
contingencies of clinical nursing. Makes appropriate assignments
and delegates to other care providers as a means to help manage the
clinical situation. This position is specific to the NICU
Department. _Responsibilities:_ --- Meets expectations of the
applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of
Others, or Leader of Leaders. --- Consistent with the ANA Scope and
Standards of Practice, provides nursing care utilizing the nursing
process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention
and evaluation for assigned patients. --- Addresses increasingly
complex psychological, emotional, cultural, and social needs of
patient and families in accordance with their level of practice.
--- Using the appropriate protocol, administers medications and
treatments; monitors for side-effects and effectiveness of the
treatment prescribed. --- Documents patient history, symptoms,
medication, and care given. --- Assess learning needs and provides
education to patients, family members andor care givers; identify
issues and resources. CORE COMPETENCIES Standard I: Utilizes the
Nursing Process --- Uses critical thinking skills to assess the
basic physical, psychosocial, social, cultural, spiritual, and
development needs of patient and families --- Communicates findings
to appropriate healthcare team members --- Develops and uses a
specific plan of care and modifies it to meet individual patient
needs using evidence-based practice --- Implements patient care and
therapeutic procedures; monitors and documents progression of
treatment and teaching goals --- Evaluates the care and
treatment(s) provided to the patient and the patient response to
the care and treatment(s) --- Performs timely reassessment and
documentation --- Must be able to perform unit-specific
competencies based on the specific patient care need for the
designated units patient population Standard II. Patient Throughput
& Patient Flow Process --- Anticipates and plans for
admissiondischargetransfer needs to facilitate patient flow ---
Utilizes appropriate systems of communication and tools to
facilitate the discharge process --- Coaches on tools and
techniques for checking, cross checking and validating orders to
ensure accuracy Standard III. Unit Operations --- Plans, directs,
and evaluates the overall nursing care and functions in a
particular nursing unit during an assigned shift --- Demonstrates
good stewardship in proper use and maintenance of equipment and
Supplies --- Assesses departmental staffing needs; actively
participates in resourcing efforts. --- Educates and trains others
on the operations, ethics, and regulations within the industry
Standard IV. Safe PracticeQuality CareRegulations --- Incorporates
patient safety practicesguidelines to promote a safe environment
resulting in positive patient outcomes --- Demonstrates
accountability for nursing research and quality improvement
activities --- Provides evidence-based nursing care ---
Communicates patient information effectively across the continuum
of care --- Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics,
and regulations within the industry --- Knowledge of federal, state
and local healthcare-related laws and regulations; ability to
comply with these in healthcare practices and activities TECHNICAL
COMPETENCIES Clinical Policies and Standards --- Follows a specific
set of standards and associated clinical procedures --- Analyzes
policy and standards documentation and ensures organizational
compliance --- Provides feedback for improvement of procedures ---
Assists in the development and implementation of specific
procedures --- Works with control and monitoring mechanisms, tools
and techniques Health Information Documentation --- Shares
experiences with maintaining paper and electronic patient
documentation --- Walk through the steps and procedures for
receiving, validating and updating patient records --- Describes
the flow of information between various stations or units ---
Discusses the functions, features and document flow of electronic
documentation --- Transcribes verbal orders; explains techniques
for ensuring their accuracy --- Explains health information
documentation best practices and their rationale across health care
practices Medical Equipment --- Describes experience with basic
medical equipment used in own unit or facility --- Uses standard
diagnostic tools and techniques to resolves common equipment
problems --- Educates patients about the appropriate use of home
medical equipment --- Ensures that all equipment and related
supplies are in proper working order prior to use to ensure patient
safety --- Inspects, troubleshoots and evaluates incoming equipment
Medical Order Processing --- Shares experiences with processing
medical orders for one or more groups of patients or conditions ---
Describes functions and features of the system used to enter,
validate, update and forward medical orders --- Discusses common
errors, their sources and procedures for correcting --- Explains
considerations for entering and following standing orders ---
Differentiates between standing orders and preprinted orders and
considerations for each Patient Chart Reading and Interpretation
--- Describes experiences in reading and interpreting patient
charts for patients on unit and under own care --- Reviews
patients--- charts for completion and accuracy; identifies and
alerts to mistakes or omissions --- Recognizes unexpected readings
and alerts nursing or medical staff --- Relates examples of
mis-readings or misinterpretations and lessons learned --- Reviews,
discusses and validates own interpretation with others Patient
Safety --- Shares experiences with ensuring safety for one or more
patient groups or settings --- Explains key features of safety
guidelines and procedures for those groups and settings --- Listens
and responds to safety inquiries from patients and family members
--- Recognizes and addresses physiological and psychological signs
of problems --- Describes considerations for patients who can cause
to harm to self, versus harm to others --- Utilizes appropriate
systems to document misses and near misses, participates in
immediate investigating, analysis and reporting in real-time Meets
all requirements identified in this position description.
_Requirements:_ Experience: 1 year of RN experience in the related
nursing specialty preferred Perinatal RN Residency, or recently
practicing in a Perinatal Setting is preferred. Education: Bachelor
of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred All newly hired experienced
RNs must attend New Nurses Orientation within the first 30 days of
hire. New hires are precepted by a designated trained staff member
and initial on-boarding requirements are validated through
successful completion of the designated organizational entry
competency validation and a Perinatal Department -specific
competency validation. Completion of all annual competency
verification requirements. LicensesCertificationsRegistrations: BLS
required RN License in state of employment or compact Current
STABLE (Post-resuscitationPre-transport Stabilization Care of Sick
Infants) certification from one of the following courses:
Participant, Lead Instructor, or Support Instructor at time of hire
or prior to the end of orientation for experienced nurses; within
90 days of hire for new graduates and experienced nurses new to the
specialty then required to maintain course certification
thereafter. Current NRP certification at time of hire for
experienced nurses; within 60 days for new graduates and
experienced nurses new to the specialty then required to maintain
certification thereafter. _Work Schedule:_ 7PM - 7AM _Work Type:_
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