Staff Nurse: NICU

Staff Nurse

The Staff Nurse provides nursing care to individuals and groups, requiring specialized knowledge, judgment, and skill derived from the principles of biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences. This role involves assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating, and directing nursing care with a family-centered care focus for individuals or groups of patients within the scope of practice, as assigned.

Job Description

• Performs leadership and professional duties.
• Performs patient-centered care duties.
• Performs quality improvement and safety duties.
• Performs evidence-based practice duties.
• Performs informatics and technology duties.
• Performs communication, collaboration, and teamwork duties.
• Performs systems-based practice duties.
• Staff may be temporarily assigned to an area throughout the Akron Children's Hospital enterprise based on patient needs requiring similar knowledge and skill.
• Other duties as required.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's in Nursing (BSN) is required or must be obtained within 5 years of hire.
• Certification: Licensed to practice professional nursing in the state of Ohio is required. Current Health Care Provider BLS training from the American Heart Association is required. Additional certifications may be required based on the assigned department or unit.
• Years of relevant experience: 0 to 2 years is preferred.
• Experience in nursing dependent on population served may be required.
• Experience in prioritizing and managing tasks for timely completion is required.
• Experience working with all levels within an organization is required.
• Experience in healthcare is preferred.
• Proficiency in MS Office Outlook, Excel, Word, or similar software is required. Epic software or similar EMR software is preferred.

Work Schedule

• Full-time, 36 hours/week
• 7pm-7:30am
• Onsite

Status

• FTE: 0.900000
• Onsite