About This Role
This night shift position involves providing direct nursing care to patients in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, following established policies, procedures, and protocols. The role focuses on implementing and monitoring patient care plans, communicating patient conditions, and coordinating care across disciplines.
Responsibilities
- Implement and monitor patient care plans
- Monitor, record, and communicate patient condition as appropriate
- Serve as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care
- Note and carry out physician and nursing orders
- Assess and coordinate patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team
- Work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing
- No experience required
- Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication
- Constant standing and walking
- Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs
- Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry
- Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors
- Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors
- Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
- Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs
- Occasional lifting/moving of patients
- Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements
- Occasional driving
- Rare crawling and running
- Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
For Illinois:
- Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
- And Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy Pediatrics (AAP) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
For Missouri:
- Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration or Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
- And Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy Pediatrics (AAP) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
