Registered Nurse (Pediatric)

About This Role

This night-shift post on the cardiac ward pairs patient care with mentoring new nurses. This role involves providing comprehensive nursing care to pediatric patients, managing physician orders, and assigning staff duties, while also educating patients and families.

Responsibilities

• Verify and annotate all physician's orders written during the shift and make other staff members aware of new orders
• Assign staff to patient care duties based on patient condition and expertise of staff
• Review and revise nursing care plans as needed
• Provide comprehensive nursing care to pediatric patients
• Advise attending physician of significant change in a patient's condition in a timely manner
• Administer oxygen, intravenous (IV) fluids, blood transfusions, chemotherapy and prescribed oral, subcutaneous and intramuscular medications

Requirements

• Degree or diploma from a professional nursing program approved by the legally designated State accrediting agency at the time the program was completed
• Active, current registration as a professional nurse in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States
• If graduated from an approved nursing educational program within the past 12 months, may be appointed pending State registration as a professional nurse

Experience GS-10:

• One year of experience providing comprehensive nursing care to pediatric patients, educating patients or family members, administering prescribed medications and responding to emergency situations

OR

Education for GS-10:

• Two and a half years of progressively higher level graduate education in nursing with a concentration in a field of nursing (e.g., teaching, a clinical specialty, research, administration) or in a closely related non-nursing field directly related to the position

OR

Combination of Experience GS-10:

• A combination of education and experience where the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%
• Foreign education must be evaluated for U.S. equivalency
• Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute for experience