Registered Nurse (RN) - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

About This Role

This night-shift post on the cardiac ward pairs patient care with mentoring new nurses. The Registered Nurse provides and coordinates nursing care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, adhering to professional standards and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to meet patient and family needs. This role involves assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care, with sensitivity to age-specific and unique patient requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide care in accordance with the North Carolina Board of Nursing-Nurse Practice Act, American Nurses Association Standards of Practice, and other established standards
• Deliver nursing care in accordance with ECU Health and entity-specific nursing policies, procedures, and professional standards of care/practice
• Collect and analyze assessment data
• Identify expected outcomes and develop a plan of care in collaboration with the patient/family and other interdisciplinary team members
• Identify interventions to attain expected outcomes
• Implement the interventions identified in the plan of care
• Evaluate the progress of the patient/family toward attainment of outcomes
• Document the process
• Promote and evaluate the effective functioning of the health care team
• Collaborate with health care team members to meet the identified needs of the patient/family throughout the episode of care
• Delegate tasks and activities as appropriate and governed by the NC Nurse Practice Act

Requirements

• Current NC RN license or licensure to practice in a participating Nurse Licensure Compact state Health Care Provider
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support

Benefits

• $30k Commitment Bonus

Important Details

• Schedule: 0.9 FTE (3) 12-hour shifts, rotating shifts

About the Company

At the James and Connie Maynard Children's Hospital, located at ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville, the hospital is committed to caring for the kids of eastern North Carolina. As the region's only Children's Hospital, this hospital within a hospital has a total of 197 beds and bassinets, including a Level IV NICU, quaternary PICU with ECMO capabilities, a dedicated Pediatric Emergency Department, and a specialized critical care transport team. In partnership with Women's Services, it provides comprehensive maternal care across labor and delivery and mother-baby services, with specialized clinical expertise to support high-risk pregnancies and complex deliveries. The team at Maynard Children's Hospital is committed to transforming the future of eastern North Carolina, one child at a time.