NICU PICU STAFF NURSE FLEX

Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron; Akron (OH); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Nurse Residency Program

Health and Wellness Programs

Education Assistance

Career Development

Ascend Program

Awards and Recognition

Job summary

Akron Children’s Hospital is seeking a Flex Staff Nurse for NICU/PICU in a full-time day shift. You will provide specialized pediatric nursing care in a collaborative, family-centered environment across NICU and PICU units.

The role emphasizes leadership, education of staff, and participation in quality and safety initiatives to deliver legendary pediatric care.

Qualifications

• BSN required or within 5 years from date of hire.
• Current Ohio RN license.
• BLS certification required; ACLS, PALS, TNCC within 1 year of hire.
• Minimum 1 year RN experience preferred or 1 year direct patient-care in acute hospital setting.
• Experience with EPIC or similar EMR preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, evaluate, and direct nursing care with family-centered focus.
• Provide care in NICU/PICU per unit needs.
• Demonstrate leadership and mentor clinical staff.
• Engage in patient-centered care duties and quality/safety tasks.
• Support provider staff and promote collaboration for high-quality pediatric care.
• Utilize informatics and technology in care delivery.

Skills

Compassionate

Helpful

Personable

Positive

Sincere

Understanding

Education

BSN required or within 5 years

OH RN license

BLS certification

ACLS

PALS

TNCC

Tools

EPIC EMR

Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word)

Job description

Overview

At Akron Children’s, careers in nursing feel different. You make an impact on a daily basis, face-to-face, on children and their families. You do much more than treat patients. As the individual your patients come to recognize, rely on and smile at, you go beyond the title of nurse. Because this is more than a job. It’s what you were meant to do.

Success Profile

What makes a successful nurse at Akron Children's? Check out the top traits we’re looking for and see if you have the right mix.

• Compassionate
• Helpful
• Personable
• Positive
• Sincere
• Understanding

Job Description

Job Requisition Number 37090

FT Days

7am-7:30pm

36 hours/week

The NICU/PICU Flex Staff Nurse provides nursing care requiring specialized knowledge judgment and skill derived from the principles of biological, physical, behavioral, social and nursing sciences. The NICU/PICU Flex Staff Nurse will be expected to provide clinical nursing care in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and the Neonatal Intensive Care Units based on the needs of the unit.

Responsibilities

• Assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and directs nursing care with a focus on family centered care for individuals or groups of patients within the assigned scope of practice.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care for the physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs of the patients served regardless of age and developmental status is required.
• Performs leadership and professional duties.
• Performs patient-centered care duties.
• Performs quality improvement and safety duties.
• Participates in the development education for staff members for clinically related issues. May be responsible for precepting new employees and act as a mentor to the clinical staff.
• Performs evidence-based practice duties.
• Supports the provider staff and actively promotes collaboration for efficient operation and quality care, and legendary customer service for pediatric patients using a team approach.
• Performs systems-based practice duties.
• Performs informatics and technology 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.

Other Information

• Demonstrated ability to provide leadership, guidance, and motivation to other staff members with emphasis on working as a collaborative team to provide quality service to patients and their families.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written are required.
• Excellent customer service and interpersonal communication skills are required.
• Strong organizational skills are required.
• Ability to work well under pressure to prioritize and complete required tasks and responsibilities in a timely and accurate manner.
• Experience working with various levels within an organization is required.
• Experience in healthcare is preferred.
• Experience working in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word) or similar software is required.
• Experience working an electronic medical record system (i.e. EPIC) or similar software is preferred.

Education and Experience

• Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is required or must be obtained within 5 years from date of hire.
• Current certification in Basic Life Support training from the American Heart Association is required. Additional certifications may be required based on the assigned department or unit. Additional certifications that must be obtained within one (1) year of hire include ACLS, PALS, and TNCC
• Active licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of Ohio is required.
• Years of relevant experience: Minimum of one (1) year experience as a Registered Nurse preferred or at least one (1) year of direct patient-care experience in an acute hospital setting as a Nursing Tech, PCA, STNA, or equivalent required.
• Years of experience supervising: None

Full Time

FTE: 0.900000

Status: Onsite

Grow Your Career with Akron Children’s

Here at Akron Children's, we offer many ways for our nurses to succeed and grow professionally. There are multiple ways to grow your nursing career into areas such as leadership, education/professional development, advanced practice, informatics, research, quality, and more.

Benefits

• Nurse Residency Program
• Health and Wellness Programs
• Education Assistance
• Career Development
• Ascend Program
• Awards and Recognition

Employee Highlight

What inspires me as a nurse manager is my team of staff nurses and how dedicated they are. It doesn't matter how busy we are. They work and continue to work until the job is done. Karan Johnson

Nurse Manager, Adolescent Unit

Our Promises

• To treat every child as we would our own.
• To treat others as they would like to be treated.
• To turn no child away.

Diversity is more than a word at Akron Children’s – it’s our way of life. We truly reflect the communities we serve.