NICU RN II: Advanced Neonatal Care, 12-Hour Day Shift

LE0030 Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley; Pleasanton (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

The Registered Nurse (RN) at Stanford Health Care - ValleyCare provides direct patient care in accordance with the California Nursing Practice Act, hospital policies, and evidenced-based standards. You’ll coordinate care with other providers, educate patients and families, and support a healing environment through skilled assessment and compassionate communication.

The role requires an Associate's Degree in Nursing, at least one year of acute care RN experience, and NICU exposure.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree Nursing required.
• Minimum of one-year prior acute care Registered Nurse experience required.
• Minimum of one-year prior NICU experience required.

Responsibilities

• Assesses patients by collecting and documenting data about patients through interviewing, history taking, personal needs and physical assessment findings.
• Obtains accurate and relevant assessment screening data and interprets the data as normal v. abnormal.
• Determines nursing diagnosis.
• Monitors and evaluates data as frequently as needed based on stability.
• Safely performs and documents care plan using the nursing procedures required for the patient assignment consistent with the standards of care.
• Evaluates effectiveness of interventions and monitors patient for adverse responses and side effects.
• Assesses patient/family level of understanding and documents information on clinical records.
• Creates and maintains a climate conducive to healing through being present to patient & family, identifying and managing discomforts and providing emotional support and education.
• Teaches needed information for self-care and illness prevention to patient and family members.
• Recognizes and communicates to proper authority ethical and legal issues relative to patient care; completes incident report.
• Safety performs all provision of care for any age-related needs of the patients served on the unit, including growth and development principles.
• Attends meetings and serves on departmental and/or hospital committees as assigned.
• Works to support the achievement of department strategic and organizational goals.
• Employee must perform all duties and responsibilities in accordance with the C-I-CARE Standards of the Hospital.
• C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford Healthcare - ValleyCare's patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Adaptability

Education

Associate's Degree Nursing

1 year acute care RN experience

1 year NICU experience

Job description

The Registered Nurse (RN) at Stanford Health Care - ValleyCare provides direct patient care in accordance with the California Nursing Practice Act, hospital policies, and evidenced-based standards. You’ll coordinate care with other providers, educate patients and families, and support a healing environment through skilled assessment and compassionate communication.

The role requires an Associate's Degree in Nursing, at least one year of acute care RN experience, and NICU exposure.