NICU Staff Nurse - Night Shift Leader & Mentor

Akron Children’s Hospital; Boardman Township (OH); On-site; USD 54,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Akron Children’s Hospital in Ohio is seeking a Staff Nurse for the NICU at St. Elizabeth Medical Center. The role delivers nursing care with specialty knowledge and emphasizes family-centered care within the NICU scope.

The position is full-time at 0.9 FTE (36 hours/week), with a schedule of 7:00 pm to 7:30 am, onsite. Responsibilities include leadership, patient-centered care, quality improvement, and collaboration to ensure high-quality pediatric care.

Qualifications

• Education: BSN is required or must be obtained within 5 years from date of hire.
• Current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) is required.
• Licensed Registered Nurse (RN) in Ohio is required.
• Minimum of 1 year of relevant experience preferred.

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.
• Performs leadership and professional duties.
• Performs patient-centered care duties.
• Performs quality improvement and safety duties.
• Participates in the development and 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.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Customer service

Organizational skills

Prioritization under pressure

Cross-functional experience

MS Office

EPIC

Education

BSN

BLS certification

RN license (Ohio)

Tools

EPIC

MS Office

Job description

Akron Children’s Hospital in Ohio is seeking a Staff Nurse for the NICU at St. Elizabeth Medical Center. The role delivers nursing care with specialty knowledge and emphasizes family-centered care within the NICU scope.

The position is full-time at 0.9 FTE (36 hours/week), with a schedule of 7:00 pm to 7:30 am, onsite. Responsibilities include leadership, patient-centered care, quality improvement, and collaboration to ensure high-quality pediatric care.