Pediatric Sleep Medicine Nurse - Outpatient (Days)

Akron Children's; Akron (OH); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Akron Children's Hospital is seeking a Staff Nurse for the Sleep Medicine Outpatient Clinic. The role is full-time with daytime hours and on-site duties, focusing on delivering family-centered pediatric nursing care.

Responsibilities include care planning, leadership, staff education, safety and quality improvements, and collaboration with clinical teams to provide excellent patient service.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Nursing is required or must be obtained within 5 years of hire.
• Licensed to practice professional nursing in the state of Ohio and BLS training completed.
• 0–2 years of relevant experience preferred; sleep clinic pediatric experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, evaluate and direct nursing care with family-centered focus.
• Provide care for physical, psychosocial, educational and safety needs across pediatric patients.
• Demonstrate leadership and professional duties within the unit.
• Support staff education, potentially precept new employees and mentor clinical staff.
• Engage in quality improvement, safety, and informatics tasks.
• Collaborate with providers to ensure efficient operation and legendary pediatric customer service.

Skills

Nursing skills

Education

BSN

Ohio Nursing License

BLS Certification

Tools

MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word)

Epic EMR

Job description

Full-Time Days
M-F, 7am to 3:30pm, 8am to 4:30pm or 9am-5:30pm (variable hours based on clinic needs)
No weekends or holidays

Onsite for Sleep Medicine Outpatient Clinic

Sleep experience and pediatric experience is preferred

Summary:

The Staff Nurse provides nursing care requiring specialized knowledge judgment and skill derived from the principles of biological, physical, behavioral, social and nursing sciences.

Responsibilities:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Performs leadership and professional duties.

4. Performs patient-centered care duties.

5. Performs quality improvement and safety duties.

6. 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.

7. Performs evidence-based practice duties.

8. 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.

9. Performs systems-based practice duties.

10. Performs informatics and technology duties.

11. Staff may be temporarily assigned to an area throughout the Akron Children's Hospital enterprise, based on patient needs requiring similar knowledge and skill.

12. Other duties as required.

Other information:

Technical Expertise

1. 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.

2. Experience in nursing dependent on population served may be required.

3. Experience in prioritizing and managing tasks for timely completion is required.

4. Experience working with all levels within an organization is required.

5. Experience in healthcare is preferred.

6. Proficiency in MS Office [Outlook, Excel, Word] or similar software is required. Epic software or similar EMR software is preferred.

Education and Experience

1. Education: Bachelor's in Nursing [BSN] is required or must be obtained within 5 years of hire.

2. Certification: Licensed to practice professional nursing in the state of Ohio is required. Current Health Care Provider BLS training from the American Heart Association is required. Additional certifications may be required based on the assigned department or unit.

3. Years of relevant experience: 0 to 2 years is preferred.

4. Years of experience supervising: None

Full Time

FTE: 1.000000

Status: Onsite