Registered Nurse Newborn ICU

Intermountain Healthcare Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Intermountain Healthcare seeks a Registered Nurse (RN) in the Neonatal ICU (NICU) at American Fork Hospital. The staff RN assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care using the nursing process and coordinates with the health team.

Lactation support and resuscitation are among responsibilities in a NICU setting. The role is full-time, nights, with self-scheduling every 8 weeks and weekend/holiday requirements.

Qualifications

• Active RN license in state of practice; compact license transfer within 60 days.
• BSN required or willing to obtain within four years of hire.
• BLS certification required for healthcare providers.

Responsibilities

• Assess: Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status; collaborates with the interdisciplinary team.
• Plan: Develops individualized plan of care with patient/family involvement.
• Implement: Coordinates care with the team and allocates time and resources.
• Evaluate: Reviews outcomes and revises the plan as needed.
• Professionalism: Maintains standards, documentation, and legal/ethical compliance.

Skills

Patient Care Delivery

Nursing Fundamentals

Interdisciplinary Teams

Documentation

Professional Etiquette

Accountability

Patient Care Coordination

Communication

Patient Evaluation

Critical Thinking

Education

RN license

BSN within 4 years

BLS certification

Job description

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members. NICU level 2 in American Fork Hospital. Our patient population consists of preterms 32 week gestation and above, infants of diabetic mothers, sepsis, respiratory distress, feeding issues, and substance withdrawal. Our team consists of 24/7 on site Neonatal Nurse Practitioners, daily Neonatologist coverage, lactation consultants, OT/SLP rehab team, and dieticians. We have an amazing team that is passionate about providing excellent care for neonates and their family. Skills include lactation support, neurodevelopmental care, CPAP, ventilators, chest tubes, extended dwell IV lines, surfactant administration, delivery attendance with neonatal resuscitation.

Full time, 36 hours a week, nights, self-scheduling every 8 weeks. There is weekend and holiday requirements.

Benefits elibible

Essential Functions

• Assess: Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate). Seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others.
• Plan: Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care. Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop plan of care including needed education. Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (i.e., teaching, referrals, and follow-up).
• Implement: Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration as appropriate. Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure provisions. Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources.
• Evaluate: Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient, and family satisfaction. Revises plan of care as indicated and reassesses changes as appropriate.
• Professionalism: Promotes nursing profession and participate in development of others. Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice, complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications of care delivery.

Skills

• Patient Care Delivery
• Nursing Fundamentals
• Interdisciplinary Teams
• Documentations
• Professional Etiquette
• Accountability
• Patient Care Coordination
• Communication
• Patient Evaluation
• Critical Thinking

Minimum Qualifications

• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in state of practice. Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment.
• RNs must have their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or willing to obtain within four (4) years of their hire date.
• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.

Preferred Qualifications

• One or more years of RN work experience
• One or more years of RN work experience in NICU
• *Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is required as of the job description's last update on 4/27/2025. Employees hired or promoted prior to this date will be held to the minimum requirements that were in place at the time of their promotion or hire.

Physical Requirements

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.

Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.

Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.

Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typicaly includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.

Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.)

May be expected to stand in