Registered Nurse - NICU, Complex Infant Lung and Airway Disease Nights

Vanderbilt Health; Nashville (TN); Presencial; USD 60.000 - 80.000; Tempo integral

Benefícios oferecidos por esta vaga

Affordable high-quality health plan options

Dental and/or vision plan

403(b) retirement plan

Paid time off (flex PTO)

Tuition reimbursement and adoption assistance

Short- and long-term disability

Subsidized backup childcare

Resumo da vaga

Direct Jobs is looking for a Registered Nurse for their NICU Chronic Complex Care Unit at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. This role involves providing specialized family-centered care to infants under 2 years requiring chronic care. The RN will collaborate on care plans, assess patient needs, and promote health. Benefits include affordable health plans, a retirement plan, and paid time off. Prior NICU experience is preferred.

Qualificações

• 1 year of relevant work experience preferred.
• Certifications: LIC-Registered Nurse – Licensure-Other required.
• Experience in NICU is highly preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Collaborates in establishing the plan of care and coordinates care delivery.
• Analyzes comprehensive information to determine nursing diagnosis.
• Evaluates patients' progress and applies appropriate interventions.

Conhecimentos

Nursing Patient Education

Nursing Patient Assessment & Evaluation

Care Planning

Evidence-Based Practice

Collaboration Skills

Formação

Graduate of an approved discipline specific program

Descrição da vaga

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated.

Organization:

NICU Cohort 12

Job Summary

The NICU Chronic Complex Care Unit allows you to be a part of providing exceptional care to our most fragile babies. This 15‑bed technology‑dependent NICU unit is a high‑acuity environment where you will work as a team to provide specialized family‑centered care to former pre‑term infants under 2 years old who require chronic airway or respiratory support. Infants may have BPD, pulmonary hypertension, and/or congenital malformations of the large airways of the lungs. Shift: 7 PM–7 AM, 36 hours a week. NICU experience highly preferred.

Applies the nursing process to plan and implement the care of patients, including patient and family education and continuum of care planning. Effectively communicates pertinent patient/family information to the health care team, collaborates in establishing patient goals, and evaluates progress to ensure effective outcomes. Furthers professional growth by engaging in learning activities according to the Board of Nursing standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborates in establishing the plan of care, coordinates and implements care delivery while anticipating patient care needs across the continuum.
• Analyzes comprehensive information pertinent to the patient’s care and management to determine nursing diagnosis.
• Continually utilizes the nursing process to evaluate patient’s progress towards goals and applies appropriate interventions to ensure effective outcomes.
• Employs strategies to promote health and a safe and healthy environment.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Technical Capabilities

• Care Planning (Novice): Demonstrates ability to anticipate resource needs, identify distinct tasks, set priorities, schedule activities, meet deadlines, and organize work within areas of direct responsibility. Competently handles multiple assignments often simultaneously by prioritizing work into manageable and measurable units.
• Nursing Patient Education (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency in providing patient education in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
• Nursing Patient Assessment & Evaluation (Novice): Demonstrates sufficient proficiency to assess and evaluate patients, conduct primary care patient interviews and physical examinations, and gather pertinent clinical data that aid in referral, treatment, or other primary care pathways.
• Evidence‑Based Practice (Novice): Possesses sufficient proficiency to search for evidence to answer clinical questions. Generally works under the direction of others while accomplishing assignments.

Benefits

• Affordable high‑quality health plan options
• Dental and/or vision plan
• 403(b) retirement plan
• Paid time off (flex PTO)
• Tuition reimbursement and adoption assistance (maximums applied)
• Short‑ and long‑term disability
• Subsidized backup childcare
• Ask us about our current inpatient nursing supplemental pay program!

Position Qualifications

• Certifications: LIC‐Registered Nurse – Licensure‑Others
• Relevant work experience: 1 year
• Education: Graduate of an approved discipline specific program

Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. EOE/Vets/Disabled.