Registered Nurse - Special Care Nursery - Part Time Nights

Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Part time

Job summary

Saint Francis Hospital, part of Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic, is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse for the Special Care Nursery. This part-time night shift (8-hour shifts) totals 20 hours per week, with every other weekend and rotating holidays.

You will deliver direct neonatal care and maintain accurate clinical records according to state regulations and hospital policy.

Qualifications

• ASN required; BSN preferred.
• Active RN license in Delaware.
• 1–2 years' experience in Special Care Nursery.
• BLS required.
• NRP certification within 6 months of employment.
• RNC preferred.

Responsibilities

• Adheres to nursing standards and evaluates patient care.
• Performs comprehensive neonatal assessments.
• Manages thermoregulation, glucose monitoring, and respiratory status of newborns.
• Plans and delivers care for newborns with complications.
• Documents and communicates patient care plans and progress.
• Provides parent education and discharge planning.

Skills

Neonatal care

Patient education

Documentation

Education

ASN (Associate Degree in Nursing)

BSN preferred

Tools

NRP certification

BLS certification

Job description

Job Details

Employment Type: Part time Shift: Night Shift Description: Saint Francis Hospital, a member of Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic, is looking for an experienced Registered Nurse to join the team in our Special Care Nursery! Shift part time nights (8 hour shifts) / 20 hours per week. Every other weekend & rotating holidays

Job Description Summary

The staff nurse is a registered professional nurse who plans and renders nursing care within an assigned nursing unit. He/she gives direct patient care and maintains clinical records reflecting the patient’s condition, medication, treatment, examination, and progress according to the Delaware Nursing Practice Act and St. Francis Hospital’s policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Adheres to hospital nursing practice standards, demonstrates appropriate assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care.
• Performs a comprehensive assessment of the neonate.
• Displays an understanding of normal newborn transitional care including thermoregulation, glucose monitoring, and respiratory status.
• Plans and delivers care to the newborn with complications.
• Identifies patient needs based on objective data and follows through with appropriate documentation.
• Implements appropriate Nursing actions to each patient needs identified.
• Makes decisions that reflect both knowledge of facts and sound judgment.
• Discusses with and includes parents about planned patient care and expected outcomes and documents same.
• Identifies and appropriately utilizes multidisciplinary approach to facilitate delivery of patient care.
• Instructs parents in follow-up care/activities in preparation for transfer/discharge.
• Evaluates the parents understanding of instructions.
• Gives written instructions and materials to parents.
• Documents understanding of instructions.
• Charts precise and specific observation via Focus Charting on Flow Sheets.
• Receives and gives a knowledgeable and concise patient report to others, as necessary to demonstrate awareness of patient’s overall conditions.
• Initiates Clinical Pathways/Plan of care on appropriate patient population on admission.

Minimum Qualifications

• ASN required, BSN preferred, from an accredited school of nursing
• Active RN License in the state of Delaware
• Must have at least 1-2 years' experience working in Special Care Nursery
• BLS Required
• Must obtain NRP certification within 6 months of employment.
• RNC preferred

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