RN NICU

HCA Healthcare; Corpus Christi (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

HCA Healthcare is seeking a Registered Nurse for the NICU at Corpus Christi Medical Center Bay Area. You will provide direct patient care, maintain a therapeutic environment, and participate in performance improvement activities within the hospital’s mission and vision.

The role includes in-charge nurse responsibilities, staff assignments, and ensuring patient safety. Requires RN licensure, BLS, and neonatal resuscitation/STABLE within specified timelines.

Qualifications

• Neonate Resuscitation must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• STABLE must be obtained within 1 year of employment start date
• (RN) Registered Nurse
• Basic Cardiac Life Support
• Associate Degree, or Bachelors Degree

Responsibilities

• Performs direct patient care within the scope of the RN Practice Act.
• Acts as charge nurse to assign staff and ensure quality patient care.
• Maintains patient safety and privacy; protects PHI.
• Documents all patient care and participates in performance improvement activities.
• Uses nursing process to plan individualized patient care.
• Demonstrates critical thinking and teamwork in daily practice.

Skills

Therapeutic communication

Nursing assessment

Teamwork

Education

Associate or Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Job description

Do you have the career opportunities as a(an) RM NICU you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Corpus Christi Medical Center Bay Area which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Registered Nurse performs direct patient care within the scope of the Registered Nurse Practice Act. Utilizes therapeutic communication in daily practice. Maintains a safe a therapeutic environment. Identifies nursing problems as they relate to the individual needs of the patient. Plans individualized patient care utilizing an interdisciplinary approach. Participates in performance improvement activities. Provides care and coordinates participation that fosters the goals of the hospital’s mission and vision statement.

When acting in charge nurse role, registered nurses are responsible for day-to-day activities to ensure the delivery of quality patient care in a therapeutic environment. Make staff assignments based on patient need and the skill of the staff. Serve as role models and clinical resource for the staff. Respond in a timely manner to requests for information or follow-up with physician, staff or patient issues.

What you will do in this role:

• Demonstrates the ability to perform specific competencies as listed on the competency validation checklist(s).

• Demonstrates age specific knowledge of human growth and development, assessment, range of treatment and care of patients.

• Ensures the privacy of our patient and confidentiality of their Protected Health Information (PHI).

• Meets mutually agreed upon performance goals/objectives as listed on the Performance Management Plan.

• Utilizes the nursing process for individual care to meet the needs of patients.

• Demonstrates ability to perform technical skills and procedures.

• Documents all patient care.

• Demonstrates critical thinking skills.

• Promotes customer service initiatives.

• Promotes and exhibits teamwork.

• Completes mandatory education.

• Comply with hospital policies/procedures and patient safety initiatives.

What qualifications you will need:

• Neonate Resuscitate must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

• STABLE must be obtained within 1 year of employment start date

• (RN) Registered Nurse

• Basic Cardiac Life Support

• Associate Degree, or Bachelors Degree

Benefits

Corpus Christi Medical Center Bay Area, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services

• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services

• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence

• Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling

• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing

• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Corpus Christi Medical Center (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/corpus-christi-medical-center) is a 630+ bed healthcare system of hospitals in Corpus Christi and the surrounding Coastal Bend community. Bay Area is our full-service acute care hospital and offers state-of-the-art cardiovascular services, bariatric, GYN and robotic surgery. The Women’s Center at Bay Area , with its NICU Unit, is also the home of our graduate medical education program. Doctors Regional is our acute care hospital, with a 24-hour emergency department, cardiac catheterization labs, orthopedic and surgical services, and inpatient rehabilitation. The Heart Hospital offers complete diagnostics, treatment, surgery and rehabilitation for cardiac patients. Northwest Regional/Northwest Behavior Health Center provides emergency medical services, laboratory, imaging services and outpatient behavioral health services. Bayview Behavioral Hospital provides inpatient and outpatient short-term treatment for psychiatric patients ages 12 years and older, as well as substance abuse treatment. Northshore Emergency Center is a full-service 24-7 emergency department in Portland that offers outpatient laboratory, imaging and occupational services. Radiation Oncology offers advanced technology for treating cancer with the latest and most specific radiation therapies available. Our programs focus on the needs of individual patients, while employing the latest techniques and research of 21st-century medicine.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.