Staff Nurse: Burn Unit

Akron Children’s Hospital; Akron (OH); On-site; USD 38,000 - 54,000; Part time

Job summary

Akron Children’s Hospital is seeking a Part Time Staff Nurse for nights (7pm–7:30am), 24 hours per week. You will deliver family-centered nursing care, participate in education, and support quality and safety initiatives within a pediatric setting.

The role requires a BSN or completion within 5 years, Ohio RN licensure, and a current BLS cert. Prior pediatric or EPIC experience is advantageous; onsite duties apply in Akron, OH.

Qualifications

• BSN is required or must be obtained within 5 years from date of hire.
• Current license to practice as an RN in Ohio is required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Minimum of 1 year of relevant experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assesses, plans, implements, evaluates and directs nursing care with a family-centered focus.
• Provide care addressing physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs of patients.
• Demonstrates leadership and professional duties.
• Performs patient-centered care and quality/safety duties.
• Participates in staff education and may precept new employees.
• Engages in evidence-based practice and informatics duties.
• Collaborates with providers to deliver high-quality pediatric care.
• May be reassigned to other Akron Children's Hospital units as needed.
• Completed tasks prioritized and executed under pressure.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Customer service

Organizational skills

Teamwork

Prioritization

Education

BSN required

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Tools

Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word)

EPIC EMR system

Job description

Part Time Nights

24 hours/week

7pm-7:30am

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. Demonstrated ability to provide leadership, guidance and motivation to other staff members with emphasis on working as a collaborative team to provide quality service to patients and their families.
2. Strong communication skills, both verbal and written are required.
3. Excellent customer service and interpersonal communication skills are required.
4. Strong organizational skills are required.
5. Ability to work well under pressure to prioritize and complete required tasks and responsibilities in a timely and accurate manner.
6. Experience working with various levels within an organization is required.
7. Experience in healthcare is preferred.
8. Experience working in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word) or similar software is required.
9. Experience working an electronic medical record system (i.e. EPIC) or similar software is preferred.

Education and Experience

1. Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is required or must be obtained within 5 years from date of hire.
2. Current certification in Basic Life Support training from the American Heart Association is required. Additional certifications may be required based on the assigned department or unit.
3. A valid, active license to practice as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of Ohio is required.
4. Years of relevant experience: Minimum of one (1) year of experience is preferred.
5. Years of experience supervising: None

Part Time

FTE: 0.600000

Status: Onsite