Staff Nurse: PICU

Akron Children’s Hospital; Akron, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Akron Children's Hospital seeks a Staff Nurse in the PICU for nights, 36 hours weekly (3 12s), 7 PM to 7:30 AM. The role emphasizes family-centered care, critical pediatric nursing, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.

Required BSN or progression to BSN within 5 years, current Ohio RN license, BLS certification; pediatric cardiac CCU experience preferred. Strong leadership, communication, organization, and IT skills with EPIC familiarity are essential.

Qualifications

• BSN required or must be obtained within 5 years from date of hire.
• Current RN license in Ohio.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required.
• Pediatric cardiac critical care experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, evaluate and direct nursing care with a family-centered approach.
• Deliver care addressing physical, psychosocial, education, and safety needs.
• Provide leadership and professional duties within the unit.
• Offer patient-centered care and participate in quality/safety activities.
• Contribute to staff education and mentorship.
• Engage in evidence-based practice and interprofessional collaboration.
• Support providers and promote teamwork for high-quality pediatric care.
• Perform systems-based and informatics tasks as needed.
• Possibly rotate to areas across Akron Children's Hospital as required.
• Fulfill other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Customer service

Organizational skills

Teamwork

Education

BSN degree

RN license (OH)

BLS certification

Pediatric cardiac CCU experience (preferred)

Tools

EPIC EMR

Microsoft Office

Job description

Staff Nurse PICU
Full-time, 36 Hours/week (3 12's)
Nights, 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. Licensed 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.
Pediatric cardiac criticalcare experience preferred.
5. Years of experience supervising: None

Full Time

FTE: 0.900000

Status: Onsite