Staff Nurse: Special Care Nursery

Akron Children's Hospital; Wooster (OH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

Akron Children's Hospital Wooster SCN is seeking a Staff Nurse for PRN nights (7pm–7:30am) with a BSN and Ohio RN licensure. This role emphasizes family-centered pediatric care, leadership, and collaboration within a multidisciplinary team.

A 36-hour minimum over a 6-week schedule is required, with on-site duties and potential cross-coverage. The ideal candidate has BLS certification, strong communication skills, and experience in EPIC or similar EMR systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required or must be obtained within 5 years of hire.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Licensed Registered Nurse (RN) in Ohio required.
• Minimum of 1 year of relevant experience preferred.
• On-site, PRN schedule with nights (7p-7:30a) and minimum 36 hours per 6 weeks.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care with family-centered focus.
• Provide care for varied ages; consider physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs.
• Demonstrate leadership and perform professional duties.
• Deliver patient-centered care and ensure safety and quality.
• Engage in quality improvement and safety activities.
• Educate/mentor staff; may precept new employees.
• Support providers and promote collaboration for efficient operation and quality care.
• Utilize systems-based practice and informatics in daily work.
• Temporary assignments across Akron Children's Hospital as needed.
• Other duties as required.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Teamwork

Customer service

Organization

Education

BSN

RN License (OH)

Tools

EPIC

MS Office

Job description

Wooster SCN

PRN (minimum 36 hours/ 6 week schedule)

Nights 7p-730a

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.
• 5.Years of experience supervising: None

On Call

FTE: 0.001000

Status: Onsite