Experienced Pediatric ED Nurse, Holtz Children's Hospital, Per Diem, Nights

Department: Holtz Women's and Children - Pediatric Emergency Department
Address: 1611 NW 12th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136
Shift: Per Diem, On Call/Pool, Nights (7pm-7am), Rotating Weekends

About the role

Jackson Holtz Children's Hospital at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center is one of the largest pediatric hospitals in the southeast United States, where UHealth - University of Miami Health System physicians treat children from throughout Florida and the Caribbean. Holtz Children's is known worldwide for its care of critically ill newborns in its neonatal intensive care unit, which is one of the largest in the United States and boasts some of the best medical outcomes. In collaboration with the Miami Transplant Institute, Holtz Children's is one of only three centers in the country that specializes in pediatric multi-organ transplants. It is home to one of only three state-accredited comprehensive children's kidney failure centers and one of the largest pediatric kidney transplant programs in the world. The Children's Heart Center at Holtz Children's is the only comprehensive children's heart program in South Florida. In partnership with the University of Miami, Holtz Children's also trains the most pediatric physicians of any medical center in the southeastern United States.

The PRM Clinical Staff Nurse functions as a champion of quality patient care and professional caregiver who demonstrates critical thinking skills and scientific judgment in the anticipation and planning for the care of patients in assigned area(s). The PRM Clinical Staff Nurse is responsible for performing at a competent level of nursing and consistently demonstrates the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, identification of outcomes, planning, implementation, coordination of care, teaching, health promotion, and evaluation. The PRM Clinical Staff Nurse upholds the highest standards of professional performance, including ethics, cultural diversity, communication, collaboration, evidence-based practice, nursing research, quality, resource utilization, and environmental health.

Responsibilities

• Implements and coordinates the delivery of care in collaboration with physicians and other healthcare staff.
• Utilizes the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation) in applying nursing knowledge.
• Documents all pertinent information regarding nursing care, care plans, and observations.
• Accounts for narcotics and emergency equipment on each tour of duty.
• Maintains a working knowledge of facility infection control procedures.
• Recognizes, questions, and reports significant patient findings and/or inconsistencies in medical/nursing orders or treatment regimes; collaborates and seeks corrective action.
• Selects, individualizes, updates, and adheres to clinical procedures, protocols, standards, clinical pathways, plans of care, narcotics policies, and discharge/teaching plans.
• Completes and submits patient/unit charges.
• Recognizes and prioritizes overt/covert unit needs, problems, and implements corrective action independently.
• Assumes charge nurse role when assigned; supervises designated personnel and takes action as needed.
• Applies logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, and approaches to problems.
• Provides functional direction and assistance to LPNs, CNAs, or MAs, and completes new staff orientation as assigned.
• Makes rounds on a timely basis to ensure continuity of care.
• Maintains HIPAA compliance at all times.
• Follows and performs all related unit-specific policies and procedures as detailed on the unit-specific competency checklist.
• Utilizes job and unit-specific equipment as required.
• Demonstrates behaviors of service excellence and CARE values (Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Expertise).
• Performs all other related job duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Generally requires 1 to 3 years of related experience.
• Associate's degree in Nursing is required; BSN degree is preferred.
• For employees performing Point of Care testing in the Operating Room, Neuro ICU, NICU, PICU, Pedi-ER, Cath Lab, and/or Interventional Radiology areas, the educational degree must be verified at the time of hire (minimum Associate's degree).
• Valid Florida RN license is required.
• American Heart Association and any additional applicable life support certification for Healthcare Providers may be required at the unit level upon hire with at least 6 months validity and must be maintained at JHS for the duration of employment.
• Must meet and maintain valid and current all unit-specific and organizational skills/competencies, certifications/licensures as required by regulatory and/or nursing standards of practice for the specialty.

Skills

• AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) with 6 months validity.
• AHA Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).