Registered Nurse - NICU (Part-time Day)

About the role

The Messina Family Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at South Shore Hospital is the first and only Level III NICU located in a community hospital in Massachusetts. The Level III Messina Family NICU and the Level II Andrade Family Special Care Nursery enable us to care for babies born at any time in pregnancy who have a wide range of medical conditions. The unit is staffed by doctors, nurses, and respiratory therapists with specific training in the care of ill, premature, and recovery newborns. Our NICU doctors are dually affiliated with both South Shore Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital.

Responsibilities

• Compiles and reviews patient history and records to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Develops, discusses, and communicates a prioritized problem list/plan of care for each patient.
• Initiates admission assessment within 8 hours of admissions, identifies and documents patient/family/significant other teaching needs upon admission and throughout hospitalization.
• Documents all patient care following the department of nursing policy, unit based standards, disease processes (CHF, PNA vaccines) and nurse sensitive indicators (falls, skin, CAUTI).
• Works on behalf of patient /family. Seeks help to represent patient/family when they are unable to represent themselves.
• Facilitates discharge/transfer by goal of 12:00pm, communicates barriers utilizing chain of command.
• Verifies patient identification with two identifiers prior to the start of any invasive procedure, including "time out", administration of care, medications, labeled specimen's an documents confirming the correct patient, procedure, site, equipment and consent.
• Maintains awareness of MSDS sheets and how to access.
• Ensures environment meets regulatory requirements at all times.
• Understands and is able to demonstrate individual roles and responsibilities in the event of hospital codes/emergency preparedness.
• Assumes overall responsibility for own professional development by incorporating evidenced-based practice, research, and performance improvement initiatives as a part of ongoing nursing practice.
• Obtains at least 5 contact hours per year in area of practice.
• Practices within the legal boundaries of MA Nurse Practice Act.
• Directs other licenses and non-licensed personnel as assigned.
• Displays the ability to accept and respond appropriately to feedback and recommendations for change.
• Communicates appropriately and effectively utilizing chain of command.
• Utilizes technological solutions to work processes and practices.
• Access Lotus Notes to review email, learning management and other resources as applicable to RN role.
• Utilizes software applications required by department and unit standards.
• Accountable to understand how to operate in downtime.
• Complies with applicable policies and procedures.
• Safeguards the privacy and security of patient information.
• Complies with the mandatory education requirements of the compliance, privacy and security programs.
• Breaches confidentiality of patient information.
• Welcomes the presence and participation of family members at all times according to patient preferences, regardless of rounds, change of shift, or other events on unit.
• Conveys respect for values, preferences, and expressed needs of the patient and family.
• Collaborates with the patient, and family according to patient preferences, in planning, implementing, and evaluating care.
• Effectively utilizes resources to provide care/services - such as, interpreter services and on-line sources.

Requirements

• 3-5 years current NICU level III RN experience required.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
• Previous Acute Care RN experience preferred.

Skills

• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for administering, transcribing, and recording medications.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for medication reconciliation.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for documenting narcotic withdrawal, administration, and resolving discrepancies.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for initiating admission assessment and documenting patient/family/significant other teaching needs.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for assessing/reassessing patient's level of comfort and documenting using appropriate pain scales.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for communicating plan of day via white board.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for facilitating discharge/transfer by goal of 12:00pm.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for verifying patient identification with two identifiers prior to invasive procedures.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for complying with CDC hand hygiene guidelines.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for adhering to universal precautions and making appropriate use of personal protective equipment.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for maintaining awareness of MSDS sheets and how to access.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for ensuring environment meets regulatory requirements at all times.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for understanding and demonstrating individual roles and responsibilities in the event of hospital codes/emergency preparedness.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for incorporating evidenced-based practice, research, and performance improvement initiatives as a part of ongoing nursing practice.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for obtaining at least 5 contact hours per year in area of practice.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for practicing within the legal boundaries of MA Nurse Practice Act.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for directing other licenses and non-licensed personnel as assigned.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for displaying the ability to accept and respond appropriately to feedback and recommendations for change.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for communicating appropriately and effectively utilizing chain of command.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for utilizing technological solutions to work processes and practices.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for accessing Lotus Notes to review email, learning management and other resources as applicable to RN role.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for utilizing software applications required by department and unit standards.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for understanding how to operate in downtime.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for complying with applicable policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for safeguarding the privacy and security of patient information.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for complying with the mandatory education requirements of the compliance, privacy and security programs.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for conveying respect for values, preferences, and expressed needs of the patient and family.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for collaborating with the patient, and family according to patient preferences, in planning, implementing, and evaluating care.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for welcoming the presence and participation of family members at all times according to patient preferences, regardless of rounds, change of shift, or other events on unit.
• Knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for effectively utilizing resources to provide care/services - such as, interpreter services and on-line sources.

Benefits

• Depending on department, Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification, Emergency Response Training Certification, Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Certification, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC), Trauma Care After Resuscitation (TCAR) Certification may be required.

Pay

$38.20 - $77.39

Schedule

Rotating weekends and holidays. 12 hr shifts: 7:00am- 7:30pm