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P/D Registered Nurse (NICU)

Employer
UMC Southern Nevada
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada
Closing date
Aug 9, 2021

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Discipline
Registered Nurse (RN)
Specialty
Neonatal ICU (NICU)
Position Type
Nurse
Hours
Full Time
Work Setting
Private Practice
Position Summary

Provides care in Labor & Delivery, NICU, & PICU, providing care and support for women before, during and after delivery of the baby, providing care for newborn babies who are delivered pre-term or at term that experience complications at the time of birth, or providing care to children and adolescents with a wide-range of ailment.

Job Requirement

Education/Experience:

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and meets the requirements as specified in the Nursing Administrative Policy # PP-101, minimum of one (1) year recent (within the past five (5) years)NICURN experience in a similar facility.

Licensing/Certification Requirements:

Current License by the Nevada State Board of Nursing to Practice as a Registered Nurse, Basic Life support (BLS) certification, Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification (ACLS), Neonatal Resuscitation Protocol (NRP), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).Trauma Nurse Core Certification (TNCC) and Advance Burn Life Support (ABLS) must be obtained within one (1) of hire date. Pediatric Chemotherapy Certification must be obtained within two (2) years of hire date. Failure to obtain or maintain licensure and/or certification will result in termination of employment.

Current BLS required upon hire. Current NRP certification upon hire or within six (6) months of hire.

Additional and/or Preferred Position Requirements

PREFER:

* NICU Level III experience

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Physical Requirements

Knowledge of:

Nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation and coordination of patient care); anatomy and physiology; standards of care; disease process; medical equipment; patient care plan development; patient evaluation and assessment techniques; body mechanics used with ambulating, transferring and repositioning patients; how to use general office equipment including, but not limited to: facsimiles, copiers, telephones and computers; pharmacology and medication administration; Nurse Practice Act; department and hospital safety practice and procedures; patient rights; age specific patient care practices; infection control policies and practices; handling, storage, use and disposal of hazardous materials; department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures.

Skill in:

Implementing nursing process including assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation; working with high risk or critically ill patients; performing invasive nursing procedures associated with area of specialty; developing and implementing education programs associated with specialty; organizing, prioritizing and delegating work; using computers and related software applications; communicating with a wide variety of people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties; efficient, effective and safe use of equipment.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

Mobility to work in a typical clinical setting and use standard equipment, including stamina to remain standing and/or walk for extended periods of time, and strength to examine and treat varied patients, vision to read printed materials and a VDT screen, and hearing and speech to communicate effectively in person and over the telephone. Strength and agility to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.

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