Registered Nurse NICU Job Description
Registered nurse NICU
provides age appropriate excellent care to your patients based on physical, psychosocial, cultural, safety and learning needs of the patient.
Registered Nurse NICU Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective registered nurse NICU job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included registered nurse NICU job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Monitor the condition of babies
Check for signs of distress
Administer medication when necessary
Be responsible for providing all kinds of basic care, like changing diapers and feeding babies
Care for newborns for the first 28 days of the babies' lives, the children's most vulnerable stage
Teach new parents the basics of child care, as needed
Provide critical care to premature and sick newborns
Offer support to parents (can range from emotional encouragement to advising at-home care)
Work with other members of the NICU
Ensure critical care treatment of newborns is secure
Registered Nurse NICU Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Registered Nurse NICU
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BLS, NRP, CPR, AHA, STABLE, ACLS, S.T.A.B.L.E
Education for Registered Nurse NICU
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the registered nurse NICU job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Nursing, Graduate, School of Nursing, Associates, Education, Nursing Program, Medical, College of Nursing, Healthcare, Science
Skills for Registered Nurse NICU
Desired skills for registered nurse NICU include:
Age-appropriate competencies to department specific population
Cultural
Developmental needs for a select category of patients
Nursing practice and education
Physical
Psychosocial
Spiritual
Appreciation for legal and ethical aspects of charting
Facts
Principles of growth and development over the life span
Desired experience for registered nurse NICU includes:
Work alongside members of the healthcare team
Provide direct and specialized care for newborns needing close monitoring due to premature birth, birth defects, infection, or other medical conditions requiring surgery or therapy
Assist in developing and implementing a plan of care for high-risk newborns requiring high-technology care
Care for newborn patients
Monitor the condition of newborns
Provide basic care
Registered Nurse NICU Examples
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Registered Nurse NICU Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of registered nurse NICU. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for registered nurse NICU
- Provides leadership in the coordination and delivery of quality compassionate patient care
- Utilizes the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, to provide, delegate, supervise and document care and teaching of patients and family
- Responsible for the care and treatment of the neonatal patient from birth (attending high risk deliveries in the delivery room in the operating room) to the continuum of care in the NICU
- Perform other duties as aligned with the mission and values of the organization
- Partners with the Performance Improvement Coordinator for nursing in facilitating the Nursing Departments Quality Plan
- Recognizes and reports changes in the patient's clinical condition
- Recognizes implications of abnormal diagnostic tests and follows through (lab, NST, OCT, US, x-rays/scans, vital signs)
- Proficient at Gestational/Age Maturity Rating Scale, Neonatal Abstinence Scoring, breast/bottle feeding, Glucose Protocol, bathing and daily care, oxygen setup, discharge teaching/planning, circumcision care/teaching and PKU
- Promptly identifies and interprets subtle and early indicators of crisis situation and intervenes
- Proficient with equipment specific to nursery, radiant warmers, incubators, Bili lights, bili blankets, Spacelabs and Dinemapp vital signs machines, scales and pulse oximeters
Qualifications for registered nurse NICU
- 2 years+ of experience in a Neonatal ICU (preferred)
- One year experience in a Level II NICU or Higher preferred
- Newborn delivery admission experience and postpartum experience preferred
- One year experience in Labor and Delivery preferred
- Level III Neonatal Intensive Care experience within the last two years preferred
- 1 year clinical experience preferred
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Registered Nurse NICU Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of registered nurse NICU. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for registered nurse NICU
- Responds to additional unit needs during crisis and coordinates neonatal transport
- Demonstrates willingness to Cross-train and/or assist other areas of the hospital accepting assignments within competency level, as needed
- Actively participates in working towards the organizational and departmental goals for providing exceptional patient experiences
- Collaborates with patient and healthcare team to assess, plan, implement, and/or evaluate patient's plan of care
- Assures quality of care by adhering to industry standards and measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and benchmarks
- Consistently assesses, identifies and addresses patient's educational needs and barriers to learning
- Demonstrates knowledge and technical skills to perform all duties required to care for patients
- Provide comfort, support, and care to newborn infants who may have serious health conditions
- Communicate and cooperate with other healthcare professionals as part of a larger NICU team
- Administer treatments and medication that have been prescribed by physicians
Qualifications for registered nurse NICU
- Experience in NICU preferred
- 1 year previous Nursery or NICU experience
- 1 year experience in Acute Care
- Previous Neonatal clinical experience preferred
- Minimum 2 years of NICU experience
- Current American Heart Association (AHA) approved courses Basic Life Support (BLS) and Neonatal Resuscitation program (NRP) certifications required
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Registered Nurse NICU Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a registered nurse NICU. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for registered nurse NICU
- Use cutting-edge equipment and technological machines and devices
- The role of the Registered Nurse in the NICU is to provide care to the newborn under the direction of the Charge Nurse, the Manager, and the Director of the Family Birthing Center
- The Registered Nurse provides direct patient care to newborns in accordance with established policies and procedures of Menorah Medical Center and professional organizations in support of the mission of Menorah Medical Center
- Ongoing education including STABLE
- The NICU Registered Nurse provides patient care through utilization of the nursing process
- Provides effective direct care
- Manage care and implements treatment plans
- Communicate with families, physicians and other healthcare professionals
Qualifications for registered nurse NICU
- Minimum of one (1) year of experience in a Level III NICU is required
- One (1) year of experience in a Level III setting is strongly preferred (will consider higher acuity Level II)
- One (1) year of experience in a Level II or Level III NICU is required
- Day & Night Shifts Available *
- High school dipolma or GED required, Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)- preferred
- Focus on teamwork, dedication to ongoing education and the ability and passion to deliver the highest quality of care
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Registered Nurse NICU Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of registered nurse NICU. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for registered nurse NICU
- Current BLS (Basic Life Support), ACLS, NRP & Stable certifications required
- One (1) year of experience in a Level III high acuity NICU
- Minimum 1 year of RECENT experience in a NICU
- Current BLS-HCP certification from the AHA
- One year of nursing experience in a comparable setting preferred
- Registered Nurse with current licensure in Louisiana
Qualifications for registered nurse NICU
- One (1) year of experience in a Level III NICU is strongly preferred (will consider Level II is it is higher acuity Level II)
- Current Maryland (or Compact) RN license
- The ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient needs, a strong sense of accountability for improving lives of our patients and their caregivers, based on a strong sense of patient and family focus are all required
- NRP with in 1 month of hire
- S.T.A.B.L.E with in 1 year of hire
- Two (2) years of critical care experience preferred
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Registered Nurse NICU Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a registered nurse NICU. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for registered nurse NICU
- Minimum of 2 years recent experience as a RN in a Level II or Level III NICU
- One year of nursing experience in an acute Level III NICU
- Pediatric IV Therapy and Bereavement Certification is preferred
- NRP is preferred--required within one year of hire
- NRP is preferred
- PALS for pediatric RNs
Qualifications for registered nurse NICU
- Minimum of two (2) years nursing experience, in a hospital stetting, to be considered for relief (PRN) employment
- Maintain neonatal resuscitation program skills
- Neonatal intensive care experience preferred
- STABLE certification required within 6 months of hire or transfer date
- NICU experience is strongly preferred
- Previous RN Special Care Nursery experience highly preferred