HCSS Neonatal Intensive Care Registered Nurse at UTMB Health Job Listing at DirectEmployers in Galveston, TX (Job ID 3997632-2024-07-24)

Description

HCSS Neonatal Intensive Care Registered Nurse

**Galveston, Texas, United States**

**Hot**

1 additional location

United States

Nursing & Care Management

HealthCare System Staffing

Requisition # 2400719

Job Summary:

Competent Clinician. Possesses knowledge and skill to meet standards for competent professional nursing practice as specified in the Texas Nurse Practice Act. Experienced, knowledgeable, and skilled in specialty area. Competently functions as a member of the interdisciplinary team. Practice is characterized by predominantly interdependent decision-making. Practice is problem focused and patient centered in the manner care is provided. Able to manage unexpected or emergency situations that are commonly seen in assigned specialty manage commonly seen contingency situations that arise on the clinical unit. Provides patient care through nursing practices based upon the American Nurses Association Standards of Professional Practice, Nursing Process and UTMB's three domains for competency and advancement: Professional Practice, and Professional Performance. Values specialty unit, nursing, and institutional strategic initiatives and health system goals.

Major Duties/Critical Tasks:

-Nursing Process-

Assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents the daily care of assigned patients

Identifies actual and potential nursing diagnoses/patient care needs; develops and individualizes care plan, and revises plan of care as needed

Executes physician's orders for all assigned patients. Administers medications and treatments and delivers culturally congruent and specialty appropriate competent nursing care in accordance with UTMB's policies, procedures, and standards in a caring and compassionate manner

Competently and independently performs routine technical procedures/skills in assigned specialty area:

Competently demonstrates knowledge and skills to utilize equipment in assigned specialty area

Independently capable of performing different aspect of responsibilities within the department

Demonstrates competent knowledge and skills to interpret and respond to patient data and hemodynamic responses

Competent in identifying cardiac rhythms, waveforms and abnormal ranges and taking appropriate intervention

Competently demonstrates knowledge and competency in use of medications including cardiac medications, emergency drugs, moderate sedation, and reversal agents

Competently and consistently completes accurate, concise and documentation of the procedure event including monitoring of moderate sedation per policy

-Patient/Family Teaching & Health Promotion-

Provides uncomplicated and complex patient/family instruction and healthcare teaching based on identified learning needs (patient values, beliefs, barriers, and readiness to learn)

Coaches others in strategies for patient/family inclusion and serves as a resource to others for patients/families with complex learning needs

Uses Teach-Back to determine effectiveness and modifies strategies as needed

-Care Coordination & Delegation-

Competently and independently plans, coordinates, and prioritizes patient care activities according to skill level and work complexity

Maintains safety and continuity of care using methods such as bedside shift report, hand-off tools/processes, inter-disciplinary care rounds, etc.; Role models and coaches others to utilize these methods

Demonstrates flexibility in time management to manage changing patient priorities; coaches and supports others to plan, coordinate and prioritize care

Demonstrates competent use of technology in the delivery of patient care and serves as a resource and provides trouble shooting support to others

Delegates appropriately; may seek guidance or clarification of non-routinely delegated tasks

-Ethics (legal/regulatory), Advocacy & Culturally Congruent Care-

Identifies ethical situations and initiates appropriate communication/consultation to address

Delivers culturally congruent care using available resources to meet the needs of patient/family; recognizes situations in which personal bias may influence

Serves as a patient advocate; may seek guidance/assistance in difficult situations

-Communication & Collaboration-

Supports healthy work environment by demonstrating respectful verbal and non-verbal communication with all members of the healthcare team; may seek support with challenging communication issues; addresses behavior that does not support respectful environment

Recognizes colleagues when they go above and beyond in demonstrating UTMB's core values

Plans, coordinates, and prioritizes patient care activities in collaboration/communication with inter-professional team, including consult recommendations

Functions as an independent and supportive team member

Prioritizes patient and departmental needs. Ability to work long hours

Maintains professionalism and communicates effectively in high stress situations

Functions as an experienced Nurse Clinician who leads working effectively with others towards achieving common goals including morale and teamwork

Works effectively with others towards achieving common goals including morale and teamwork

-Leadership-

Recognizes informal and formal unit/hospital leaders and can educate colleagues regarding unit/hospital leadership

Recognizes unit, nursing, and institutional strategic initiatives and health system goals

Recognizes the importance of financial responsibility to promote fiscal health for the patient, unit, and organization

Demonstrates acceptable productivity and practices cost containment for the practice and the patient

Demonstrates openness to change by actively seeking knowledge and needed information; uses positive communication and role modeling to promote understanding of change to colleagues

Functions as a unit leader, providing direction and assistance to team members.

Mentors others and promotes professional development of less experienced colleagues

-Education, Evidence-Based Practice & Research-

Actively attends/participates in unit meetings/activities and supports the philosophy and goals of the unit/department and UTMB

Actively participates in shared leadership at the unit level; encourages colleague participation

Attends presentations, professional development activities; encourages attendance/participation of colleagues

Participates in one journal club annually.

Shares educational findings, experiences, and ideas with colleagues through shared leadership meetings, presentations, professional development acti

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