Onboarding Specialist; RN; NICU

Work Shift

Night

Variable

7:00 PM

7:00 AM

Regular

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The Onboarding Specialist is an experienced registered nurse, who works with newly hired nurses through their clinical orientation to facilitate and evaluate learning. They will partner to foster safe, competent practice as well as strengthen confidence in the clinical arena while building and facilitating a trusting relationship with teammates, physicians, patients, and families.

• Minimum 2 years RN experience
• Minimum 1 year pediatric/specialty experience; NICU highly preferred
• Minimum 1 year teaching or orienting clinical staff

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Formal mentor/preceptor
• Experience in orienting different roles to clinical care (student, new graduate, nurse with experience)

• Graduate from accredited school of nursing

• Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the single State of Georgia or Multi-State through the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association within 30 days of employment or upon start of clinical shift if working in the Emergency Department (ED)
• Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition Stabilization (PEARS) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification from the American Heart Association as required by department

• Demonstrated competence in critical thinking, interpersonal, and technical skills
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Self-motivated and directed
• Promotes and fosters learning opportunities
• Provides timely and actionable feedback
• Proficiency in using and navigating technology tools such as electronic medical record Microsoft Office Suite and Learning Management System

• Acts as a resource for accessing policies and procedures.
• Acts as a resource for accessing available resources (i.e., Vascular Access).
• Facilitates completion of the competency checklist.
• Serves a super user for various processes or new equipment.
• Acts as a resource and assists with the training of equipment, supplies, and instruments.
• Maintains competence to provide and/or assist with clinical care.
• Promotes safe patient care and bundle compliance as applicable.

• Demonstrates and facilitates critical thinking and problem-solving.
• Helps develop clinical judgement processes.
• Provides explanations or rationale for actions.
• Promotes learning by asking open-ended questions.
• Develops understanding of care priorities.
• Reviews patient assignment with new nurse to anticipate care needs and determine the plan for prioritizing patient care.
• Facilitates open communication between the new nurse and experienced nurse.
• Serves as a resource in recognizing and responding to a deteriorating patient.
• Debriefs with the new nurse and appropriate staff following challenging events (rapid response, codes, etc.).
• Facilitates provider communication by utilizing SBAR and escalation of care.

• Fosters learning opportunities for the new employee to participate in processes, routines, interactions, and interpersonal relationships.
• Individualizes the ‘precepting’ process.
• Adapts teaching style to meet new hire’s needs.
• Coaches effective communication strategies.
• Encourages engagement…