Registered Nurse: NICU Transport

Benefits

• Health & Welfare Benefit Packages
• 401k Retirement Match or Pension Plan, based on workgroup eligibility
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) Plans
• Adoption Reimbursement up to $3,000 per child
• Child Care Discount Program with New Horizon 10% off weekly childcare tuition
• Education/Tuition Reimbursement
• 24/7 Fitness Center Access for all benefit eligible team members

The Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing compassionate quality care that is customer and family focused. The RN assesses, diagnoses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents care of customers according to hospital and care center policies and standards of professional nursing practices. The RN is accountable for the quality of nursing services delivered. The RN defines, implements, and improves practice standards and environment of care while promoting exceptional customer care.

Duties may vary based on the assigned customer care center which may include differences in the required specific clinical skills. Actively and consistently demonstrates the mission, vision, values and guiding principles of Maple Grove Hospital.

• Reviews maternal prenatal history and collects current signs/symptoms of the newborn.
• Consults and coordinates with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate customer plan of care.
• Performs transition, admission, discharge and transfer assessments while considering both physical and psychosocial elements of newborn and family.
• Recognizes risk factors, change in status and interventions appropriate for newborn care.
• Initiates corrective action whenever information from monitoring equipment shows adverse symptomatology of the newborn.
• Manages basic life support needs and stabilizes newborn until the physician or NNP is available, based upon nursing standards and protocol.
• Records customer's vital signs, assessments, patient care and interventions as ordered.
• Works directly with physicians and NNP, assisting them during exams, diagnostic testing, treatments and interventions.
• Participates and collaborates in multidisciplinary rounds.
• Prepares and administers (orally, subcutaneously, IM and IV) medications and records prescribed medications.
• Reports adverse reactions to medications or treatments in accordance with the policy.
• Demonstrates phlebotomy skills.
• Provides IV therapy.
• Provides bedside care.
• Performs Point of Care testing.
• Operates, maintains and discontinues proper supplies and appropriate medical equipment to care for customers.
• Reports any suspected abuse to the appropriate agencies.
• Initiates family education plan, as prescribed by physician. Teaches families and significant others how to manage their newborn’s care or illness by explaining: post-treatment home care needs, diet/nutrition/exercise programs, self-administration of medication and rehabilitation, as well as provides referrals to other healthcare professionals for follow-up treatment.
• Displays professionalism while completing multiple urgent tasks in a timely manner.
• Records all care information concisely, accurately and completely, in a timely manner, in the appropriate format in Epic.

• Demonstrates leadership.
• Performs advanced knowledge in Neonatal Resuscitation.
• Performs advanced knowledge in post-delivery care of the critical infant.
• Critically assess, plan, and implement care delivery to the critical infant.
• Attends deliveries of high-risk infants and perform cares to stabilize and support admission to the NICU.
• Able to communicate patient progress, critical findings, and changes in condition to multiple disciplines effectively throughout transport.
• Able to complete all nursing assessments and maintain therapeutic and emergent interventions effectively throughout transport.
• Maintain clinical competence across all aspects of care. Includes assisting with advanced resuscitation, ventilator management, assisting with airway management, and stabilization of infant.
• Provide effective communication to families on plan, implementation, and stabilization of infant through transport.
• Promote a safe and open working environment that encourages improvements and…