Registered Nurse - NICU

Registered Nurse - NICU –
STI
, Tacoma, WA

Pay Rate: $58 / hour – W2

• At least 2 years of experience as a Registered Nurse in an acute care NICU setting
• Associate's degree in nursing (ASN) or equivalent
• One year of experience in nursing
• Current unrestricted RN license in one of the 50 U.S. states or territories
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Provider-Advanced (NRP)
• Proficiency in Sugar, Temperature, Airway, Blood pressure, Lab work, and Emotional support (STABLE)
• Thorough knowledge of electronic fetal/uterine monitoring (placement, maintenance, and interpretation)
• U.S. citizenship
• Completed NACI background check

• Coordinate patient care in collaboration with a wide array of healthcare professionals, facilitating optimal outcomes in clinical care, quality, and cost effectiveness.
• Perform critical care duties including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of age‑specific nursing care across all ages.
• Perform physical exam and health histories.
• Provide health promotions, counseling, and education.
• Administer medications, wound care, and numerous other personalized interventions.
• Accountable for making patient care assignments based on scope of practice and skill level of assigned personnel.
• Recognize adverse signs and symptoms and quickly react in emergency situations.
• Communicate and collaborate with diverse groups of people to inform the healthcare team of plans/actions, for teaching/education to benefit the patient/family and organization.
• Make referral appointments and arrange specialty care as appropriate.
• Conduct research in support of improved practice and patient outcomes.
• Provide comprehensive neonatal care to critically ill neonatal patients in the NICU.
• Responsible for infants throughout tour of duty with extensive knowledge and experience; self‑motivated to carry out patient care requirements.
• Caring for infants with respiratory support devices such as oscillators, vents, iNO, CPAP, SIPAP, nasal cannula, and trach tubes.
• Participate in development and updating of patient care plan.
• Monitor IV fluids, blood, and blood products; check rate, volume, and insertion site; perform neonatal catheter care; change fluid containers and tubing; recognize potential problems and take corrective action.
• Perform basic infant care procedures: lifting, turning, transporting, positioning; provide personal hygiene care, change linens, clothing, and feeds infants to include NG/OG, PO, G‑tube feedings.
• Support, assist and instruct breastfeeding mothers to promote maximum nutritional needs based on mothers' desire to breastfeed.
• Set up or assist in setting up and use specialized equipment such as ventilator support, oxygen delivery systems, drainage suction devices, hypothermic units, and infusion pumps.
• Mix and administer prescribed medication orally, intramuscularly, subcutaneously, intravenously.
• Serve as a resource person for other critical care nurses and health providers when particularly difficult problems arise.
• Serve as a member of the Neonatal Resuscitation Team; attend high‑risk deliveries and initiate neonatal resuscitative measures as directed.
• HCW's will be required to float within similar specialties.

Entry level

Full-time

Health Care Provider

Hospitals and Health Care

If interested, please apply through this job post. You may send a copy of your most recent resume. If you have any questions, please feel free to call and ask to speak with Cameron Monday‑Friday (08:30 AM – 05:00 PM MT).