RN Neonatal ICU

Overview

Founded in 1955 Dignity Health – Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a 394-bed acute care nonprofit community hospital located in Northridge California. The hospital offers a full complement of award winning services including the Leavey Cancer Center a cardiovascular center stroke center the Center for Assault Treatment Services a pediatric medical center and the only pediatric trauma center in the San Fernando Valley. As a leading provider of compassionate high-quality and affordable patient-centered care we share a rich legacy with Dignity Health one of the nation’s five largest health care systems. We are part of a 21-state network of nearly 9000 physicians 62000 employees and more than 400 care centers. Visit here  dignityhealth.org/northridgehospital for more information.

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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Few expectant parents consider the possibility that their baby may need special medical care after birth. Rest assured, that Northridge Hospital features a brand new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) staffed by expert neonatologists and neonatal nurses. It’s twice the square footage as our previous unit, allowing for private rooms, double-sized rooms to accommodate twins, lactation areas and sleeping accommodations for a parent/care partner.

Intensive care for infants is provided at three levels. Level I NICUs treat normal newborns requiring a bit of additional nursing care, while Level II NICUs treat moderately ill babies.

A Level III NICU, like ours at Northridge Hospital, provides advanced treatment for seriously ill, low birth weight and premature babies, including micropreemies. This is a designation only given to hospitals that can care for the most complicated births and provide immediate surgery, if needed, for premature babies.  Our NICU gives infants a greater chance to thrive. It’s designed to provide an atmosphere that limits stress to the infant and meets basic needs of warmth, nutrition and protection to assure proper growth and development.

Northridge Hospital Medical Center

Registered Nurse

Neonatal ICU

The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care to patients of all ages in accordance with individual needs, physician orders, Hospital policy and standards of nursing practice. He/she is responsible for directing and coordinating members of the care team, focusing on the provision of individualized quality patient care consistent with organizational values.

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Responsibilities

• Adheres to established Hospital/departmental policies and procedures objectives Quality Assessment and Improvement Program legal safety environmental infection control standards Nurse Practices Act and Patient's Bill of Rights
• Applies clinical knowledge and expertise for coordinating patient care by regularly planning and evaluating the care of patients.
• Establishes and maintains professional and collaborative relationships with other staff members physicians patients patient family members and the public as appropriate while assuring confidentiality of all patient information.
• Demonstrates effective nursing judgement and a working knowledge of the nursing process.
• Provides guidance to interdisciplinary team members by supervising nursing interventions and assisting with related tasks.
• Provides leadership by establishing priorities and coordinating nursing care.
• Documents and communicates all observed symptoms reactions treatments and changes in the patient condition to the appropriate member of the interdisciplinary health care team.
• Provides for teaching based on identified need.
• Coordinates plan of care with other members of the interdisciplinary health care team to achieve desired goals and outcomes.
• Communicates the plan of care to the patient and care partner(s) for the active involvement of the patient in the evolution of the plan throughout hospitalization.
• Conducts hourly rounds with the patient and care partner focusing on pain management skin integrity elimination and other miscellaneous patient needs.
• Conforms to legal requirements of nursing practice and Hospital policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates a professional cooperative manner when dealing with all members of the interdisciplinary health care team.
• Demonstrates understanding of organizational structure and utilizes appropriate channels of communication.
• Administers medications to assigned patients as directed and assesses and documents patient responses; initiates appropriate interventions per Hospital/Unit policy.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the approaches to and methods of Continuous Performance Improvement.
• Supervises and assigns duties to unlicensed assistive personnel based on legal scope of practice regulations and hospital policy.
• Acts as a resource for all aspects of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) for employees and medical staff
• Accesses network and effectively utilizes electronic applications (e.g. e-mail LMS T.E.A.M etc) on a daily basis.
• Serves as a preceptor and role model to new personnel and nursing students.
• Collaborates with the supervisory staff to identify own educational and professional growth needs.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 years current acute care registered nursing experience in specialty area required.
• Minimum 1 year experience in NICU required.
• NRP certification required
• Registered Nurse with current California License required.
• Current AHA BLS card required.
• LA City Fire Care required within 90 days of hire.
• Current certification in specialty area preferred.

This position is represented by SEIU L121 and is covered by the terms and conditions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement.