Position Title: Registered Nurse

Department/Unit: NICU Follow Up Clinic

Shift/Hours: 8 to 16 hours/week. 8am to 4:30pm

Willingness to combine these ftes with another position not to go over 1.0fte

Burnet, Centerville and Liberty Campuses

Cincinnati Children's Hospital is seeking a compassionate and skilled Pediatric Nurse to join our Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Follow-Up Clinic. As a Pediatric Nurse in this specialized clinic, you will provide comprehensive and ongoing care to infants with complex medical conditions who have been discharged from intensive care nurseries. This role is critical in ensuring the continued health and development of these vulnerable patients.

Key Responsibilities:

• Patient Care: Provide specialized nursing care to infants who have been discharged from the NICU, addressing their unique medical and developmental needs.
• Assessments and Monitoring: Conduct regular assessments of the infants' health, growth, and development. Monitor for any signs of complications or developmental delays that may require intervention.
• Coordination of Care: Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to coordinate ongoing care, including follow-up appointments, referrals to specialists, and necessary medical interventions.
• Parental Education and Support: Educate parents and guardians about their child’s condition, care requirements, and what to expect during follow-up. Offer emotional support and guidance to families navigating the complexities of caring for a medically fragile infant.
• Comprehensive Services: Provide and facilitate access to a wide range of services offered by the NICU Follow-Up Clinic, including developmental screenings, feeding assessments, and support for managing chronic conditions.
• Continuity of Care: Ensure seamless continuity of care for infants who were previously cared for in another facility’s NICU and are now receiving follow-up care at Cincinnati Children’s.

• Compliance - Patient Services Staff - Sustain a working understanding of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards. Support leadership in Compliance efforts to meet and sustain the regulatory compliance efforts of the department and hospital. Be mindful and judicious in monitoring safety and departmental policies and procedures. Ensure all individual certifications and Safety College requirements are fulfilled in a timely basis. Work with department managers, nurse council and magnet representatives to identify and share safety best practices. Be mindful of CCHMCs processes and compliance with CMS standards and freely communicate safety and compliance concerns to leadership team members.

• Interprofessional Practice - Demonstrates consistent integration of the Interprofessional Practice Model (IPM) in all aspects of practice.

• Clinical inquiry & performance review to improve practice - Follows standards and guidelines; implements clinical changes and research-based practices developed by others; recognizes the need for further learning to improve patient care; recognizes routine or obvious changing patient situation (e.g., deterioration, crisis); in unusual care situations, seeks help when needed to identify patient problem. Uses self-appraisal performance review and peer review, including annual goal setting, for assurance of competence and professional development to promote safe and ethical practice using the nursing process. Demonstrates openness to coaching and mentoring from others. Facilitates learning by assisting with peer and student learning experiences. Works with department managers, nurse council and magnet representatives to identify, share, implement and evaluate safety best practices.

• Uses systems thinking - Sees the pieces or components; sees patient and family within the isolated environment of the unit; sees self as key resource to support the family through the healthcare experience through care coordination. Sustains a working understanding of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards. Supports leadership in efforts to meet and sustain the regulatory compliance efforts of the department and hospital. Monitors and complies with safety and departmental policies and procedures. Ensures individual certifications and Safety College requirements are fulfilled in a timely basis. Is mindful of CCHMCs processes and compliance with CMS standards and freely communicates safety and compliance concerns to leadership team members.

• Patient Care - Age Specific and Culturally Inclusive - Consistently integrates age specific and culturally inclusive concepts into patient care, taking into consideration both the patient's chronological age and developmental functioning.

• Collaborates with team using shared decision making - Is receptive to the contributions of the interdisciplinary team in team meetings and discussion regarding patient issues. Participates in shared governance at the point-of-care as a member of unit-based councils or by demonstrating awareness and contributing to shared decision making (reading minutes, giving feedback and implementing council decisions).

• Clinical judgment when performing caring practices - Collects clinical data; follow algorithms, decision trees, and protocols. Matches formal knowledge with clinical events to make appropriate decisions; uses available resources as needed. Documents plan of care, care delivered, and patient and family outcomes. Focuses on the usual and customary needs of the patient and family; anticipates future needs; bases care on standards and protocols; maintains a safe physical environment; acknowledges death as a potential outcome. Consistently integrates age specific concepts into patient care, taking into consideration both the patient's chronological age and developmental functioning. Using self-management support, develops care goals and actions through partnerships with patients and families. Facilitates patient and family learning by providing structured education based on the plan of care goals, and the needs of the patient and family; uses teach back to evaluate effectiveness.

• Exhibits advocacy, moral agency and response to inclusion - Works on behalf of patient and family; assesses personal values; aware of ethical conflicts/issues that may surface in clinical setting; makes ethical/moral decisions based on rules; represents patient when patient cannot represent self; aware of patients' rights. Assesses cultural inclusion. Recognizes the potential impact of culture on the patient/family experience and incorporates culturally inclusive concepts into patient care.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Required two years NICU nursing experience. Associate/Diploma prepared RNs from ACEN, CCNE or NLN CNEA accredited institution. f hired without a BSN or MSN, must enroll in a BSN or MSN program within 1 year of hire date/RN job date and complete program within 5 years of hire/RN job date.

• Preferred: BSN from ACEN, CCNE or NLN CNEA accredited institution or MSN are preferred.

• Active Ohio RN License. May be required to obtain other state licensure.

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