Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse
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The posted compensation range of $35.00 - $58.63 /hour is a reasonable estimate that extends from the lowest to the highest pay CommonSpirit in good faith believes it might pay for this particular job, based on the circumstances at the time of posting. CommonSpirit may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range as permitted by law.
As a Registered Nurse (RN) in our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), you will be a vital and compassionate healthcare professional dedicated to the most fragile and vulnerable patients. Your expertise will be pivotal in delivering high-quality, specialized care that truly impacts the well-being and recovery of neonates and their families.
Every day, you will leverage your advanced clinical skills and profound empathy to provide individualized, comprehensive care to critically ill and premature infants. This includes making precise assessments of their delicate physiological states, performing highly skilled and often life-sustaining procedures, and meticulously implementing complex, evidence-based patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, including neonatologists, respiratory therapists, social workers, and other specialists, contributing to a dynamic and supportive environment focused on achieving the best possible developmental and health outcomes for our tiniest patients.
To be successful in this specialized and profoundly impactful role, you will possess exceptional assessment skills tailored to the unique needs of neonates, acute critical thinking capabilities, and an unwavering patient-first and family-centered mindset. Your work will be driven by a profound enthusiasm to nurture and advocate for these vulnerable infants and to support their families through a challenging time. Your sense of urgency, meticulous attention to detail, and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced yet deeply sensitive environment will not only support patient recovery and growth but also fuel your own career advancement in a highly rewarding specialty.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- Specialized Neonatal Care: Provides comprehensive, safe, and effective, evidence-based nursing care to achieve desired health outcomes for the neonate, adapting care plans to their evolving developmental needs and complex medical conditions.
- Prioritized & Holistic Care: Organizes and prioritizes patient care activities balanced with the delicate needs, comfort, and developmental considerations of the neonatal patient and their family.
- Ethical Practice & Advocacy: Demonstrates unwavering accountability for own ethical behavior, and supports ethical practice within the NICU by addressing and/or escalating issues related to patient care and family support. Serves as a fierce advocate for neonates' needs by demonstrating holistic, family-centered care practices, ensuring their voices (and their parents' voices) are heard.
- Acute Condition Recognition: Demonstrates the ability to recognize and adapt swiftly to subtle changes in a neonate's condition (i.e., lab values, vital signs, physical signs, and test results) in a timely and clinically appropriate manner, often anticipating potential complications.
- Effective Communication: Clearly and concisely notify physicians and other providers of clinical findings, and performs thorough, bedside nurse-to-nurse report to ensure seamless continuity of care for our vulnerable patients.
- Family-Centered Support: Educates and supports families, involving them in the care of their infant, and providing emotional support during a critical and often stressful time.
Job Requirements
Required
- Registered Nurse: AZ, upon hire and
- Basic Life Support -American Heart Association
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program, within 90 Days and
- Stable Program, within 12 - months
Preferred
- One year level IIEQ or III or
- NICU experience
- National Certified Counselor, upon hire
Where You'll Work
Located in the Phoenix, Ariz., suburb of Chandler, the Chandler Regional Medical Center is a 429-bed, not-for-profit hospital with more than 2,600 team members and almost 1,000 doctors on staff representing all major specialties. Chandler Regional joined the Dignity Health system in 1999, but has been part of the community for more than 50 years. The hospital includes a Level I Trauma Center, a Heart and Vascular Center, a Wound Healing Center, a Family Birth Center and many additional services. Dignity Health Chandler Regional, Mercy Gilbert, and Arizona General Hospital Mesa awarded $422,000 in grants to support five community projects led by 15 local organizations. Since 1991, Dignity Health's Community Health Improvement Grants program has provided $91 million to nearly 3,800 health projects, focusing on vulnerable and underserved populations.
Depending on the position offered, CommonSpirit Health offers a generous benefit package, including but not limited to medical, prescription drug, dental, vision plans, life insurance, paid time off (full-time benefit eligible team members may receive a minimum of 14 paid time off days, including holidays annually), tuition reimbursement, retirement plan benefit(s) including, but not limited to, 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefits offerings, as may be amended from time to time. For more information, please visit https://www.commonspirit.careers/benefits.
Unless directed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement, applications for this position will be considered on a rolling basis. CommonSpirit Health cannot anticipate the date by which a successful candidate may be identified.
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