Registered Nurse RN Nights NICU

Employment Type

Full time

Shift

12 Hour Night Shift

Description

Position Purpose :

The St. Mary’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) provides a individualized, compassionate healing environment by caring for patients ranging from critically ill premature infants to full-term infants with minor illnesses.

What You Will Do

• Our highly trained team attends every C-Section and high-risk delivery, transports infants to and from St. Mary’s when transfers are required, and commonly treats respiratory distress, sepsis (overwhelming infections), hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and complications of prematurity. The expert care provided by St. Mary’s NICU allows families to keep their babies close by and in the same building as the Family Birth Center.
• Under limited supervision, the Registered Nurse is responsible for assessing patients, including developing, evaluating, and modifying the care plan. The RN interprets and performs complex patient-care procedures specific to their expertise.
• RNs are members of the Care Team and Support Team and have accountability to function as a team to accomplish patient outcomes identified in the pathway / plan of care.
• The Registered Nurse is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for the care given to a group of patients for a designated time frame.
• The RN provides care to those patients via therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment / technology, and other healthcare team members, according to established standards.

Minimum Qualifications

Position Highlights And Benefits

Ministry / Facility Information

A member of Trinity Health, the third largest non-for-profit health system in the U.S.

St Mary’s Health Care System is a regional not-for-profit Catholic teaching healthcare system inclusive of three hospitals, St Mary’s Medical Group, Graduate Medical Education, Home Health, Hospice Services, Senior Living, extensive outpatient services, auxiliary / volunteer services and clinical affiliations with the University of Georgia / Augusta University.

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.