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Children’s Hospital Colorado, Colorado Springs is a top-ranked hospital located in a top-ranked city.
With a regional team of more than 1,000 team members, Children’s Colorado has been present in southern Colorado since 2001 and now has team members at five locations providing outpatient specialty care, emergency care, inpatient care and therapy care. Children’s Hospital Colorado, Colorado Springs is the first pediatric-only hospital in the region and includes the region’s only emergency department and operating rooms built just for kids and served by pediatric experts who have dedicated their lives to treating kids – and only kids – and who are directly linked to one of the country’s leading pediatric academic medical centers.
Here, we know it takes all of us, every role, to deliver the best possible care to each child and family we treat.
That’s why we build our teams toward a foundation of equity in access, advancement, and opportunity. We know teams of individuals with different identities and backgrounds can nurture creativity and innovation. We know we can see, treat, and heal children better when our team reflects the diversity of our patient population. We strive to attract and retain diverse talent because we know a truly inclusive and equitable workforce will help us one day realize our most basic calling: to heal every child who comes through our doors.
A career at Children's Colorado will challenge you, inspire you and motivate you to make a difference in the life of a child.
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Our Level III NICU in Colorado Springs cares for a large volume of patients with more than 50 licensed beds in a free-standing Children’s Hospital. Our NICU focuses their expertise by specializing in the care of a wide variety of neonatal patients ranging from extremely premature infants, critically ill term newborns, surgical patients, and everything in between. We are a full-service Children’s Hospital with the necessary subspecialties to meet the unique needs of the patients we serve. As the premier Children’s Hospital serving the Southern Colorado region we receive patients from facilities in Colorado Springs, Southern Colorado as well as neighboring states. Many of our patients are born close by at UC Health, our next-door hospital partner. Our unit has a sky bridge to their labor and delivery unit which serves as a wonderful partnership for the parents to come and see their baby while mom is still inpatient. We are primarily a clean NICU, meaning babies that come to us have usually never been home. However, when babies need our help, we are ready to do whatever it takes to provide them the best care. We will take babies who have been home for phototherapy, rule out sepsis, respiratory illnesses, and other needs for hospitalization under certain circumstances. Of note, Colorado Springs was ranked the second-best metro area to live in the United States (out of 150 cities) by US News & World Report for 2022. To make the top of the list, a city must have good value, be a desirable place to live, have a strong job market and a high quality of life.
Job Overview
Provides Family-Centered Care as demonstrated by recognizing the patient, family and/or designee as a full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient’s preferences, values, and needs. Assumes active role in clinical education of patients, families and staff. Functions effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care. Integrates best current evidence with clinical expertise for delivery of optimal health care. Uses data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and uses improvement methods to test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems. Minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance. Uses information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making. Serves as an agent of change within the organization, as demonstrated by one of the following; involved in unit and/or organizational activities, professional development activities, maintain Magnet© recognized certification, member of a professional organization and/ or active participant in community advocacy or volunteer activities.
Additional Information
Department Name: CSH NICU
Job Status: 36 hours/week
Shift: Three 12-hour night shifts per week.
Qualifications
EDUCATION – Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
EXPERIENCE – One year nursing experience. At least 1-2 years of NICU experience is preferred.
EQUIVALENCY- Applicants with an Associate's Degree in Nursing who agree to obtain a BSN within 3 years from their start date may be considered in lieu of a Bachelor of Science (BSN) in Nursing
LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION(S) – Registered Nurse (RN) license; BLS/CPR from the American Heart Association with at least 6 months left before expiration is required upon hire.
This position is eligible for relocation assistance, if relocating from 100 miles or greater
Responsibilities
POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE
a.) Neonate - <30 days b.) Infancy - >30 days to 1yr c.) Toddlers - >1yr to 3yrs d.) Pre-Schoolers - >3yrs to 5yrs e.) School age - >5yrs to 13yrs f.) Adolescent - >13yrs to 18yrs g.) Adult - >18yrs to 65yrs
Essential Functions
An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. (These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform)
Family-Centered Care: Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient’s preferences, values, and needs.
- Delivers patient and family centered care incorporating the nursing process while providing developmentally appropriate, culturally sensitive, evidence based care. Actively anticipates changes in patient outcomes/ unit needs in the provision of care.
- Care is guided by the Professional Practice Model throughout the continuum of care.
- Communicate and advocate patient values, preferences and expressed needs as part of implementation of care plan, evaluation of care and assessment of patient/family learning needs to the interdisciplinary team. Initiates and anticipates individualized care and education for patients/families across the continuum using an interdisciplinary approach
Teamwork & Collaboration: Function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care.
- Applies communication practices that minimize risks across transitions of care.
- Presents own perspective and supporting evidence in patient care and team discussions.
- Collaborates with team members in shared decision making.
Evidence Based Practice: Integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care.
- Identifies key concepts of research and evidence based practice.
- Participates in structuring the work environment to facilitate integration of new evidence into standards of practice.
- Recognizes and communicates the need for revision of hospital and departmental policies procedures, practice guidelines, and/or measures for clinical practice evaluation.
- Recognizes the standard of care provided by the applicable professional organization and /or association.
Quality Improvement: Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems.
- Utilizes outcome data at the patient level to make care decisions.
- Participates in the quality improvement activities and uses quality measures to understand individual and unit performance.
Safety: Minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.
- Utilizes and discusses policy, procedures, and guidelines to support practice.
- Communicates observations or concerns related to unsafe situations that pose a risk to patients, families or the health care team.
Informatics: Use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.
- Recognizes and applies information and technology of patient and unit outcomes to facilitate communication, clinical decision making, error prevention, and care coordination.
- Navigates and documents in the EMR to support patient care.
Leadership: Agents of change within the organization, involved in committees, professional development and supports organizational goals, as well as, active participants in the community. Nurses support organizational goals, advance the nursing profession, and enhance professional development by extending their influence to professional and community groups.
- Works within scope of practice and delegates according to Nurse Practice Act.
- Participates in shared governance activities.
- Seeks opportunities to participate in professional development activities such as:
- continuing education activities,
- a nursing or professional health organization
- certification in clinical specialty
- community service and/or grass roots advocacy
- Participates in education by precepting and the education of orientees, peers and students and acting as a clinical resource.
Other Information
COMPETENCIES
- Expert knowledge in medical/ clinical operations.
- Expert knowledge in principles of communication: verbal and written, to deal with all levels of personnel.
- Excellent customer service skills with hospital/ clinic staff, children, parents, and visitors.
- Solid knowledge of computer use and software to include MS office and other software used for hospital operations.
- Ability to prioritize and organize tasks in a fast paced setting.
- Ability to work independently and as a team member.
- Skill in developing and maintain effective working relationships with personnel.
- Ability to utilize motivational techniques to develop leadership and decision-making within the department.
SCOPE AND LEVEL
Guidelines: Developmental, standard, or intermediate level. Guidelines are generally numerous, well established, and directly applicable to the work assignment. Work assignment and desired results are explained by general oral or written instructions.
Complexity: Duties assigned are generally repetitive and restricted in scope but may be of substantial intricacy. Employee primarily applies standardized practices.
Decision Making: Decisions or recommendations on non-standardized situations are limited to relating organizational policies to specific cases. Brings non-routine issues to supervisor. Problems that are not covered by guidelines or are without precedent are taken up with the supervisor.
Communications: Contacts with the public or employees where explanatory or interpretive information is exchanged, gathered, or presented and some degree of discretion and judgment are required within the parameters of the job function.
Supervision Received: Under normal supervision, within a standardized work situation, the employee performs duties common to the line of work without close supervision or detailed instruction. Work product is subject to continual review.
Physical Requirements
Ability to Perform Essential Functions of the Job
Body Movement
- Will frequently stand/walk up to 12 hours per day.
- Will frequently use hands while keyboarding and writing.
- Will frequently sit up to 2-4 hours per day while accessing computer, talking on the telephone, and while attending meetings.
Back and Upper Body (lifting and carrying)
- Will occasionally lift/force exerted up to 35 pounds/16 kilos.
Vision
- Constantly uses sight in performance for daily job duties.
Hearing
- Constantly uses hearing in performance for daily job duties.
Others
- Able to assist or assume direct patient care as census directly permits. Exposure to unsteady or falling patient: In the course of transferring a patient, may encounter a patient who falls or loses balance, causing employee to fall and/or bear the full weight of a patient.
Work Envirnonment
- Exposure: Exposure to blood/body fluid: Regular/Frequent.
- Exposure: Exposure to heights: Occasional.
- Exposure: Exposure to infectious diseases: Frequent.
- Exposure: Exposure to lung irritations: Occasional.
- Mental and Emotional Requirements: Independent discretion/decision making.
- Mental and Emotional Requirements: Makes decisions under pressure.
- Mental and Emotional Requirements: Manages stress appropriately.
- Mental and Emotional Requirements: Works with others effectively.
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.
The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.
Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
Salary Information
Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $75,957.07 to $113,935.61
Hourly Salary Range: $36.52 to $54.78
Benefits Information
Here, you matter. As a Children’s Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development resources to help you advance and grow.
As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.
Children’s Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.
