Neonatal ICU Clinical Nurse Specialist (Hiring Immediately)
Christus Health San Antonio Full-time
Description**
_**Summary:**_
The competent Nurse, in the same or similar clinical setting, practicesindependently and demonstrates an awareness of all relevant aspects of a
situation. Provides routine and complex care, with the ability to on long-
range goals or plans. Continues to develop the ability to cope with and manage
contingencies of clinical nursing. Makes appropriate assignments and delegates
to other care providers as a means to help manage the clinical situation.
The CHRISTUS Children’s Hospital, established in 1959, was the firstchildren’s hospital in South-Central Texas. Located downtown, this 190-plus-
bed hospital serves more than 70,000 children annually from San Antonio, South
Texas and around the world. The hospital (in partnership with Baylor College
of Medicine) is the only academic children’s hospital in San Antonio. Our
highly specialized services meet the unique medical needs of children, from
Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care to Children’s Emergency Services, the
latest treatments for deformities of the spine including titanium rib implants
and halo traction, a Heart Center, a specialized asthma program, a highly
regarded Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, and growing maternal services to
include consultation, delivery, and maternal fetal medicine.
_**Responsibilities:**_- Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of
- Consistent with the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, provides nursing
- Addresses increasingly complex psychological, emotional, cultural, and
practice.
- Using the appropriate protocol, administers medications and treatments;
- Documents patient history, symptoms, medication, and care given.
- Assess learning needs and provides education to patients, family members
andor care givers; identify issues and resources.
CORE COMPETENCIESStandard I: Utilizes the Nursing Process
- Uses critical thinking skills to assess the basic physical, psychosocial,
- Communicates findings to appropriate healthcare team members
- Develops and uses a specific plan of care and modifies it to meet individual
- Implements patient care and therapeutic procedures; monitors and documents
- Evaluates the care and treatment(s) provided to the patient and the patient
- Performs timely reassessment and documentation
- Must be able to perform unit-specific competencies based on the specific
patient care need for the designated units patient population
Standard II. Patient Throughput & Patient Flow Process- Anticipates and plans for admissiondischargetransfer needs to facilitate
- Utilizes appropriate systems of communication and tools to facilitate the
- Coaches on tools and techniques for checking, cross checking and validating
orders to ensure accuracy
Standard III. Unit Operations- Plans, directs, and evaluates the overall nursing care and functions in a
- Demonstrates good stewardship in proper use and maintenance of equipment and
- Assesses departmental staffing needs; actively participates in resourcing
- Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and regulations within
the industry
Standard IV. Safe PracticeQuality CareRegulations- Incorporates patient safety practicesguidelines to promote a safe
- Demonstrates accountability for nursing research and quality improvement
- Provides evidence-based nursing care
- Communicates patient information effectively across the continuum of care
- Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and regulations within
- Knowledge of federal, state and local healthcare-related laws and
activities
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIESClinical Policies and Standards
- Follows a specific set of standards and associated clinical procedures
- Analyzes policy and standards documentation and ensures organizational
- Provides feedback for improvement of procedures
- Assists in the development and implementation of specific procedures
- Works with control and monitoring mechanisms, tools and techniques
- Shares experiences with maintaining paper and electronic patient
- Walk through the steps and procedures for receiving, validating and updating
- Describes the flow of information between various stations or units
- Discusses the functions, features and document flow of electronic
- Transcribes verbal orders; explains techniques for ensuring their accuracy
- Explains health information documentation best practices and their rationale
across health care practices
Medical Equipment- Describes experience with basic medical equipment used in own unit or
- Uses standard diagnostic tools and techniques to resolves common equipment
- Educates patients about the appropriate use of home medical equipment
- Ensures that all equipment and related supplies are in proper working order
- Inspects, troubleshoots and evaluates incoming equipment
- Shares experiences with processing medical orders for one or more groups of
- Describes functions and features of the system used to enter, validate,
- Discusses common errors, their sources and procedures for correcting
- Explains considerations for entering and following standing orders
- Differentiates between standing orders and preprinted orders and
considerations for each
Patient Chart Reading and Interpretation- Describes experiences in reading and interpreting patient charts for
- Reviews patients’ charts for completion and accuracy; identifies and alerts
- Recognizes unexpected readings and alerts nursing or medical staff
- Relates examples of mis-readings or misinterpretations and lessons learned
- Reviews, discusses and validates own interpretation with others
- Shares experiences with ensuring safety for one or more patient groups or
- Explains key features of safety guidelines and procedures for those groups
- Listens and responds to safety inquiries from patients and family members
- Recognizes and addresses physiological and psychological signs of problems
- Describes considerations for patients who can cause to harm to self, versus
- Utilizes appropriate systems to document misses and near misses,
participates in immediate investigating, analysis and reporting in real-time
Meets all requirements identified in this position description.
_**Requirements:**_
**A. EducationSkills**- Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred
- All newly hired experienced RNs must attend New Nurses Orientation within the first 30 days of hire.
- New hires are precepted by a designated trained staff member and initial on-boarding requirements are validated through successful completion of the designated organizational entry competency validation and a Perinatal Department-specific competency validation.
- Completion of all annual competency verification requirements.
- 1 year of experience in the related nursing specialty preferred.
- Perinatal RN Residency, or recently practicing in a Perinatal Setting is preferred.
- RN License in state of employment or compact
- BLS required
- Current STABLE (Post-resuscitationPre-transport Stabilization Care of Sick Infants) certification from one of the following courses: Participant, Lead Instructor, or Support Instructor at the time of hire for experienced nurses. If previously uncertified, certification must be obtained within 30 days of hire as they cannot practice independently without it. For new graduates and experienced nurses new to the specialty, certification must be obtained within 4 months of hire and maintained thereafter.
- Current NRP certification at time of hire for experienced nurses; within 60 days for new graduates and experienced nurses new to the specialty then required to maintain certification thereafter.
**_Work Schedule:_
7PM - 7AM
**_Work Type:_
Full Time
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Christus HealthSan Antonio
Description**
_**Summary:**_
The competent Nurse, in the same or similar clinical setting, practices
independently and demonstrates an awareness of all relevant aspects of a
situation. Provides routine and complex care, with the ability to on...
Christus HealthSan Antonio
Description**
_**Summary:**_
The competent Nurse, in the same or similar clinical setting, practices
independently and demonstrates an awareness of all relevant aspects of a
situation. Provides routine and complex care, with the ability to on...
Christus HealthSan Antonio
Description**
_**Summary:**_
The competent Nurse, in the same or similar clinical setting, practices
independently and demonstrates an awareness of all relevant aspects of a
situation. Provides routine and complex care, with the ability to on...