Staff Nurse NICU

In Critical Care NICU at Main Campus Quarterback Tower. Work schedule will be Full-time on the Evening Night Shift shift, Mon-Sun.

The staff nurse is a professional nurse who, with minimal supervision, is responsible for providing nursing care to patients. Patient care includes assessment, interventions, and reassessments of the patient. The nurse is also responsible for planning, implementing, educating, and evaluating care of patients and caregivers.

• Must be able to use medical equipment, patient records, reports, and computer.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.

None specified.

• Current RN license in the State of Alabama.
• Current BLS certification.

Essential:

• Registered Nurse AL Single State or any of the following equivalent qualifications below:
• Registered Nurse AL NLC Multi State
• Registered Nurse Non-AL NLC Multi State
• Basic Life Support

Essential:

• Associate of Science Nursing in Nursing.

None listed.

The NICU is a Level IV 48-bed unit that cares for acute and chronic patients from birth to 2 years of age. It is the only ECMO center in Alabama, housing 4 ECMO surgical suites, and has been awarded a Center for Excellence for multiple years. It also cares for infants on continuous dialysis therapy – Aquadex – the only hospital in the Southeast to offer this program, and one of only three in the country.

All rooms are private, allowing parents to stay overnight if desired. Patients are referred from other hospitals for subspecialty care with diagnoses including respiratory illnesses, abdominal wall defects, neural tube defects, renal tube defects, congenital anomalies, and many other illnesses. These infants frequently require management of mechanical ventilation, multiple intravenous fluids and drug administration, monitoring of cardiovascular status, and support of family.

All RN staff are skilled and trained to assess and care for infants with complex, multisystem dysfunctions. The nurse‑to‑patient ratio is usually 2:1, occasionally 1:1 depending on acuity. The team uses a multidisciplinary approach involving nursing, physicians, respiratory, nutritionist, pharmacy, physical and occupational therapy, lactation specialist, child life, social workers and pastoral care.

Getting to Know Children's:
The NICU.