NICU RN
Salem, VA
LanceSoft
3x12 hrs, Nights

Hospital:
LewisGale Medical Center Location: Salem, Virginia
Address: 1900 Electric Road Salem, Virginia 24153

Unit Name: NICU

Building: Main Building, 2nd Floor

General Information Unit Specifics:

Number of Beds: 6 (5 open bays, 1 isolation room)

Patient Ratios: 1:2-3

Unit staffing description- (unit secretaries and tech availability): RN and RT

Type of equipment: GE 650 monitors, Medela breast pumps, Syringe pumps, IV pumps, bili-lights

Documentation system: Meditech, Centricity Perinatal

Scheduling requirements: 3 12-hours shifts per week

Floating policy: Birth Response/ Stork Nurse

Patient Experience requirements: AIDET, courtesy and respect
Hospital Specifics-

Certifications: BLS, NRP
Hiring profile
Requested Skill Set: breastfeeding support, strong communication skills

Must have: IV insertion in preterm or term infants, Able to work independently with good assessment skills and knowledge of symptoms of declining health in preterm infants
Advanced skills needed: Ability to care for and stabilize critically ill infants needing vent support, CPAP, UVC placement, surfactant administration, needle decompression, administer TPN, lipids

Procedures performed on unit: Newborn resuscitation, intubation, umbilical line placement, surfactant administration, needle decompression, chest tube insertion, NG/OG feedings,

Certifications Required: RN licensure, BLS, NRP

Dress Code: (Required uniform)

Hospital provided scrubs (wear whatever you chose to hospital, change on arrival and departure)

Unit Guidelines/Policies: Please attach unit specific policies and guidelines.

4 weekend shifts per 4-week schedule, ready for huddle at 6:45
Awards/Recognition: Please include anything that you would like prospective candidates to be aware of, such as links to videos that feature the department, outstanding department/team awards.

New NICU (opened 11/23- new equipment), fantastic collaboration with neonatologists
Any additional information that would entice a worker to select your unit for their assignment: Consider items such as new equipment or technology, tenure and experience of staff, schedule options, etc.

Willing to block schedule
General Comments
No. of Positions: 1/1.