The UTMB Nurseries provide a full complement of primary and tertiary care neonatal services with over 6,000 annual admissions to the Newborn Nursery and more than 600 to the Neonate Intensive Care Unit (NICU Level IV) each year. The NICU provides care for high risk newborns and premature babies and has all the resources available to care for ill newborns.
Minimum Qualifications:
RN with six months of clinical RN experience and/or successful completion of probationary NC I period documented on nursing evaluation tool. Must possess and maintain a current Registered Nurse license or valid permit to practice in Texas. Current BLS required.
Preferred Qualifications:
NICU experience is preferred.
Job Summary:
Advanced Beginner Clinician. Possesses knowledge and skill necessary to meet nursing standards for professional practice specified in Texas Nurse Practice Act without supervision. Recognizes when assistance is needed and seeks appropriate resources. Practice is characterized by a balance of dependent and interdependent decision making. Focus is on expanding knowledge and skills for specialty area. Provides patient care through nursing based practices upon the American Nurses Association Standards of Professional Practice and Professional Performance. Values specialty unit, nursing, and institutional strategic initiatives and health system goals.
Salary Range:
Actual salary commensurate with experience.
Work Schedule:
19.99 Hours or Less, Non-Benefit Bearing. No set schedule.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
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