Fort Worth, Texas

 

Are you looking for a rewarding career with family-friendly hours and top-notch benefits? 

 

Our compassionate and multidisciplinary team on our 63-Bed Level III Neonatal ICU cares for micro-preemies, multiples, high-risk and ill infants and is a regional referral center for high-risk deliveries.   We have over 600 NICU admissions per year and offer a 24-hour open visiting policy for parents plus a Peek-A-Boo NICU Crib Cam.  Our NICU received the AEIX Award for improving admission temperatures in Very Low Birthweight Infants. 

 

We are proud to be a Baby-Friendly designated facility, Texas Mother-Friendly Worksite and named “Best Place to Have a Baby” by FortWorth Child magazine readers. 

 

Job Duties

• Plan, organize, and delegate activities as required for safe, efficient, and effective operation of the unit including active participation with other hospital departments and leadership to accomplish this purpose.
• Provide resources and guidance to support the utilization of evidence based practice standards.
• Identify and utilize processes and resources that support optimal delivery of data and information to staff.
• Facilitate activities that prepare unit, environment, and staff to meet credentialing bodies requirements.
• Identify key drivers in throughput process, evaluate areas role, and develop solutions to barriers.
• Plan, manage, patient care processes to improve performance.
• Facilitate delivery of quality patient care.
• Require documentation that meets hospital and credentialing standards/policy/guidelines.
• Demonstrates positive supportive role in change process.

Human Resources

• Responsible for staffing based on patient care needs.
• Responsible for personnel functions including staff, performance reviews and corrective action.
• Promote professional growth and development of all employees.
• Supports diversity and inclusion in the organization.
• Recognize and reward individual and team accomplishments.
• Promote staff retention.
• Facilitate new staff orientation.
• Supports shared decision-making through the unit-based council.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree Nursing Required
• Other – CLIAFE Must comply with CLIA regulations regarding foreign education equivalency Required
• Masters Preferred 

Experience

• 3 Years progressive leadership experience Required
• 5 Years experience in clinical area Required
• NICU Experince Strongly Preferred 

Licenses and Certifications

• RN – Registered Nurse Upon Hire Required
• BCLS – Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly Required
• NRP – Essential Neonatal Resuscitation Program with in  90 Days Required
• NRPA-Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation Program with in 90 Days Required

For IMMEDIATE consideration, send your resume to krista@parkwoodintl.com for more information! 

Recruiter Information

Krista Whiting

krista@parkwoodintl.com