Overview

The Neonatal ICU at Huntsville Hospital for Women and Children is part of the largest delivering hospital in the state of Alabama. As the only Level III NICU in North Alabama, our unit is designated by the state as the Regional Referral Center for NICU care. This means that infants born in hospitals throughout our region are transported here to receive critical, lifesaving medical care. We are a 55 bed licensed unit, with an open bay layout with 3 different alcoves, we also have a Kids Care Transport Team, and the only state-certified infant nutrition lab in North Alabama where many of our babies' feedings are carefully and securely prepared by specially trained staff.. We collaborate with many disciplines including Respiratory therapist, family support liaison, registered dietitians, therapy services (speech, physical, occupational, and music), trained child life specialist, pharmacy, and lactation nurses.

The Neonatal RN is skilled in providing critical care to premature and sick newborns. In addition to providing around-the-clock care to these patients, NICU RNs offer support to the parents, requiring effective communication skills regarding the plan of care and scope of treatment of the patient. The NICU RN will work as a team member with providers and ancillary staff. Their primary responsibility is to ensure that a newborns critical care treatment is secure. The RN maintains established standards of care, policies, objective, and goals in administering professional nursing care to all patients. The RN identifies patient needs and priorities for care through assessment. The RN plans and delegates care based on patient needs. The RN evaluates the patient’s response to care and the attainment of or progress toward expected outcomes. The RN is accountable for outcomes of patient care delivered during the assigned shift. RN must have excellent communication skills with the ability to work independently in a fast paced environment, requiring prioritizing and changing tasks frequently.

Qualifications

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Experience Required: Education: Graduate of Accredited School of Nursing with current Alabama licensure. Experience: Experience preferred; new graduates accepted. Additional Skill/Abilities: BLS required before the conclusion of the orientation period. 

New graduates who precepted in Neonatal ICU preferred. NRP required within 6 month orientation period.