Registered Nurse - Neonatal ICU

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at McMaster Children’s Hospital is comprised of a Level III NICU, a Level IIc nursery and a neonatal transport team, providing medical and surgical care to neonatal patients and their families. Our NICU serves a broad geographic area within southern Ontario. The interdisciplinary team provides family-centered care with a strong focus on evidence-based best practice and continuous quality improvement. McMaster NICU is also actively involved in a number of collaborative quality improvement initiatives provincially, nationally and internationally.

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is a fast paced, complex and highly acute environment. The Registered Nurse is an integral member of the interdisciplinary team, working collaboratively in the Level III NICU and Level IIc nursery. Responsibilities include the provision of high quality neonatal nursing care to patients and families and demonstrating a commitment to excellence in supporting the patient and family experience.

• Current Certificate of Registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario as a Registered Nurse

• Certificate in Neonatal/Perinatal nursing or equivalent

• Current Neonatal Resuscitation Provider (NRP) and Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification

• Two (2) years’ experience in a Level II Nursery within the last three (3) years

• Knowledge of pre-term and full-term infant pathophysiology and the management of infants requiring acute care

• Knowledge of family dynamics relating to the birth process, critical illness and death and dying

• Demonstrated ability to provide comprehensive nursing care to acutely ill newborns and their families

• Demonstrated ability to teach others and knowledge of adult teaching/learning principles

• Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal skills especially in stressful situations

• Demonstrated teamwork, organization, problem-solving and conflict management skills

• Demonstrated ability to perform well in critical high stress situations

• Demonstrated ability to be highly motivated, self-directed and responsive to ever changing environments and patient conditions