Nursing Position at Arkansas Children's
Provides a competent level of nursing practice to autonomously provide safe and effective patient and family centered care for patients and families. Uses knowledge, skill, and experience to analyze, think critically, plan, prioritize, and organize care, make appropriate clinical judgments and efficiently manage routine and unexpected clinical situations.
Required Education: Associate's degree or equivalent from two-year college program or technical school or nursing diploma.
Recommended Education: Bachelor's Degree Nursing.
Required Work Experience: 1 of the following.
Recommended Work Experience: Demonstrated performance of 100% at the previous level and score within documented RN II/III levels via ACHieve career ladder for internal employees., Nursing - 1 year of experience.
Required Certifications: Registered Nurse (RN) license - Arkansas or Compact State.
Recommended Certifications: Certification specific to patient population.
Demonstrates a competent level of understanding and application of the AC Model of Patient and Family-Centered care. Care is complete and addresses physical, psychosocial, and educational needs of the patient and family. Consistently provides safe and effective nursing care at a competent level. Competently assess patients and provide developmentally appropriate and culturally sensitive care. Analyzes information to identify problems and outcomes, evaluates variations and patterns in patient/family data and recognizes implications to care. Provides individualized patient and family education at competent levels. Advances evidence-based nursing practice using best available evidence, patient's and family's preferences and values, and team's clinical expertise at a competent level. Exemplifies and supports the AC Professional Practice Model. Actively participates in the improvement of patient care, nursing practice and the work environment. Accountable for the quality of patient care by initiating advocacy actions for patients, families and AC team as needed. Participates in councils, committees, taskforces and hospital initiatives, onboarding, recruitment, and retention activities. Competently mentors, coaches, and teaches healthcare professionals and students. Performs other duties as assigned.
Arkansas Children's is the only hospital system in the state dedicated to caring for children, which enables us to uniquely shape the landscape of pediatric care in Arkansas. Arkansas Children's is driven by four core valuessafety, teamwork, compassion and excellencewhich inform every action. Arkansas Children's Hospital has received Magnet Status for nursing excellence and patient outcomes. And we are nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report for Cancer, Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Nephrology, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Pulmonology & Lung Surgery and Urology. For more than a century, Arkansas Children's has met the unique needs of children. But we're more than just a hospital treating sick kidsour services include two hospitals, a pediatric research institute, foundation, clinics, education and outreach, all with an unyielding commitment to making children better today and healthier tomorrow.
Arkansas Children's Little Rock campus includes a 336-bed hospital with the state's only pediatric Level 1 Trauma Center, burn center, Level 4 neonatal intensive care and pediatric intensive care, as well as a nationally-recognized transport service. And Arkansas Children's Northwest provides inpatient and emergency care, clinic rooms and diagnostic services to children in that corner of the state.
Arkansas Children's provides equal employment opportunity to all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, national origin or citizenship status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or any other category protected by federal, state and local laws.