Pediatric RN Job Description
Pediatric RN
provides expertise and resource information to other healthcare providers, patients and families, and the community at large related to pediatric diseases, procedures, interventions, and conditions.
Pediatric RN Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective pediatric RN job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included pediatric RN job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Identify appropriate community programs and services
Identifying appropriate community programs and services
Perform in a leadership role to service line, facility and community
Coordinating patient care activities based on established priorities, including teaching, rounding, counseling, and discharge planning, and directing/delegating appropriately to members of the health care team
Providing young patients and their families with emotional support and medical care
Assisting pediatricians by assessing a patient's needs and providing initial patient care
Helping families deal with a child's illness or injury and often offer information on nutrition, diet and good health habits
Assisting a pediatrician during a patient examination
Provide young patients and their families with emotional support and medical care
Assist pediatricians by assessing a patient's needs and providing initial patient care
Pediatric RN Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Pediatric RN
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR, PALS, BLS, ACLS, CPN, BC, VA, CRNI, PICC, IV
Education for Pediatric RN
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the pediatric RN job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Associate and Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Science, Medical, Associates, Graduate, Education, School of Nursing, College of Nursing, Nursing Program, Supervision
Skills for Pediatric RN
Desired skills for pediatric RN include:
InterQual
Milliman guidelines
Pediatric pharmacology
Community
Healthcare delivery
State and federal laws and resources
Applies safety principles as identified by the institution
Clinical standards and outcome measures
Conditions of assigned patients
Excel
Desired experience for pediatric RN includes:
Help families deal with a child's illness or injury and often offer information on nutrition, diet and good health habits
Document a patient's symptoms and medical history for the doctor to review
Draw blood, administer medication and give childhood vaccinations
Assist a pediatrician during a patient examination
Perform scrub functions including the selection and handling of instruments and supplies used during procedure
Directly assist operating physician with surgical tasks including hemostasis, suturing and wound exposure patient positioning
Pediatric RN Examples
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Pediatric RN Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a pediatric RN. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for pediatric RN
- Making independent decisions and reporting pertinent information to the Attending Physician, Charge Nurse, Nurse Manager, and the House Supervisor
- Assure that staff schedules are consistent with residents needs and provide the accountability of established standard of care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Establish a protocol for the interviewing process and orienting new members to the Floors
- Work in collaboration with Quality Improvement to assure documentation for the nursing process
- Work with the family to provide a family-centered system of care to link family with the child's physicians and other health care providers
- Identify physical, developmental, and psychological needs of the child
- Offer education and disease management information to the child and family
- Create an individualized plan of care
- Communicate with teachers and school staff to provide comprehensive care coordination based on the child's needs
- Offer education and disease management information to the child and family by creating an individualized plan of care
Qualifications for pediatric RN
- Help families deal with a child's illness or injury
- Offer information on nutrition, diet and good health habits
- Administer medication and childhood vaccinations
- Assist pediatrician during patient examination
- Complete or arranges for the completion of various logs and forms, or provide appropriate and reasonable oversight of such
- Assist with child's nutrition
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Pediatric RN Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of pediatric RN. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for pediatric RN
- Evaluating, teaching and documenting self-medication steps to individuals
- Preparing consents for psychotropic medications needed for human rights
- Scheduling all annual medical / dental evaluations and any follow-up appointments that are recommended at any medical appointments
- Following up on all hospitalization and emergency treatment recommendations to ensure optimal medical care is received
- Reviewing and interpreting medical reports received
- Supervising and instructing med-certified staff in medications / treatments
- Participating as a member of an Interdisciplinary Team incorporating the individual's health status or medical needs in the treatment plan
- Perform pre-admission evaluations of new individuals health appraisal procedures, as needed
- Evaluate, teach and document self-medication steps to individuals, if needed
- Maintain accurate, up-to-date medical records in compliance with state regulations
Qualifications for pediatric RN
- Experience in Pediatric Emergency Services a plus
- Prepare consents for psychotropic medications needed for human rights
- Schedule all annual medical / dental evaluations and any follow-up appointments that are recommended at any medical appointments
- Follow up on all hospitalization and emergency treatment recommendations to ensure optimal medical care is received
- Review and interpret medical reports received
- Participate as a member of an Interdisciplinary Team incorporating the individual's health status or medical needs in the treatment plan
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Pediatric RN Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of pediatric RN. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for pediatric RN
- Administering injections, including PPD, Flu vaccines, and immunizations
- Monitoring patients, managing their tubing, maintaining arterial catheters, and staying aware of potential drug complications
- Management of all Pediatric department functions in support of the hospital mission, vision and facility goals
- Financial management of the units
- Educational learning and management for staff
- Promotion of customer service and continuum of care in the specialty area of Pediatrics
- Inter-department coordination with human resources, ethics, performance improvement, equipment & supply management
- Develop and promote relationships with the Pediatricians and Neonatologists
- Primary change agent
- Recruitment & retention
Qualifications for pediatric RN
- Must be able to stand and/or to walk for long periods at a time
- BSN with 1 year of home care experience
- 1 year of recent acute or long-term care experience in an institutional setting
- Requires a current license to practice as an RN
- Must have or obtain within the first 90 days of employment, certification in CPR
- Current Utah RN license or license eligible
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Pediatric RN Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a pediatric RN. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for pediatric RN
- Participate in phlebotomy and specimen handling
- Demonstrates behaviors in concert with hospital mission, values, policies, & procedures
- Uses the nursing process to care for the number of patients per unit ratio of varyingly medical complexity
- Evaluates patient progress and revises plan of care accordingly
- Assesses the discharge needs of patients and families, and assists with the development and communication of discharge plans
- Keeps unit leadership informed of any difficulties in delivering care
- Completes patient documentation according to CHLA policies and procedures
- Demonstrates behaviors that support performance improvement activities
- Maintains competence and professional development
- General inquires
Qualifications for pediatric RN
- Requires frequent bending, reaching, squatting, kneeling, moving, lifting of patients and sufficient manual dexterity to operate therapeutic equipment
- Strongly prefer nurse with Pediatric hematology/oncology with current APHON certification
- BMT experience preferred
- Surgical Services experience
- Minimum of 3-5 years of Pediatric CVICU experience
- Experience with Congenital Heart Disease and Congenital Heart surgery strongly preferred
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Pediatric RN Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of pediatric RN. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for pediatric RN
- Maximize potential of self and subordinates by supporting professional growth and conducting training and orientation sessions
- Promote Patient Safety and safe work practices
- Constant nurse supervision
- Seizure precautions
- G-tube feeding
- Arterial lines
- Administer medication and give childhood vaccinations
- Assist pediatrician during a patient examination and educate patients and their families
- Obtain and document vital signs
- Assist in quality assurance activities involving services provided to children in assigned caseload
Qualifications for pediatric RN
- One year of experience as a Staff Registered Nurse in a Pediatric or Critical Care setting is required
- Five years management experience to include management of personnel, payroll, budgets, capital, business planning, marketing and physician relations
- BLS, PALS/ENPC
- Certification in Pediatrics preferred
- Must have expertise in the specific specialty providing leadership / management oversight
- Pediatric Advanced Life Saving (PALS) upon hire