Developmental Care Specialist - NICU
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Description: Children's Hospital & Medical Center is employing Developmental Care Specialist - NICU right now, this career will be situated in Nebraska. Further informations about this career opportunity kindly read the description below. Develops, initiates, educates, and maintains interdisciplinary developmental care in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit.
Essential Functions/Competencies !
% of Time
50%
Coordinates comprehensive infant developmental intervention services to newborns, premature and convalescing infants and in collaboration with their families in the clinical setting, with the focus of providing behavioral organization of the infant.
Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates strategies, methods, techniques, positional aids, and/or environmental modifications to provide behavioral and developmental protection of the infant’s balanced functioning for optimal care with family involvement.
Initiates behavioral assessment and implementation of a plan with discussion of the assessment findings with the family.
Identify and interpret the infant’s behavioral strengths, current developmental functional level and thresholds, and sensitivities for handing activities.
Provides and maintains developmental materials supportive of infant’s developmental needs. Provides recommendation for po! sitioning, handling, consistency of care-giving, predictabilit! y, timing of interventions, and social interaction.
Establishes contact and maintains on-going communication with the family, providing weekly re-assessment and updates the care plan to create an appropriate environment and pattern of modified developmental care-giving for the infant.
Collaborates with the family to facilitate ongoing developmental care practices at discharge.
45%
2. Provides leadership in the promotion of developmental care with an emphasis on family participation blending individualized developmental care with medical interventions needed,
Serves as an expert, role model, and mentor for the health care team in developmental care practices, recognizing opportunities to effectively utilize change theory in the promotion of developmental care.
Provides developmental education opportunities, materials, and in-services for staff, understanding the need to use adult learning theory.
Collaborates wit! h management and staff to ensure that the culture of the Newborn Intensive Care Unit supports developmental care.
Ensures that unit developmental care practices are based on current developmental care research and are integrated into related unit/hospital policies/procedures.
Participate in daily/weekly interdisciplinary rounding, collaborating with other team members to develop/document a developmental plan of care for Newborn Intensive Care Unit infants.
Regular attendance at work is an essential function of the job.
Perform physical requirements as described in the Physical Requirements section
SECONDARY FUNCTIONS/COMPETENCIES
5%
Performs other duties as assigned
100%
JOB STANDARDS
Achieves department/organization Outcomes
All
Patient/Customer Satisfaction
Interacts with patients/families/customers and utilizes feedback to improve and reinforce satisfactio! n
Meets department/organization satisfaction goals
Fi! nancial
Identifies and implements systems and processes to improve efficiency and reduce expenses that do not compromise quality of services/mission.
Meets department/organization financial goals
Quality
Utilizes performance measurement to improve patient/customer outcomes
Meets department/organization quality goals
Dept.
Specific
Patient/Customer Satisfaction
Assesses parent/patient questions and concerns and communicates information to appropriate person(s) in appropriate time frames to meet parent/patient questions, concerns, and/or expectations. (Validation through feedback from supervisors, peers, personal knowledge, or family interview regarding the individual’s work performance.)
Initiates patient/parent concern reports, as appropriate, when issues arise.
Incorporates key concepts into communication with parents:
Introduces self to parent/patient when enter! s room.
Explains purpose of activity before touches the patient.
Before leaves the room, asks “Is there anything else that I can do for you?â€
All patient alarms will be responded to immediately, silencing alarms, resolving the issues.
Any patient contact requires hand washing or hand sanitizing.
There will be interaction between shifts daily on discharge planning and parent education.
Financial
Follows policy for capturing patient charges (stickers on charge sheets).
Participates in unit specific cost saving activities as related to developmental care.
Quality
Provides summary of program evaluation and statistics from family-centered care evaluation as needed.
Provides input into opportunities for system improvements.
Describes active unit specific performance improvement projects
Serves as unit coordinator for the Developmental TIPS (Tracking Infant Prog! ress Statewide) program. Assures that all families are offered the oppo! rtunity to participate in the TIPS program. Educates staff as necessary. Attends area related meetings. Reviews/ discusses findings with unit.
Takes personal responsibility to adhere to department/organization policies and procedures, compliance and regulatory agency requirements
All
Understands and performs role in emergency situations (i.e. disruptive individuals, internal/ external disaster, CPR, Code Adam)
Understands and practices regulatory agency standards and department/organization policies/procedures including: Joint Commission, OSHA, HIPAA, Infection Control, Environment of Care, National Patient Safety Goals
Addresses non-compliance with department/organization standards
Meets mandatory department/organization job requirements within established time frames (i.e. physicals, annual mandatory reviews, participates and physically attends 75% of required staff meetings, licensure/certification, CPR for direct car! e providers)
Dept.
Specific
Incorporates unit specific scope of service into developmental care practices.
Reinforces developmental care practices in response to changes discussed in shift report, newsletters, self studies, staff meetings, or other educational offerings.
Supports a work environment that focuses on staff, customer, patient/families through safe practices and effective communication.
All
Demonstrates and supports staff/visitor/patient/vendor identification policy
Utilizes variance reporting system to enhance safety and identify changes for best practice
Protects Patient Privacy
Incorporates department/organization communication into work practices
Dept.
Specific
Attends and participates in meetings as appropriate. (i.e. Newborn Intensive Care Unit Area Action Council, Newborn Intensive Care Unit Interdisciplinary, Interdisciplinary Rounds)
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Communicates to staff, physician/nurse practitioner a comprehensiv! e picture of patient’s developmental care needs/ concerns as seen in verbal communication and written documentation.
Promptly initiates the chain of command appropriately as a patient advocate for patient care and system issues.
Incorporates JCAHO National Patient Safety Goals into developmental care practices as appropriate.
Supports Shared Governance philosophy within and between units.
Gives suggestions to Area Action Council for improvement of developmental care services.
BEHAVIORS
Excellence in Service to Children, Families, Colleagues and Other Customers
Anticipates customer needs, understands their expectations and responds appropriately.
Respect for Human Dignity
Treats others with compassion, fairness, courtesy and respect while honoring their uniqueness.
Cooperative Work Relationships
Willingly works with others to identify and achieve common goals.
Positi! ve Attitudes and Behaviors
Enthusiastically approaches their role and displays pride in the organization
Honesty and Integrity
Takes personal responsibility for doing the right thing.
Wise Use of Resources
Optimizes the talents of self and others and the use of time, materials and equipment.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Must possess leadership, critical thinking, and adult learning skills.
Strong communication/interaction skills needed to be respected as a teacher, role model by staff, families, and other disciplines.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Minimum 3 years’ experience in a developmental discipline (e.g, developmental pediatrics, OT/PT, child life specialist, etc.) required.
Bachelor’s from an accredited college or university in Rehab, Child Life, Developmental Care, or related field required
Previous developmental care experience preferred.
Cli! nical background in neonatal practice preferred.
CERTIFICAT! IONS/LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS:
Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) certification required, within 1 year of eligibility.
Current Nebraska licensure as appropriate for specialty.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
REQUIRED TRAINING & EMPLOYEE HEALTH REQUIREMENTS
Annual Physical
Annual Mandatory Review
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORKING CONDITIONS:
Physical Requirements
N/A
Less than 10%
11% to 49%
Greater than 50%
Work Environment
N/A
Less than 10%
11% to 49%
Greater than 50%
Stand
Blood and body fluid exposure*
Walk
Sharps, needles, etc.
Sit
Wet, humid conditions (non-weather)
Talk or hear
Work near moving mechanical parts
Displays manual dexterity
Fumes or airborne particles
Climb or balance
Toxi! c or caustic chemicals
Stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
Outdoor weather conditions
Reach with hands and arms
Extreme cold (non-weather)
Taste or smell
Extreme hot (non-weather)
Lifting/pulling/pushing
Risk of electrical shock
Visual: Looking at computer screen
Medical Equipment
Other:
Risk of radiation
Weight Demands:
Vibration
Up to 10 lbs.
Loud noise
Up to 20 lbs.
Quiet environment
Up to 40 lbs.
Environmental noise
Up to 100 lbs.
Other:
More than 100 pounds
- Refer to the Infection Control Manual for a listing of job classifications which may be at risk of occupational exposure.
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This career starts available on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 15:31:23 GMT
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