NICU RN II
HCA Healthcare · Colorado Springs, Colorado · Posted Jun 25, 2026
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Hourly Wage Estimate: $36.50 - $55.25 / hour
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As a Registered Nurse NICU II PRN, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn –whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.
Job Summary and Qualifications
Position Summary:
The neonatal critical care nurse practices as a full partner on the health care team and consistently demonstrates safe practice within the organizational professional practice model. Independently provides patient care through the application of the nursing process and accepts accountability for the nursing care of assigned patients. The neonatal critical care nurse demonstrates knowledge within the competency domains of Patient and Family Centered Care, Evidence Based Practice, Safety, Continuous Quality Improvement, Teamwork, Informatics, Professionalism, and Leadership.
The neonatal critical care nurse works closely with the inter-professional health care team to facilitate the coordination of care across the continuum. The nurse focuses on expanding their knowledge and skills necessary to provide individualized care based on physical, psychosocial, cultural, educational, safety, and age-appropriate considerations of assigned patients. Complies with all regulations and standards of regulatory and accrediting bodies.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS The essential functions listed are typical examples of work performed by this position. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.
PATIENT AND FAMILY CENTERED CARE: Recognizes the patient (or the patient's designee) as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for the patient's preferences, values, and needs.
§ Manage more complex patient care assignments appropriate to skill level
§ Participate in building consensus and resolving conflict in the context of patient care
§ Able to speak to the patient about advanced care planning, values and end-of- life care
§ Evaluate and consider the implementation of alternative approaches to establishing a healing environment
§ Engage in problem solving to address complex issues regarding the delivery of safer, patient-and family- centered care
EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE AND RESEARCH: Evaluates and integrates best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care and system effectiveness
§ Utilize the EBP process generates clinical questions, searches and evaluates the quality of evidence, considers expert clinical knowledge and patient preferences and values, and applies it to practice
§ Recognize and communicate the need for revision of hospital and departmental policies, procedures, practice guidelines, and /or measures for clinical practice evaluation
Department Name: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Employee Name:
Reports to (Title): Patient Care Director or Manager Supervises (Positions): None
SAFETY: Minimizes risk of harm to patients, families, providers and self through system effectiveness and individual performance.
§ Serve as resource person for safety concerns
§ Demonstrate skills in problem solving, conflict resolution, and negotiation
§ Participate appropriately in analyzing errors and designing system improvements
CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT: Utilizes data and QI methods to identify potential and actual problems and opportunities to provide care that is safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable
§ Participate in the design, review, and evaluation of QI data and initiatives at the unit level
§ Integrate QI initiatives into individual plan of care
§ Contribute to efforts to improve the quality of health care
TEAMWORK: Effectively engages in the process of cooperation, coordination, and collaboration in their efforts to provide for safe, quality outcomes for patients within an inter and intra-professional teams, including virtual teams.
§ Assert your own position or perspective, and supports discussions about patient care and the work environment
§ Initiate a plan for self-development as a team member and in partnership with the department leader(s)
§ Apply leadership skills that support collaborative practice and team effectiveness
§ Demonstrate team values that highlight that we care about performance, the su…