If you are a pediatric nurse looking for that “right fit” for your next career move, then you should take a closer look. Working as a nurse on our diverse pediatric units can be a fulfilling and strategic career choice for the nurse who wants to get more out of their career. Our units care for med-surgical, step-down, and critical care level pediatric patients on the same integrated floor. At Dartmouth Health Children’s, you can have:

• Personalized Patient Care - On the Pediatric Unit at Dartmouth Health Children’s, you often have the opportunity to develop closer relationships with your patients and their families. This setting allows for a more personalized approach to care, which is especially valuable to our pediatric population, where families play a central role in the child’s health.

• Professional Growth - Our pediatric units often allow our nurses to take on a wider variety of responsibilities. This exposure can help you build a versatile skill set, improve critical thinking, and develop a deeper understanding of pediatric care.

• Team Collaboration - Our pediatric teams often foster closer collaboration and camaraderie among staff. You may find more opportunities to learn from colleagues, share responsibilities, and contribute to a supportive work environment.

• Opportunity to Innovate - Our pediatric units, there’s often more flexibility to contribute to unit policies, participate in quality improvement projects, and suggest innovative ideas for care delivery.

• Work-Life Balance - Smaller units can sometimes offer more predictable schedules and less stress compared to large, high-pressure hospitals, contributing to a healthier work-life balance.

Dartmouth Health Children’s is the world-class pediatric service line of the Dartmouth Health system, providing family-centered care for infants, children, and teens. We deliver comprehensive, personalized primary care for more than 60,000 children and adolescents every year. As part of the academic Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, our providers, researchers, and nurses participate in many clinical trials where our pediatric patients may benefit from advanced research while contributing to the health of future generations.

These are just a few highlights of being a nurse at Dartmouth Health in New Hampshire.

• We have loan repayment up to $20,000
• We offer Relocation Assistance and a Housing Coordinator to take on the burden of finding a home.
• We have new, competitive nursing rates
• We offer generous tuition reimbursement
• We have a very popular "earned time" plan
• We have extensive CEU/Training programs
• Our 8,000 ft Patient Safety and Training Simulation Center is state-of-the-art
• Our nurses serve as central figures in the success of our system through our shared governance nursing model
• We offer a rigorous, research-focused environment

Why are we so unique? We are a nationally recognized Academic Medical Center and Children’s Hospital in the middle of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. We understand that “quality of life” means different things to different people, but we are confident you will love it here as we have beautiful, rural and suburban housing options, world-class primary, secondary and graduate schools, hundreds of lakes, thousands of miles of hiking trails and some of the best skiing in the country. This means you can be a happy nurse with more quality time with friends, family, pets, or maybe just quiet hikes by yourself. Our idea of traffic is a line at the chair lift on the ski mountain.

The Clinical Nurse is an engaged and credentialed member of the Professional Nursing Organization and is responsible for autonomous practice directed by the professional tenets of practitioner, leader/decision maker, scientist and transferor. The Clinical Nurse is responsible for utilizing the nursing process to provide evidence-based care and to continuously monitor and evaluate practice to ensure safe passage of patients that is in the best interest of populations served.

1. Practitioner
2. Utilizes the nursing process to assess, diagnose, identify outcomes, plan, implement and evaluate an individualized plan of care.
3. Utilizes critical thinking and the nursing process to anticipate and recognize changes in patient status, taking action to modify the plan of care or to elevate to the care team as necessary.
4. Practices in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics to advocate for patients, uphold their autonomy in decision-making, ensure informed consent and assist patients in families in expressing self-determination.
5. Actively seeks feedback and acts to improve performance.
6. Engages in the governance of practice.
7. Leader/Decision Maker
8. Manages interpersonal relationships for self and with others.
9. Mentors colleagues for the advancement of nursing practice and the profession.
10. Assumes authority and accountability for the nursing care of patients while appropriately delegating elements of care to others members of the care delivery team in accordance with laws, regulations and policies and procedures.
11. Prioritizes and organizes time to optimize patient outcomes.
12. Scientist
13. Actively seeks out the most current evidence and standards and applies and translates to daily practice.
14. Role models a culture of inquiry, developing new knowledge by contributing to research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice at the local level.
15. Transferor
16. Communicates effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice.
17. Actively partners with others to effect change that produces positive outcomes through the exchange of knowledge.
18. Precepts the student nurse, nurse extern, nurse resident, experienced clinical nurse and other members of the healthcare team.
19. Performs other duties as required or assigned.

• Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.                                

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred. 

• Licensed RN with NH eligibility
• BLS at hire
• ACLS within 180 days

• NRP within 180 days