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Albany Medical Center•Albany, NY

14d•$85,280 - $95,514

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse II provides specialized care to critically ill adult patients (age 14 and older) in the 30-bed Surgical and Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit, which serves a roughly even mix of surgical and neuro patients. Care includes patients with life-threatening conditions related to major elective and emergency surgery, multi-trauma, traumatic brain or spinal injury, stroke, seizure, sepsis and multi-organ failure, hemodynamic instability, and difficulty weaning from ventilation. Nursing care encompasses comprehensive physical assessments, intensive monitoring, treatment of laboratory values, ventilator management, and hemodynamic monitoring. The role requires a broad critical-care skill set, including ICP monitoring via EVD and bolt, spinal drains and catheters, brain oxygen monitoring, Arctic Sun therapy, continuous EEG, intra-arterial catheter use, non-invasive cardiac output monitoring, mechanical ventilation, continuous renal replacement therapy, reconstructive flap monitoring, and massive blood transfusion. Nurses support unit procedures such as arterial and central line placement, external ventricular drains and ICP monitors, SEPS drains, bedside bronchoscopy, abdominal washouts, tracheostomy, PEG tube placement, lumbar punctures, chest tubes, and pigtail drains. The nurse implements orders, administers medications, starts IVs, performs treatments, procedures and special tests, documents care, evaluates diagnostic tests and patient responses, and uses sound nursing judgment. The nurse also provides primary and emergency care for occupational and non-occupational injuries and illnesses, collaborates with the nursing team on care plans, and guides ancillary personnel while maintaining professional nursing standards. This position is scheduled for 24 hours per week on the night shift.

Requirements

Graduate of a professional academic nursing program conferring a Diploma, Associate Degree, or Baccalaureate Degree.
Current New York State Registered Nurse license.
Obtain and maintain Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.
Excellent communication, prioritization, organizational, and time-management skills.
Knowledge of quality concepts, principles, and problem-solving tools and techniques, with the ability to apply them to departmental and patient-care quality improvement.

Responsibilities

Implement physician orders; administer medications; start IVs; perform treatments, procedures, and special tests; and document care according to company policy and applicable regulations.
Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient conditions.
Assess and evaluate patient needs and responses to care.
Apply sound nursing judgment in patient-care management decisions.
Provide primary and emergency care for occupational and non-occupational injuries and illnesses.
Administer over-the-counter and prescription medications as ordered.
Collaborate with the nursing team to create a Plan of Care for all patients.
Direct and guide ancillary personnel and maintain standards of professional nursing.
Provide intensive care for critically ill adult patients, including comprehensive assessment and monitoring, laboratory-value treatment, ventilator management, and hemodynamic monitoring.
Support specialized ICU skills and on-unit procedures, including ICP monitoring, mechanical ventilation, continuous renal replacement therapy, and monitoring of drains and other critical-care devices.