Clinical Nurse III: SICU/Neuro ICU DAYS-36 hours/week

Albany Medical Center • Albany, NY

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Surgical and Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit (SICU and Neuro ICU) has a combined total of 30 intensive care beds designed to provide specialized care to the critically ill adult (14 and older) patient. The unit has a usual 50/50 split of patient population between the neuro and surgical patient population. The focus of care includes patients with life-threatening conditions related to major elective and emergency surgical procedures, multi-trauma, traumatic brain injury, spinal injury, stroke, seizure, sepsis/multi-organ system failure, hemodynamic instability and failure to wean. The SICU and Neuro ICU patient needs encompass but are not limited to comprehensive physical assessments, intensive monitoring, treatment of laboratory values, ventilator management and hemodynamic monitoring.

Requirements

• 2+ years of med/surg, intermediate care or ICU experience
• Must not be a new graduate

Responsibilities

• ICP monitoring via EVD and bolt
• Spinal drains/catheters
• Brain oxygen monitoring
• Artic Sun therapy
• Continuous EEG
• Intra-arterial catheter
• Non-invasive cardiac output
• Mechanical ventilation
• Continuous renal replacement therapy
• Reconstructive flap monitoring
• Massive blood transfusion
• Placement of arterial lines
• Central lines
• External ventricular drains and ICP monitors
• SEPS drains
• Bedside bronchoscopy
• Abdominal washouts
• Tracheostomy
• Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement
• Lumbar punctures
• Chest tubes
• Pigtail drains

Benefits

• Excellent health care coverage with no copay at Albany Medical Center providers
• A wide array of services and programs to support emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees