Experience PICU RN, Holtz Children's Hospital, Full-Time, Nights

Jackson Health•Miami, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Staff Nurse (CSN) serves as a champion of quality patient care and a professional caregiver, using critical thinking and scientific judgment to anticipate and plan patient care. The CSN practices competently and consistently applies the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, care coordination, teaching and health promotion, and evaluation. The role upholds professional standards in ethics, cultural diversity, communication, collaboration, evidence-based practice, nursing research, quality, resource utilization, and environmental health. Working within the JHS CARE Model, the CSN is accountable for planning, implementing, evaluating, and communicating all phases of nursing care for assigned patients, and must have the clinical knowledge and skills required by the specialty area. This is a full-time night position on a 3/3 schedule in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Holtz Children's Hospital in Miami, Florida. The hospital provides pediatric specialty care and training, including care for critically ill newborns, pediatric multi-organ transplants, kidney failure and kidney transplantation, and comprehensive children's heart care.

Requirements

Generally requires 1 to 3 years of related experience.
Associate's degree in Nursing is required.
A valid Florida RN license is required.
Must meet and maintain current unit-specific and organizational skills, competencies, certifications, and licensures required by regulation or specialty nursing standards.
AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) certification with at least 6 months of validity is required for the unit.
AHA Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification is required for the unit.

Nice To Haves

Pediatric ICU experience is highly preferred.
A BSN degree is preferred.

Responsibilities

Implements and coordinates care in collaboration with physicians, other providers, and healthcare staff, using the nursing process.
Documents pertinent information about nursing care, care plans, and observations.
Accounts for narcotics and emergency equipment during each tour of duty and maintains working knowledge of facility infection-control procedures.
Recognizes, questions, and reports significant patient findings or inconsistencies in medical or nursing orders and treatment plans; collaborates and seeks corrective action.
Selects, individualizes, updates, and follows clinical procedures, protocols, standards, clinical pathways, plans of care, narcotics policies, and discharge and teaching plans.
Completes and submits patient and unit charges.
Recognizes and prioritizes overt or covert unit needs and problems and independently implements corrective action.
Assumes the charge nurse role when assigned, supervises designated personnel, and takes action as needed.
Uses logic and reasoning to assess alternative solutions, conclusions, and approaches to problems.
Provides functional direction and assistance to LPNs and CNAs or MAs, and completes new-staff orientation when assigned.
Makes timely rounds to ensure continuity of care.
Maintains HIPAA compliance and follows unit-specific policies and procedures, including those detailed in the unit competency checklist.
Uses job- and unit-specific equipment as required.
Demonstrates service excellence and CARE values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Expertise.
Performs other related job duties as assigned.