Registered Nurse CICU (Experienced Nurse Only)

Cincinnati Children's•Cincinnati, OH

4d•$34 - $41•Onsite

About The Position

The Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) is a 36-bed critical care unit within Cincinnati Children’s Heart Institute. The unit provides specialized care for critically ill newborns, children, adolescents, and adults with congenital or acquired heart disease. Our team cares for patients who have undergone cardiothoracic surgery, heart or lung transplants, and those requiring advanced therapies such as ECMO and ventricular assist devices (VADs). Additional patient populations include those recovering from cardiac catheterizations and those with complex medical cardiac issues like pulmonary hypertension. We are currently seeking a Registered Nurse with a minimum of two years of nursing experience to join our high-performing, collaborative care team. At Cincinnati Children’s, everything we do starts with one goal: making children’s health better. We value innovation, compassion, and excellence, and believe in a holistic, family-centered approach to care. As a Magnet-designated institution, we hold ourselves to the highest standards of nursing excellence. “The nurses at Cincinnati Children’s help families reach the best outcomes with dignity, respect, and lots of smiles. Such quality care is why we were designated a Magnet institution back in 2009.” — Barb Tofani, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, SVP, Patient Services Deliver high-quality, compassionate, relationship-based care to critically ill cardiac patients. Collaborate within a multidisciplinary team to provide individualized care. Serve as a key resource to families, offering education and emotional support. Manage complex care situations involving ECMO, VAD, transplant recovery, and other high-acuity cardiac cases. Maintain and build critical care competencies in a state-of-the-art facility.

Requirements

Current RN license in the State of Ohio
minimum of 2 years of nursing experience required (critical care or cardiac preferred)
BLS certification required; ACLS and PALS preferred or willingness to obtain
Strong communication, critical thinking, and team collaboration skills
Associate/Diploma prepared RNs from ACEN, CCNE or NLN CNEA accredited institution requires 2+ years of experience. If hired without a BSN or MSN, must enroll in a BSN or MSN program within 1 year of hire date/RN job date and complete program within 5 years of hire/RN job date.
Active Ohio RN License.
May be required to obtain other state licensure.

Nice To Haves

ACLS and PALS preferred or willingness to obtain
BSN from ACEN, CCNE or NLN CNEA accredited institution or MSN.

Responsibilities

Sustain a working understanding of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards.
Support leadership in Compliance efforts to meet and sustain the regulatory compliance efforts of the department and hospital.
Be mindful and judicious in monitoring safety and departmental policies and procedures.
Ensure all individual certifications and Safety College requirements are fulfilled in a timely basis.
Work with department managers, nurse council and magnet representatives to identify and share safety best practices.
Be mindful of CCHMCs processes and compliance with CMS standards and freely communicate safety and compliance concerns to leadership team members.
Uses systems thinking - Sees the pieces or components; sees patient and family within the isolated environment of the unit; sees self as key resource to support the family through the healthcare experience through care coordination.
Monitors and complies with safety and departmental policies and procedures.
Ensures individual certifications and Safety College requirements are fulfilled in a timely basis.
Is mindful of CCHMCs processes and compliance with CMS standards and freely communicates safety and compliance concerns to leadership team members.
Collects clinical data; follow algorithms, decision trees, and protocols.
Matches formal knowledge with clinical events to make appropriate decisions; uses available resources as needed.
Documents plan of care, care delivered, and patient and family outcomes.
Focuses on the usual and customary needs of the patient and family; anticipates future needs; bases care on standards and protocols; maintains a safe physical environment; acknowledges death as a potential outcome.
Consistently integrates age specific concepts into patient care, taking into consideration both the patient's chronological age and developmental functioning.
Using self-management support, develops care goals and actions through partnerships with patients and families.
Facilitates patient and family learning by providing structured education based on the plan of care goals, and the needs of the patient and family; uses teach back to evaluate effectiveness.
Follows standards and guidelines; implements clinical changes and research-based practices developed by others; recognizes the need for further learning to improve patient care; recognizes routine or obvious changing patient situation (e.g., deterioration, crisis); in unusual care situations, seeks help when needed to identify patient problem.
Uses self-appraisal performance review and peer review, including annual goal setting, for assurance of competence and professional development to promote safe and ethical practice using the nursing process.
Demonstrates openness to coaching and mentoring from others.
Facilitates learning by assisting with peer and student learning experiences.
Works with department managers, nurse council and magnet representatives to identify, share, implement and evaluate safety best practices.
Is receptive to the contributions of the interdisciplinary team in team meetings and discussion regarding patient issues.
Participates in shared governance at the point-of-care as a member of unit-based councils or by demonstrating awareness and contributing to shared decision making (reading minutes, giving feedback and implementing council decisions).
Demonstrates consistent integration of the Interprofessional Practice Model (IPM) in all aspects of practice.
Works on behalf of patient and family; assesses personal values; aware of ethical conflicts/issues that may surface in clinical setting; makes ethical/moral decisions based on rules; represents patient when patient cannot represent self; aware of patients' rights.
Assesses cultural inclusion.
Recognizes the potential impact of culture on the patient/family experience, and incorporates culturally inclusive concepts into patient care.
Consistently integrates age specific and culturally inclusive concepts into patient care, taking into consideration both the patient's chronological age and developmental functioning.