Registered Nurse eICU

Sentara Hospitals • Norfolk, VA

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About The Position

The Electronic Intensive Care Unit (eICU) is seeking an experienced full-time ICU nurse for the night shift, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. The role is currently based at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital and is scheduled to move in late June to Sentara Independence in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The eICU provides an additional layer of critical-care monitoring and support to patients at seven Sentara hospital locations using advanced telecommunications technology.

The eICU RN provides remote nursing care as an advocate, guide, and resource for bedside ICU nurses. The nurse collaborates with eMDs and bedside teams to deliver telemedicine care to critically ill adults across multiple ICUs. The team monitors patients through Epic Patient Monitoring and uses eICU cameras for direct communication with patients, bedside staff, other healthcare team members, and families. eICU RNs maintain daily logs of monitoring and APACHE assignments.

The RN performs nursing care according to the nursing process and professional standards, including assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care, teaching, health promotion, and evaluation. Professional practice also includes ethics, culturally congruent care, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice, quality, resource utilization, and environmental health.

Requirements

• Associate degree or diploma in Registered Nursing.
• Virginia RN license, or eligibility for a Virginia or compact/multistate license.
• At least three years of recent ICU bedside experience is preferred.
• BLS certification within 90 days of hire for all direct-care RNs.
• Excellent critical-thinking skills and ability to work collaboratively.
• Ability to understand technology and navigate systems.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or Master of Science in Nursing (MSN).
• CCRN certification.
• Three or more years of recent ICU bedside experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide remote nursing care as an advocate, guide, and resource for bedside ICU nurses.
• Collaborate with eMDs and bedside ICU teams to provide telemedicine care to critically ill adults across multiple ICUs.
• Monitor patients in the monitored census using Epic Patient Monitoring.
• Use eICU video conferencing to communicate with patients, bedside teams, healthcare team members, and patients’ families.
• Maintain daily logs of monitoring assignments and APACHE assignments.
• Perform nursing care using the nursing process and applicable professional standards.
• Apply clinical knowledge and skills to meet standards for the clinical area.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life and disability insurance, including long-term and short-term disability and critical illness plans.
• 401(k)/403(b) with employer match.
• Paid time off, vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
• Paid parental and military leave; paid parental and family caregiver leave.
• Adoption, fertility, and surrogacy reimbursement up to $10,000.
• Emergency backup care.
• Educational assistance, including tuition assistance of $5,250 per year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education.
• Student loan repayment or student debt pay down up to $10,000.
• Pet insurance.
• Legal resources plan.
• Opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus subject to system and employee eligibility criteria.
• Additional compensation may include shift differentials, on-call pay, overtime, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree