Registered Nurse (RN) - ICU - PRN

VCU Health•Tappahannock, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a 7-bed Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit featuring private rooms equipped for comprehensive patient monitoring, including ECG, dialysis, SPO2, and hemodynamic pressure monitoring. Telemedicine intensivist services are available 24/7. The unit's skill mix includes Registered Nurses (RNs) and Patient Care Technicians. Management is provided by a Nurse Director and a Clinical Coordinator who oversee both the ICU and the Acute Care Unit. Staffing levels are adjusted based on patient acuity and volume per shift. This role integrates technical skills and theoretical knowledge to provide patient and family care, assist in illness prevention and wellness maintenance, and offer comfort. The position involves directing and educating others, and developing leadership skills at the unit level. Responsibilities include delivering and documenting age-specific care based on medical orders and a multidisciplinary plan, and safely administering medications while identifying potential incompatibilities or interactions. Clinical Nurse I: Focuses on integrating technical skills and theoretical knowledge, assisting the healthcare team, providing direction and education, and delivering direct patient care. Safely administers medications. Clinical Nurse II: Demonstrates mastery of clinical skills, applies knowledge to specific patient populations, recognizes and intervenes in changing patient situations, mobilizes resources, provides direction and education, and assumes leadership responsibilities. Delivers and documents direct patient care and safely administers medications. Clinical Nurse III: Demonstrates advanced clinical knowledge, applies knowledge to specific patient populations, anticipates and intervenes in patient situations, provides direction and education, and serves as a role model. Delivers and documents direct patient care and safely administers medications.

Requirements

Current RN licensure in Virginia or eligible or compact state
Current RN licensure in Virginia
AHA BLS HCP Certification or equivalent
Diploma or Associates Degree from a professional nursing program recognized and/or approved by the corresponding state’s Board of Nursing.
All registered nurses without a Bachelor's degree in Nursing (or higher) will be required to enroll in an approved RN to BSN program within two years of their start date and to complete the program within five years of their start date unless grandfathered under previous requirements.
Clinicians work all three shifts, weekends and holidays.
Lifting 20-50 lbs.
Exposure to potentially hazardous and infectious substances
Prolonged standing
Prolonged sitting
Frequent bending
Walking (distance)
Climbing (steps, ladder, other)
Reaching (overhead, extensive, repetitive)
Strong recall
Reasoning
Problem solving
Hearing
Speak clearly
Write legibly
Reading
Logical thinking
Fast pace environment
Steady pace
Able to handle multiple priorities
Frequent and intense customer interactions
Noisy environment

Nice To Haves

Experience as an LPN, nursing assistant or care partner in either an acute care setting or as applicable to area of practice (for Clin I)
Academic Health Care Experience; Experience with similar patient population in either an acute care setting or as applicable to area of practice (for Clin II, Clin III)
Completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (or higher) from an accredited program
Certification in specialty area (for Clin III)

Responsibilities

Integrates technical skills and theoretical knowledge to meet the needs of the patient and family.
Assists the health care team with the prevention of illness and injury, maintenance of wellness, and provision of comfort.
Provides direction, education, and begins to acquire leadership skills at the unit level.
Delivers and accurately documents direct, age-specific care to a patient or group of patients based on medical orders and an integrated, multidisciplinary plan of care.
Safely administers prescribed medications, identifying incompatibilities and/or interactions.
Recognizes changes in patient situations and intervenes appropriately.
Mobilizes resources to meet the individualized needs of patient/families.
Assumes leadership responsibilities at the unit level.
Anticipates changes in patient situations and intervenes appropriately.
Serves as a role model in a clinical setting.
Organizes work and delegates and supervises others (RN's, LPN's, Care Partners, Unit Secretaries, etc.) in carrying out assignments.