RN II-ICU-CVICU, Part-Time, Day Shift (CNA)

Adventist Health•San Luis Obispo, CA

15h•$52 - $84•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse II in the ICU/CVICU is responsible for planning, coordinating, and providing nursing care to patients in a critical care setting. The nurse supervises and delegates care responsibilities to ancillary personnel according to their scope of practice. The role requires critical care knowledge and skills for patients with multisystem failure requiring ventilation, neuro/trauma care, respiratory failure, and hemodynamic monitoring. This position is represented by CNA.

Requirements

High school education, GED, or equivalent.
Associate degree (A.A. or A.S.).
Passing completion of a Critical Care Nursing course.
Current RN license in the state of practice.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from an approved vendor per Adventist Health policy.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification from an approved vendor per Adventist Health policy.
AHA-ACLS or ARC-ALS certification.
Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certification within one year of hire or transfer into the department; current employees as of June 30, 2021 have two years to complete it.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
Six months of previous critical care experience.

Responsibilities

Provide appropriate nursing interventions in stable and emergent patient situations.
Perform routine nursing skills, including medication administration, intravenous therapy and blood products, care and maintenance of indwelling catheters and drains, and safe use of critical-care medical equipment; follow the chain of command.
Interpret ECG rhythms, manage care during life-threatening emergencies, verify alarm settings with the Monitor Technician, and apply leads appropriately, recommending monitoring based on the patient’s presentation.
Care for and manage patients requiring intracranial pressure and ventriculostomy monitoring, pulmonary artery monitoring catheters, and arterial pressure monitoring catheters; assess and intervene when neurological symptoms change.
Care for and manage patients requiring mechanical ventilation and other ventilatory support, including CPAP masks, nasal BiPAP masks, and high-flow oxygen masks.
Apply knowledge of multisystem alterations and their effects on physiological functions, developmental tasks, and mental processing in adult and older adult populations.
Develop multidisciplinary, goal-oriented care plans with the health care team and provide care according to those plans.
Educate patients and families using teaching methods appropriate to the patient’s age, condition, culture, and learning readiness.
Document nursing care legibly, accurately, and promptly, including patient responses to medications, treatments, and procedures.
Perform unit-specific safety and quality control checks, including shift and 24-hour physician order checks, verbal and telephone order read-backs, crash cart checks, urine quality control, refrigerator logs, and expiration-date checks.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Supervise and delegate care responsibilities to ancillary personnel within their scope of practice.