Registered Nurse - Pediatric ICU (Days 0.75 FTE) Hiring Bonus: $10,000.00

Boys Town • Omaha, NE

30d • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Registered Nurse to join our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) healthcare team. This is a 24-hour direct patient care unit with 6 private patient rooms. Patients admitted to the PICU are likely to be those with acute medical disease states. Our patients range in age from newborn to 19 years of age. We primarily care for patients with respiratory distress/respiratory failure, sepsis, status asthmaticus, DKA, status epilepticus, and post op Neurosurgery or other post-operative patients requiring ICU care. This includes patients with invasive monitoring (arterial lines, ICP monitoring, EVD monitoring), surgical drains/chest tubes, invasive and non-invasive ventilatory support, tracheostomies with vent support, vasopressor requirement (epinephrine, dopamine, vasopressin), and/or continuous sedation requirement (versed, fentanyl, precedex etc). This is a supportive close-knit team where the patients and their families are the center of our care.

Requirements

• Registered nurse who is a graduate of an accredited school with a current state license required.
• Minimum of two years of critical care experience within the last five years required.
• CPR (BLS) certification required.
• ACLS certified within six months of transfer or hire required.
• PALS certified within six months of transfer or hire required.
• Prior working knowledge of using computer programs and electronic medical records required.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.
• Pediatric Critical Care preferred.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes the nursing process to complete the admission physical, cognitive, spiritual, psychosocial, and functional patient assessment.
• Develops and implements a plan of care (including goals) that is reviewed and revised on an ongoing basis.
• Develops, reviews, and implements the discharge plan upon admission, and throughout the patient stay.
• Implements nursing care activities according to patient needs or as directed by the medical provider in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Performs point-of-care lab testing as per established policies and procedures.
• Assesses patient/family understanding, response to care provided and patient/family education needs and redirects care as needed.
• Reports accurate, detailed hand-off communication regarding the patient's condition, care, treatment, medications, services, and any recent or anticipated changes to any of these when patient care is transferred from one healthcare team or team member to another.
• Promotes, advocates for and strives to protect the health, safety and rights of the patient.
• Complies with all applicable state and federal statutes, rules, regulations, and BTNRH policies and procedures.
• Provides patient care and education according to the patient population served.

Benefits

• Hiring Bonus: $10,000.00
• Unique perks to Boys Town employees and their families include free visits to Boys Town physicians and free prescriptions under the Boys Town Medical Plan, tuition assistance, parenting resources from our experts and professional development opportunities within the organization, just to name a few.
• 401K or 401K Roth account match
• No cost mental health visits to an in-network provider
• Low to zero-dollar co-pays on certain maintenance drugs
• Reduced to no cost visits for services performed by a Boys Town provider at a Boys Town location

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior