Experience Registered Nurse (RN), Pediatrics ICU, Nights

Orlando Health • Orlando, FL

22h • Onsite

About The Position

Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) on the Night Shift. The PICU is a 17-bed unit providing highly skilled, comprehensive nursing care to critically ill patients 24/7. Services include ECMO, renal replacement therapy, HVOV, Nitric Oxide, and post-op recovery. As a quaternary PICU, it supports an ACS Level 1 Trauma and Surgical Centers. Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children has been a leading provider of compassionate care for children, teenagers, and young adults in Central Florida for over 30 years. It is recognized for its pediatric specialties and nursing excellence, holding Magnet® Recognition and Beacon Awards. The hospital features a unique pediatric Level I Trauma Center and ER, and is the only facility in Florida with Level I Children’s Surgical and Trauma Verification by the American College of Surgeons. Orlando Health is a comprehensive system serving a wide region with a commitment to professional and compassionate care, offering extensive benefits and career development opportunities.

Requirements

• Graduate of an approved school of nursing.
• Meets all mandatory, developmental, and performance competency requirements for Orlando Health and unit/department
• Maintains current licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Florida or Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)
• Maintains current BLS/Healthcare Provider certification
• At least two (2) years of experience as a Registered Nurse in an Intensive Care Unit setting (Pediatrics preferred).

Nice To Haves

• ACLS, NRP, PALS, TNCC are required for certain areas.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates critical knowledge, skills, and judgement to care for patients requiring complex assessment and therapies, high intensity interventions, and high-level continuous nursing vigilance.
• Utilizes information and assessment data to anticipate and respond with confidence and adapt to rapidly changing patient conditions.
• Identifies and prioritizes information to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient focused action.
• Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, and interprets and records electronic displays, such as intracranial pressures, central venous pressures, pulmonary artery pressures, and cardiac rhythms from cardiac monitors, respirators, ventilators, oxygen pumps, etc.
• Responds to life-saving situations based on nursing standards and protocol.
• Observes, monitors, and assesses patients’ condition, recognizes, identifies, and interprets serious situations and calls Physician or takes preplanned emergency measures when Physician is not immediately available.
• Assesses patient’s needs and develops/revises an individualized plan of care based on patient needs and responses. Evaluates the patient’s progress toward attaining expected outcomes.
• Respects diversity by building respectful relationships with all team members and customers.
• Functions as a patient and family advocate.
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his or her assigned unit/ department.
• Serves as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, and/ or nurse clinician.
• Communicates and collaborates with medical staff and interdisciplinary team to effectively plan and manage the unit/department.
• Serves as a role model for staff and supports the hospital and nursing department’s goals and strategies.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span, assesses the data reflective of the patient’s status, and interprets the necessary information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his or her age specific needs.
• Coordinates the care and delegates as appropriate to other team members on a defined group of patients.
• Documents patient care in a knowledgeable, skillful, and consistent manner meeting all required and regulatory standards. This includes but is not limited to patient assessment, education, medication administration, treatments, and patient safety.
• Demonstrates competency in nursing skills and use of patient care/unit equipment as defined by unit/department-specific requisite skills.
• Prioritizes patient care in an ongoing manner in accordance with Evidence-Based Practice Standards of Care.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Paid Time Off (Up to 5 weeks to start)
• Life Insurance
• Extended Leave Plan (ELP)
• Family Care (child care, elder care, pet care)
• Paid Parental Leave
• Pet Insurance
• Car Insurance
• 100% PAID Tuition as well as tuition reimbursement & monthly payments to help pay down any graduated school debt
• ALL Benefits Start Day One

What This Job Offers

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