Registered Nurse (RN) - Intensive Care Unit (ICU) - Surgery - Maryview Medical Center

Bon Secours Mercy Health•Portsmouth, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Bon Secours is a faith-based and patient-focused organization dedicated to enhancing the health and well-being of all people through exceptional patient care, fostering a culture of compassion, collaboration, excellence, and respect. The ICU (Critical Care) Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for delivering exceptional nursing care by utilizing strong organizational and leadership skills to assess patient status, determine priority of patient problems and needs, implement clinical nursing interventions for acute, critical patients requiring intensive medical care, develop and perform patient care plans to enhance and improve outcomes, and ensure a safe and therapeutic environment.

Requirements

Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
BLS Basic Life Support or ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support (must obtain from approved source prior to direct patient care, ACLS required within 6 months of hire)
1 year of RN experience

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science Nursing (preferred, not required)
BLS Basic Life Support or ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support (preferred at hire)
PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support (preferred at hire, required in lieu of BLS/ACLS for Pediatric Units, must obtain from approved source prior to direct patient care)
6 months RN experience in a Med/Surg, Critical Care, Stepdown, or Emergency Department Unit

Responsibilities

Utilizing strong organizational and leadership skills to assess patient status
Determining the priority of the patient’s problems and needs
Implementing clinical nursing interventions to acute, critical patients that require intensive medical care
Developing and performing patient care plans to enhance and improve outcomes
Ensuring a safe and therapeutic environment
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team
Conducts and analyzes initial and ongoing patient assessment, creates a plan of care, implements treatment, and evaluates treatment effectiveness
Synthesizes and prioritizes information in order to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient-focused action using clinical judgement and clinical inquiry
Anticipates and responds with confidence and adapts to rapidly changing patient conditions
Administer medications in a safe manner consistent with the State of Practice and the organization’s policies and procedures
Other duties as assigned