Registered Nurse (RN) - PICU
About The Position
We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Pediatric Critical Care RN to join our team. This role involves providing specialized care to infants, children, and adolescents facing life-threatening conditions. If you are a PICU nurse looking for that “right fit” for your next career move, then you should take a closer look. Working as a nurse on our diverse pediatric units can be a fulfilling and strategic career choice for the nurse who wants to get more out of their career. Our units care for med-surgical, step-down, and critical care level pediatric patients on the same integrated floor. At Dartmouth Health Children’s, you can have: Personalized Patient Care, Professional Growth, Team Collaboration, Opportunity to Innovate, and Work-Life Balance. Dartmouth Health Children’s is the world-class pediatric service line of the Dartmouth Health system, providing family-centered care for infants, children, and teens. We deliver comprehensive, personalized primary care for more than 60,000 children and adolescents every year. As part of the academic Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, our providers, researchers, and nurses participate in many clinical trials where our pediatric patients may benefit from advanced research while contributing to the health of future generations. We are Dartmouth Health, one integrated, award-winning health system of diverse facilities across New Hampshire and Vermont. From rural critical access clinics to academic medicine and research, you will find the opportunity, training, benefits and support to help you thrive in your career. We are an organization focused on the success of every employee in every role and want you to be part of our team. Join Dartmouth Health and help us shape the future of healthcare.
Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.
- Licensed Registered Nurse with New Hampshire eligibility.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certificate required upon hire.
- PALS Certificate required within 6 months of hire date.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
Responsibilities
- The Clinical Nurse is an engaged and credentialed member of the Professional Nursing Organization and is responsible for autonomous practice directed by the professional tenets of practitioner, leader/decision maker, scientist and transferor.
- The Clinical Nurse is responsible for utilizing the nursing process to provide evidence-based care and to continuously monitor and evaluate practice to ensure safe passage of patients that is in the best interest of populations served.
- Utilizes the nursing process to assess, diagnose, identify outcomes, plan, implement and evaluate an individualized plan of care.
- Utilizes critical thinking and the nursing process to anticipate and recognize changes in patient status, taking action to modify the plan of care or to elevate to the care team as necessary.
- Practices in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics to advocate for patients, uphold their autonomy in decision-making, ensure informed consent and assist patients in families in expressing self-determination.
- Actively seeks feedback and acts to improve performance.
- Engages in the governance of practice.
- Manages interpersonal relationships for self and with others.
- Mentors colleagues for the advancement of nursing practice and the profession.
- Assumes authority and accountability for the nursing care of patients while appropriately delegating elements of care to others members of the care delivery team in accordance with laws, regulations and policies and procedures.
- Prioritizes and organizes time to optimize patient outcomes.
- Actively seeks out the most current evidence and standards and applies and translates to daily practice.
- Role models a culture of inquiry, developing new knowledge by contributing to research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice at the local level.
- Communicates effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice.
- Actively partners with others to effect change that produces positive outcomes through the exchange of knowledge.
- Precepts the student nurse, nurse extern, nurse resident, experienced clinical nurse and other members of the healthcare team.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned.
Benefits
- loan repayment up to $20,000
- Relocation Assistance
- Housing Coordinator to take on the burden of finding a home
- new, competitive nursing rates
- generous tuition reimbursement
- very popular "earned time" plan
- extensive CEU/Training programs
- 8,000 ft Patient Safety and Training Simulation Center is state-of-the-art
- shared governance nursing model
- rigorous, research-focused environment
- beautiful, rural and suburban housing options
- world-class primary, secondary and graduate schools
- hundreds of lakes, thousands of miles of hiking trails and some of the best skiing in the country
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
