Seasonal Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit (ICU) | Night Shift

White Rock Medical Center LLC•Dallas, TX

About The Position

The ICU Registered Nurse is accountable for decisions regarding nursing care for patients on an assigned unit and shift. The nurse works independently within hospital and departmental policies to provide physical and supportive care and health teaching to adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. The role includes safely managing the care environment, collaborating with staff, physicians, and other departments to meet patient and family needs, and appropriately supervising and delegating care to licensed and non-licensed staff. This is a seasonal night-shift position, scheduled from 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM. Self-scheduling is not permitted. Compensation is $65.00 per hour. The position is not eligible for full-time or part-time employee benefits or shift differentials.

Requirements

At least 2 years of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nursing experience.
Ability to provide nursing care to adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
Competency in the ICU duties and procedures described, including emergency response, equipment management, medication administration, drip titration, patient transport and recovery, and removal of specified lines and tubes.

Responsibilities

Communicate effectively with patients, families, and healthcare team members using verbal, non-verbal, and written methods.
Document patient assessments, care, interventions, medications, responses, treatment changes, histories, medication reconciliation, and admission information in the EMR.
Record glucose-monitoring and ACT Plus analyzer results, run controls, document quality control, and accurately date control bottles and test cartridges.
Manage pain relief and sedation using pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, monitoring responses and adjusting care plans as appropriate.
Administer blood products, intravenous infusions, and medications through appropriate routes, monitoring for adverse reactions.
Transport ICU and ventilatory patients to radiology and other areas, and recover patients from the operating room.
Set up, operate, and monitor invasive equipment and devices, including smart pumps, epidural pumps, pacemakers, warming and cooling machines, intra-aortic balloon pumps, SCDs, and mechanical ventilators.
Perform emergency medical procedures and stabilizing interventions, including BLS and ACLS.
Discuss illnesses and treatments with patients and families, advocate for their needs, and provide emotional support.
Use critical thinking to identify clinical problems and determine interventions; prioritize nursing care for assigned critically ill patients based on assessment data and identified needs.
Collaborate with healthcare professionals and service providers to coordinate high-quality patient care with the interdisciplinary team.
Demonstrate knowledge of tissue and organ donation protocols and advance directives.
Titrate drips, including sedatives, vasoactive medications, insulin, paralytics, and anti-arrhythmic medications.
Demonstrate leadership in the Registered Nurse role and carry out designated leadership duties.
Initiate, support, and facilitate change in alignment with institutional goals and objectives.
Provide preventive skin care and help prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia, deep vein thrombosis, falls, and infections.
Enter ESRM documentation for wounds present on admission.
Respond to and participate in rapid response team calls and lead Code Blues.
Complete daily dashboard sheets for ICU care requirements and follow protocols and core measures.
Assist physicians with bedside procedures.
Remove femoral arterial and venous sheaths, chest tubes, Swan-Ganz catheters, arterial lines, and central venous catheters according to protocol.