Registered Nurse - CVICU - Bayfront Hospital

Bayfront Health•Saint Petersburg, FL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides care in the CVICU at Bayfront Hospital, a hospital setting for patients with advanced illness or injury who require timely, intense, and complex care. The role involves a lower caregiver-to-patient ratio and advanced nursing skills to stabilize and support patients’ medical conditions. The nurse performs complex assessments and therapies, delivers high-intensity interventions, and maintains continuous vigilance. The role includes planning and evaluating individualized patient care, monitoring specialized equipment and electronic displays, responding to emergencies, coordinating and delegating care, documenting in accordance with required standards, and advocating for patients and families. The nurse also collaborates with medical staff and interdisciplinary teams, supports and mentors staff and new team members, and contributes to professional development and quality improvement.

Requirements

Graduate of an approved school of nursing.
Meet all mandatory, developmental, and performance competency requirements for Orlando Health and the unit or department.
Maintain a current State of Florida RN license or valid eNLC multistate RN license.
Maintain current BLS/Healthcare Provider certification.
Minimum of one year of RN experience; CVICU/ICU experience preferred.

Nice To Haves

RN experience in a CVICU/ICU setting.

Responsibilities

Provide complex assessment, therapies, and high-intensity interventions while maintaining continuous nursing vigilance.
Use patient information and assessment data to anticipate and respond to changing conditions.
Prioritize information and take immediate, decisive, evidence-based, patient-focused action.
Monitor and adjust specialized equipment and interpret and record electronic displays, including pressure measurements and cardiac rhythms.
Respond to life-saving situations in accordance with nursing standards and protocol.
Observe and assess patients, recognize serious situations, and contact a physician or initiate planned emergency measures when needed.
Assess patient needs, develop or revise individualized plans of care, and evaluate progress toward expected outcomes.
Build respectful relationships with team members and customers, and act as a patient and family advocate.
Provide age-appropriate care and apply knowledge of growth and development across the lifespan.
Serve as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, and/or nurse clinician.
Communicate and collaborate with medical staff and interdisciplinary teams to plan and manage the unit or department.
Role-model professional practice and support hospital and nursing department goals and strategies.
Coordinate care for a defined group of patients and delegate appropriately based on patient needs and team members’ capabilities and qualifications.
Document assessments, education, medication administration, treatments, and patient safety in accordance with required and regulatory standards.
Maintain competency in nursing skills and patient care or unit equipment.
Prioritize care in accordance with evidence-based standards and practice effective problem identification and resolution.
Communicate relevant patient-condition and unit information to healthcare team members.
Provide a compassionate and therapeutic environment for patients and families, and maintain awareness of legal issues and patient rights.
Collaborate with education and nursing leadership to transition and support new team members and students.
Maintain regular, punctual attendance and comply with Orlando Health policies and procedures.
Contribute knowledge and skills to others and support continuous improvement in care quality and organizational outcomes.
Participate in and potentially lead unit- or organization-level nursing practice and performance improvement committees.
Participate in peer review, mentoring, and coaching regarding professional practice or role performance.
Use supplies efficiently and maintain a clean, safe, organized work area.
Attend staff development in-services, department meetings, and/or nursing committee meetings.
Work with nursing leadership to identify professional development needs and take responsibility for professional development and continuing education.
Perform other duties as assigned.