Registered Nurse (RN) Rapid Response Team
About The Position
The Registered Nurse on the Rapid Response Team delivers patient care by assessing patients, prioritizing and implementing interventions, documenting interventions and outcomes, communicating with team members and other disciplines, and providing safe, age-appropriate, culturally aware care. The role provides clinical expertise and intervention during code blue, code brain, and other rapid responses, and serves as a resource to staff, physicians, patients, families, and departments. Responsibilities also include responding to rapid response calls, conducting follow-up visits, collecting, entering, and analyzing rapid response data, developing practice guidelines, evaluating codes, and providing informal staff education. The nurse uses electronic medical record data analytics to track sepsis trends, evaluate and respond to Sepsis Alerts, and work proactively with clinical teams to identify sepsis or clinical deterioration early. The position rounds on patients, including those on a six-hour sepsis protocol, and collaborates with nursing and provider teams to support standards of care, early identification of sepsis, and appropriate rapid response activation.
Requirements
- Required: Program graduate in Nursing. A high school diploma or GED is required only for nursing diploma graduates.
- Required: Two years of RN critical care experience in an ICU or ER, or three total years of RN experience including at least one year of RN critical care experience in an ICU or ER.
- Required upon hire: Registered Nurse (RN) license from the Virginia Department of Health Professions.
- Required upon hire: CPR/BLS certification from AHA, ARC, or ASHI.
- Required upon hire: ACLS Provider certification from AHA, ARC, or ASHI.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing.
- Associate degree in Nursing.
- PALS Provider certification from AHA, ARC, or ASHI.
- Certified Critical Care Nurse (CCCN) certification from the AACN Certification Corporation.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients, prioritize and implement interventions, document interventions and outcomes, and communicate with team members and other disciplines.
- Provide safe, age-appropriate, and culturally aware patient care.
- Provide clinical expertise and interventions during code blue, code brain, and rapid response events.
- Serve as a clinical resource and provide support to staff, physicians, patients, families, and other departments.
- Respond to rapid response calls and conduct follow-up visits.
- Collect, enter, and analyze Rapid Response data; develop practice guidelines; evaluate patient codes; and provide informal staff education.
- Demonstrate organizational safety tools and provide clinical assistance, education, and mentorship to staff.
- Work with clinical staff and unit directors to identify patients at risk of deterioration and recommend actions to improve outcomes.
- Use electronic medical record data analytics for sepsis trending, evaluate and respond to Sepsis Alerts, and work with clinical teams on early identification of sepsis or rapid response codes.
- Proactively round on patients, including patients on a six-hour sepsis protocol, to support core measures and standards of care.
- Collaborate with nursing and provider teams and educate unit nursing staff about early identification of sepsis and when to call a rapid response.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
