RN - ICU (Full Time, Nights) St. Vincent

Highmark Health•Erie, PA

About The Position

The Registered Nurse in the Intensive Care Unit assesses human responses and plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for individuals and families. The nurse is fully responsible for actions taken as a licensed nurse and is accountable for the quality of care delivered. The position is in a 20-bed, busy medical/surgical ICU at St. Vincent Hospital, where care includes CRRT and AHN TeleICU. Common diagnoses include pulmonary, gastrointestinal, surgical, genitourinary, postpartum, pregnancy beyond 20 weeks’ gestation, psychiatric, and renal conditions. The ICU has received the silver-level Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. St. Vincent Hospital is Magnet-designated and serves the Lake Erie region. The role provides professional leadership, contributes to a collaborative team, and delivers patient- and family-centered care in accordance with physician orders, hospital policy, and the nursing process. The nurse participates in quality and safety initiatives, interdisciplinary care, and ongoing professional learning. Employees must comply with applicable ethical, legal, privacy, and information-security requirements, including HIPAA and company policies.

Requirements

Current Pennsylvania RN license or current multistate licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
CPR certification.
Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.

Nice To Haves

Certification in the area of specialty.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership in a professional practice setting and contribute to team development through role modeling, mentoring, and sharing knowledge and skills.
Assign or delegate tasks according to patient needs and the skill levels of RNs, LPNs, and support staff; assign duties and lunches when serving in a charge role.
Consider environmental safety, patient condition, intervention complexity, and outcome predictability when delegating or assigning work.
Provide peers with verbal and written feedback on clinical practice and role performance.
Participate in interdisciplinary evaluation of clinical care or health services.
Promote patient-safety initiatives and participate in department-specific quality initiatives.
Ensure appropriate order sets are used and supervise, delegate, and evaluate LPN practice within scope as appropriate.
Use the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized patient and family care in accordance with prescriptions and hospital policy.
Develop culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes with the patient, family, and other healthcare providers.
Analyze patient and family health status and compare findings with norms where possible to identify care needs.
Assess and report changes in patient condition, notify the physician or supervisor, intervene appropriately, and document actions.
Accept assignments outside the primary unit and perform duties within individual competency.
Pursue lifelong learning, use research and evidence to maintain and develop clinical skills, and support professional advancement through participation in professional organizations.
Participate in peer review and seek feedback; identify strengths and areas for professional development.
Meet hospital time and attendance guidelines.
Continuously assess patient and family satisfaction and participate in department-specific satisfaction initiatives.
Communicate compassionately with patients and families and assess and attempt to resolve their concerns.
Manage time effectively to complete assigned duties within the established work shift.
Comply with the Code of Business Conduct, applicable laws and regulations, HIPAA, privacy policies, and information-security requirements.