Registered Nurse - Pediatric Mobile ICU

Orlando Health•Orlando, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children is seeking an Advanced Registered Nurse for its Pediatric Mobile Intensive Care team. The Registered Nurse Advanced Care provides care in a hospital or inpatient setting for patients with advanced illnesses or injuries who require timely, intense, and complex care to stabilize and support their medical conditions. These areas have lower caregiver-to-patient ratios and require highly trained team members with advanced skills. The position has a variable VFT shift. The role provides age-appropriate, evidence-based nursing care, including complex assessment and therapies, high-intensity interventions, continuous monitoring, patient and family advocacy, care coordination, and accurate clinical documentation. The nurse collaborates with physicians, interdisciplinary colleagues, nursing leadership, and education teams, and may serve in preceptor, charge nurse, educator, or clinician capacities. Orlando Health describes its benefits as including career-growing education programs and well-being services, with benefits beginning on day one. The organization also lists student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, backup elder and childcare, pet insurance, and shift differentials for qualifying evening, night, and weekend shifts.

Requirements

Graduate of an approved school of nursing.
Meet Orlando Health and unit/department mandatory, developmental, and performance competency requirements.
Maintain current registered nurse licensure in Florida or through the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC).
Maintain current BLS/Healthcare Provider certification.
Have 1 to 3 years of ER or ICU nursing experience.
ACLS, NRP, PALS, and TNCC certifications are required for certain areas.

Nice To Haves

Pediatric experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide complex nursing assessment and care for patients requiring advanced therapies, high-intensity interventions, and continuous vigilance.
Use patient information and assessment data to anticipate and respond to changing conditions and take timely, evidence-based action.
Monitor and adjust specialized patient-care equipment and interpret and document electronic displays, including pressure readings and cardiac rhythms.
Respond to life-saving situations according to nursing standards and protocols.
Observe and assess patients, recognize serious situations, and notify a physician or initiate preplanned emergency measures when necessary.
Assess patient needs, develop and revise individualized plans of care, and evaluate progress toward expected outcomes.
Provide age-appropriate care based on patients’ developmental and specific needs.
Advocate for patients and families and foster a compassionate, therapeutic environment.
Coordinate care for an assigned group of patients and delegate tasks in accordance with patient needs and team members’ qualifications and capabilities.
Communicate and collaborate with medical staff and interdisciplinary teams to plan and manage care.
Document assessments, education, medication administration, treatments, safety measures, and other care in accordance with regulatory standards.
Serve as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, and/or nurse clinician as applicable.
Support hospital and nursing department goals and serve as a role model for staff.
Collaborate with education and nursing leadership teams to transition and support new team members and students.
Participate in unit- or organization-level nursing practice and performance improvement committees, peer review, mentoring, and coaching.
Use supplies efficiently and maintain a clean, safe, organized work area.
Attend staff development, department, and nursing committee meetings and pursue professional development and continuing education.
Maintain regular, punctual attendance and comply with Orlando Health policies and procedures.
Perform other duties as assigned.