Registered Nurse - PICU Transport - 12 Hours Full Time Nights
About The Position
The Registered Nurse provides and is accountable for nursing care for the PICU specialty patient population. The 12-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit cares for infants, children, and adolescents recovering from major surgeries or receiving treatment for serious illnesses. The nurse applies the nursing process, delivers individualized patient care, and supports patient safety, education, assessment, treatment, and documentation. The role also provides transport care as needed. The nurse assesses and stabilizes patients before transport, monitors and treats them during ambulance, helicopter, or other emergency-vehicle transfers, coordinates with referring and receiving medical teams, communicates with caregivers, and documents care for the receiving team.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
- Current California State RN License.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association.
- Minimum 3 years of recent acute RN experience in PICU or Cardiac ICU; a minimum of 1 year of recent acute RN experience will be considered for Registered Nurse II.
- For RN III, specialty certification is required; external applicants may obtain it within one year of hire.
Nice To Haves
- BSN or higher preferred.
- Acute PICU cardiac experience is a plus.
- PICU transport experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide and accurately document direct and indirect patient care to ensure patients’ safety, comfort, hygiene, and protection.
- Educate patients about disease prevention and restorative measures.
- Administer medications and therapeutic agents needed to implement treatment, prevention, or rehabilitation plans.
- Perform skin tests, immunizations, phlebotomy, and initiation of peripheral venous access.
- Observe and assess illness symptoms, medication or treatment reactions, behavior, and physical condition; distinguish normal from abnormal findings and initiate emergency procedures when indicated.
- Plan and implement individualized patient care based on observations, and provide appropriate reporting, referrals, and care in accordance with standardized procedures.
- Assess patients’ readiness and ability to learn, follow instructions, and give consent, while addressing age- and development-related safety concerns.
- Adjust care to patients’ cultural, spiritual, age, psychosocial, communication, gender, sexual orientation, economic, educational, family, and condition-related needs.
- Provide transport care, stabilizing patients, monitoring vital signs, and administering necessary interventions during transport in an ambulance, helicopter, or other emergency vehicle.
- Assess patients before transport, monitor vital signs, administer medications, and stabilize them for safe transport.
- Perform critical transport interventions, including inserting IV lines, administering oxygen, and performing intubation.
- Monitor patients’ vital signs and blood oxygen levels during transport and adjust care in response to changes.
- Coordinate and communicate with referring and receiving medical teams to support transfer of care, and inform and reassure caregivers about the patient’s condition.
- Document the patient’s condition and care during transport for the receiving medical team.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
