Registered Nurse (RN -CN 1), Flex ICU, Night Shift, Part time, ONA

UC Health • Cincinnati, OH

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The FLEX-ICU is a 12-bed unit specializing in the critical needs of patients within the first 24-72 hours of illness requiring intensive nursing care. The major specialties treated in this ICU are Medicine, Surgical, Neurological and Cardiac and Donor Care patients. The patient population specializes in critical condition, with most patients generally stabilizing within 24-48 hours following admission. Patient care focuses on stabilizing cardio-pulmonary functioning, maintaining adequate circulatory volume and perfusion, preserving the patient’s protective mechanisms and controlling pain. This short stay ICU will receive patients from ER, outside hospitals and other ICUs as needed to support hospital capacity. This unit will also support step-down level of care patients and is planned to be a hybrid of ICU/Stepdown patients.

About the University of Cincinnati Medical Center
As part of the Clifton Campus of UC Health, Greater Cincinnati’s academic health system, the University of Cincinnati Medical Center has served Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky for nearly 200 years. Each year, hundreds of thousands of patients receive care from our world-renowned clinicians and care team. Our experts utilize the most advanced medical knowledge and technology available, providing a level of specialty and subspecialty medical care that is not available anywhere else in Greater Cincinnati.
UC Medical Center is also home to medical breakthroughs- our physician experts conduct basic, translational, and clinical research, leading to new therapies and care protocols, and connecting patients to the latest and most advanced treatments. UC Medical Center houses Greater Cincinnati’s only Level I adult trauma center, which includes the right mix of specialist and medical resources available at a moment’s notice for a wide variety of the most complex medical conditions and injuries.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse (RN - CN 1)
• Experience in a FLEX ICU setting
• Ability to care for patients with critical conditions
• Skills in stabilizing cardio-pulmonary functioning
• Skills in maintaining adequate circulatory volume and perfusion
• Skills in preserving patient's protective mechanisms
• Skills in pain control
• Ability to manage patients from ER, outside hospitals, and other ICUs
• Ability to support step-down level of care patients
• Experience with Medicine, Neuro, Cardiology, and Surgical patients
• Experience in Intensive Care and stepdown level of care
• Familiarity with Closed unit Critical Care Team Provider Model

Responsibilities

• Specializing in the critical needs of patients within the first 24-72 hours of illness requiring intensive nursing care.
• Providing care for Medicine, Surgical, Neurological, Cardiac, and Donor Care patients.
• Focusing on stabilizing cardio-pulmonary functioning.
• Maintaining adequate circulatory volume and perfusion.
• Preserving the patient’s protective mechanisms.
• Controlling pain.
• Receiving patients from ER, outside hospitals, and other ICUs.
• Supporting step-down level of care patients.
• Working in a hybrid ICU/Stepdown patient environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed