Registered Nurse - PCICU - BCH (Mission Bay)
About The Position
The Registered Nurse utilizes the nursing process for assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation to provide safe, therapeutic care. The nurse functions as a member of interdisciplinary and nursing teams, carries out established nursing procedures, and performs related duties as required. The role provides care for patients with more complex needs with assistance and supervision and assists with management of patient care delivered by other members of the nursing team. In the Pediatric Cardiac ICU, medical interventions include management of acute and chronic heart failure, septic shock, renal failure, and respiratory failure. Critically ill children may receive care involving mechanical ventilation, inhaled nitric oxide, ventricular assist devices, temporary pacemaker therapy, peritoneal dialysis, continuous renal replacement therapy, and acute hemodialysis. The nurse must be flexible to orient and work at all UCSF Health locations.
Requirements
- A minimum of two years of recent RN experience in a Pediatric Cardiac ICU.
- Recent experience working with pediatric congenital heart disease (CHD) and heart failure patients.
- Flexibility to orient and work at all UCSF Health locations.
- Active Registered Nurse licensure in the State of California.
- Active American Heart Association CPR Certification.
- Active American Heart Association PALS Certification.
Nice To Haves
- CCRN Certification.
- BSN.
Responsibilities
- Use the nursing process for assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation to provide safe, therapeutic care.
- Function as a member of the interdisciplinary and nursing teams.
- Carry out established nursing procedures and perform related duties as required.
- Provide nursing care to patients with more complex needs with assistance and supervision.
- Assist with management of patient care administered by other members of the nursing team.
- Care for critically ill pediatric patients receiving interventions for acute or chronic heart failure, septic shock, renal failure, and respiratory failure.
- Provide care involving modalities such as mechanical ventilation, inhaled nitric oxide, ventricular assist devices, temporary pacemaker therapy, peritoneal dialysis, continuous renal replacement therapy, and acute hemodialysis.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
