Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit

Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital•Grand Rapids, MN

About The Position

Grand Itasca is a nonprofit organization focused on transforming rural health care through quality, access, and value. The RN ICU Float position is part-time at 0.6 FTE (48 hours per pay period) in Critical Care Services–ICU, with day and night schedules. The role provides care to patients with conditions including acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, post-trauma conditions, shock, diabetic ketoacidosis, acute croup, and surgical needs. The Registered Nurse provides safe, quality, patient-centered care throughout the care continuum. The nurse assesses patients, identifies nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems, develops and implements plans of care, maintains accurate records, ensures orders are handled accurately, and coordinates care with patients, families, coworkers, clinicians, and ancillary departments. The position requires effective prioritization, critical thinking, delegation, flexibility, and appropriate use of department equipment and nursing competencies.

Requirements

Registered with the Minnesota Board of Nursing.
Equivalent of one year of critical care experience or two years of medical-surgical experience within the past five years.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required and maintained.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification required and maintained.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification, or obtain it within six months of employment and maintain it.
Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) or Comprehensive Advanced Life Support (CALS) certification, or obtain certification within 12 months of initial orientation in the emergency department and maintain it.
ECG recognition and interpretation within six months of employment.
If candidates do not meet the listed experience requirements, consideration may be given to candidates with one year of relevant medical-surgical experience or six months of relevant critical care experience.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) CCRN certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide quality care and ensure patient safety throughout the continuum of care.
Advocate for patients while respecting advance directives and patient decisions.
Complete admission assessments using medical history, therapeutic communication, and physical assessment.
Identify nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems and determine appropriate interventions within accepted standards of care.
Assess adult, geriatric, adolescent, and pediatric patients and develop appropriate plans of care.
Maintain accurate, objective patient records and ensure the efficiency and accuracy of orders.
Organize workload effectively, remain flexible to environmental changes, and manage competing patient, family, staff, and physician priorities.
Use department equipment correctly and efficiently and demonstrate knowledge of equipment or preparations required for department-specific procedures.
Apply nursing competencies including IV access, ECG interpretation, hemodynamic monitoring and interpretation, airway management, pain management, neurological assessment, fluid management, infection control, respiratory management, and sedation/analgesia assessment and monitoring.
Communicate professionally and collaborate with patients, families, coworkers, health care team members, and ancillary departments to coordinate patient-centered care.
Ensure plans of care are consistent with nursing standards and hospital policies and procedures.
Perform other related duties as required or assigned.