Resource Registered Nurse (RN), Critical Care - Full-Time, Night

UChicago Medicine•Harvey, IL

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system at UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital as a Resource Nurse (RN) in the Critical Care unit. Here, you will manage directed patient-centered care to high-risk patients. This position provides emergency response, high acuity nursing consultation, proactive surveillance, and escalation of care to patients throughout the organization on the assigned shift. Due to the variety of clinical knowledge, clinical skills, and advanced critical thinking skills, individuals in this role are required to demonstrate expert level of practice according to the Benner’s Novice to Expert Model. The Resource Nurse assures excellence in patient care through prompt and thoughtful assistance to patients and families utilizing the principles of patient and family-centered care by working collaboratively with other patient care and multidisciplinary team members. Nurses in this role will exercise autonomy and practice at the highest level of scope. They will provide patient-centered care by demonstrating reliability, flexibility, adaptability, and accountability to all units of UCM Ingalls.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) OR Associate's (ADN)
Minimum of two years acute care nursing experience required; Demonstrated recent competency in critical care areas such as intensive care or emergency department required
Current RN Illinois license
Active BLS certification from the American Heart Association (AHA)
ACLS

Nice To Haves

CCRN/PCCN/CEN preferred; required to be maintained within 12 months of hire

Responsibilities

Assist and actively collaborate with the nursing staff to identify, manage, and participate in the patient’s plan of care all the while ensuring optimal nursing care. Respond to all RRT, cardiac arrests, and stroke team activation calls; assist with difficult venous access; assist with admissions, discharges, and throughput, participate in pressure ulcer prevention days and wound consults, and assist nurses with other patient care duties.
Provide formal and informal education to staff nurses on a variety of patient care topics, working with Nurse Educators to support ongoing education efforts. Examples include participation in mock codes, code reviews, skincare, central line care, urinary catheter care.
Surveil high-risk patients with various needs on the floor through frequent rounding and interactions with staff nurses. Surveil post-RRT patients; provide early intervention with sepsis management, monitor high fall risk patients for appropriate interventions, and monitor patients at high risk for skin breakdown or those with active wounds. Collaborate with the nurse assigned to high-risk patients on the patient’s plan of care.
Contribute to creating a work climate that encourages positive staff morale, motivation, and commitment for all who participate in the care of patients. Serve as a clinical expert, role model, and resource to colleagues and others by using evidence-based clinical practice principles accepting responsibility for professional and personal actions, and for maintaining current clinical specialty knowledge base. Participate in the Continuous Quality Improvement process, assist in determining issues to be examined, participate in data collection, input, analysis, and research, and assist in implementing changes.
Incorporate cost-effective measures into practice to ensure proper use of time, supplies, and personnel, as well as participating in activities that monitor and enhance patient throughput across the organization.