RN - CNICU (Full Time), St. Vincent

Highmark Health•Erie, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Cardiac Neuro Intensive Care Unit (CNICU) is a 20-bed specialty intensive care unit focused on caring for patients with a wide range of cardiac and medical diagnoses, including those undergoing cardiac and thoracic surgery, experiencing acute myocardial infarction, and managing cardiogenic shock. St. Vincent Hospital, a Magnet®-designated hospital, has been serving the Lake Erie region since 1875, providing exceptional quality of care and service. Allegheny Health Network (AHN), a part of Highmark Health, is a 9-hospital system committed to transforming healthcare through collaborative teamwork, patient-centered care, inclusivity, and offering excellent growth and educational opportunities for its employees.

Requirements

Current State of PA RN licensure OR Current multi-state licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
CPR certification
Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate
Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate

Nice To Haves

Certification in area of specialty

Responsibilities

Assesses human responses and plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for individuals or families.
Provides leadership in a professional practice setting.
Contributes to team building through role modeling and mentoring.
Assigns or delegates tasks based on patient needs and staff skill levels.
Assigns duties and lunches for staff when performing charge role.
Considers maintenance of a safe environment, patient condition, complexity of intervention, and predictability of outcome.
Provides peers with verbal and written feedback regarding clinical practice and role performance.
Shares knowledge and skills with peers and colleagues.
Accepts mistakes of self and others, fostering a culture where risk-taking is safe and expected.
Participates in interdisciplinary teams to evaluate clinical care or health services.
Promotes patient safety initiatives (e.g., National Patient Safety Goals).
Participates in department-specific quality initiatives (e.g., EBP population specific) and assures appropriate order sets are used.
Supervises delegates and evaluates assigned LPN scope of practice as appropriate.
Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, evaluate, and implement a patient plan of care according to individual needs, as prescribed by physician, nurse, and hospital policy, including the patient and family.
Derives culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes involving the patient, family, and other healthcare providers.
Analyzes the health status of individuals and families, comparing data with the norm when possible, to determine patient care needs.
Assesses patient reports/records change of condition, notifies physician and/or supervisor, and intervenes appropriately and documents accordingly.
Accepts assignments in areas other than the primary unit and performs duties within individualized competency.
Demonstrates a commitment to continuous lifelong learning for self and others.
Promotes advancement of the profession through participation in professional organizations.
Seeks formal and independent learning activities using current research findings and other evidence to maintain and develop clinical and professional skills and knowledge.
Participates in systematic peer review and obtains informal feedback regarding one’s own practice from patients, peers, professional colleagues, and others.
Identifies areas of strength and areas where professional development would be beneficial.
Meets time and attendance guidelines per hospital policy.
Continuously evaluates and assesses patient and family satisfaction.
Participates in department-specific patient satisfaction initiatives.
Promotes compassionate communication that is patient and family-centered.
Assesses for and attempts to resolve patient/family concerns.
Utilizes effective time management skills to complete assigned duties and responsibilities within the established work shift.