RN Critical Response Nurse ONM

Legacy Health • Gresham, OR

28d • $58 - $86

About The Position

The Legacy nursing philosophy focuses on patients and their families. Our nurses embody this philosophy in everything they do, as advocates, communicators, problem-solvers and caregivers. Their expertise is sought after and respected by our health care team. In short, they are the face of wellness at Legacy. Does this sound like an environment in which you could thrive? If so, we invite you to consider this opportunity.
The Critical Response Nurse (CRN) is an advanced clinical expert who can deliver composed guidance and care under emergent circumstances. The CRN assesses, analyzes, plans, implements, and evaluates patients in crisis following established patient care standards for Legacy Health System throughout the hospital. The CRN acts as a physician liaison by relaying expert physical assessments and provides delegated treatments as needed within both the inpatient and emergency department arenas including emergent transfer to a higher level of care. The CRN is a primary emergency responder and secondary responder to critical situations deemed by the hospital need, this may include but is not limited to Code Blue, Code Green, ED Code 3, pediatric code blue, pediatric emergencies, Family Birth Center (FBC) STAT events, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) resuscitations, and NICU code blue events, The CRN may support additional areas such as Endoscopy, Interventional Radiology (IR), Cath Lab, and the perioperative suites.

Requirements

• Ability to effectively provide care to critically ill patients.
• Ability to work with physicians and utilize expert assessment skills to make appropriate interventions based on assessment.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize multiple patient care needs.
• Ability to function effectively on multiple units, including specialty units.
• Current conscious sedation competency.
• Current Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) competency.
• Available to coach and mentor clinical staff as needed.
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, families, physicians, and the community.
• Keyboard skills and ability to navigate electronic systems applicable to job functions.
• Academic degree in nursing (BSN or MSN/MN) required.
• Experience in hemodynamic monitoring application of clinical physiology required.
• Current applicable state RN license required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) are required within six months of hire.

Nice To Haves

• Three years of critical care clinical experience within the last five years strongly preferred.
• Emergency Department and IV infusion experience strongly preferred.
• CCRN certification is preferred at time of hire/promotion, or required within 1 year of hire/promotion.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)/Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN) or equivalent Trauma certification are required based on site specific criteria.

Responsibilities

• Assess, analyzes, plans, implements, and evaluates patients in crisis
• Acts as a physician liaison by relaying expert physical assessments
• Provides delegated treatments as needed within both the inpatient and emergency department arenas including emergent transfer to a higher level of care
• Primary emergency responder and secondary responder to critical situations deemed by the hospital need

Benefits

• Legacy Health is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits unlawful discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion or creed, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
• To learn more about our employee benefits click here: www.legacyhealth.org/For-Health-Professionals/careers/benefiting-you

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees