RN - ICU, Days

Piedmont Healthcare Inc.•Snellville, GA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The RN - ICU provides nursing care to patients across the lifecycle, using the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care. The nurse works within organizational policies and procedures, maintains professional accountability and standards of practice, and coordinates assigned staff activities to provide quality nursing care. The position is in Piedmont Eastside’s 24-bed Intensive Care Unit in Snellville, Georgia. The unit cares for a range of critical-care patients, including neurosurgical patients requiring EVD or lumbar drain management; cardiac patients requiring IABP or Impella support; STEMI and post-cardiac-arrest patients; patients requiring targeted temperature management or CRRT; and patients with multiorgan dysfunction or failure. Open-heart and trauma patients are excluded. The unit has onsite 24-hour support from critical care providers and is supported by unit secretaries, nurses, charge nurses, a unit-based educator, and a clinical manager. Ongoing education supports evidence-based care. The role is full-time, day shift. A sign-on bonus of up to $5,000 is available.

Requirements

Graduate from a recognized, accredited school of nursing.
Current Georgia Registered Nurse license or NLC/eNLC multistate license.
Basic Life Support (BCLS) certification.
Previous ICU or high-acuity experience is highly preferred.
Ability to demonstrate leadership, effective communication, initiative, independent judgment, and ability to work in stressful environments.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
Nursing experience in a hospital setting.
Advanced certification in the specialty, if applicable.

Responsibilities

Assess patients, including gathering physical, psychosocial, and health-history information.
Consider patients’ developmental ages when conducting assessments and treatments and providing patient and family education.
Organize patient data to formulate a plan of care, identify additional information needed, make care decisions based on identified needs, and identify expected outcomes.
Carry out plans of care to achieve desired patient outcomes.
Provide care appropriate to the care setting, identified needs, plan of care, and severity of the patient’s condition.
Oversee activities of ancillary and support team members.
Identify teaching opportunities and provide resources to help patients achieve educational goals.
Communicate issues and concerns to the Charge Nurse, Clinical Manager, and/or physician as appropriate.
Document patient care and concerns in the patient record.
Coordinate patient-care activities of assigned staff and maintain nursing practice standards.

Benefits

Sign-on bonus up to $5,000.
Competitive and equitable compensation.
Wellness programs for employees and families, including a wellness coaching app with 24/7 live coaching.
Physician and nursing peer coaching.
Financial wellness planning and education.
Employee Assistance Program services.
Paid time off, including combined PTO days, PTO cash-in opportunity, and schedule flexibility.
100% paid maternity leave, with return-to-work requirement.
Employer-paid military leave.
Diversity, Inclusion and Equity paid holiday.
Choice of medical and prescription drug plans.
Dental and vision coverage.
Adoption assistance.
Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent day care.
Health Reimbursement Account.
Fully paid long-term disability.
Basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage.