RN - Intensive Care Unit
About The Position
The RN provides nursing care in a 12-bed, open Intensive Care Unit for patients over 18 who require a higher level of care. The nurse-to-patient ratio is 1:2. The unit’s nursing team works with an interdisciplinary team to provide high-quality care and support patients and their families. Resources include intensivists, dietary, respiratory, therapy services, pharmacy, and other specialties based on patient needs. The role includes caring for post-procedure patients and using skills such as patient assessment, IV care, drawing labs, managing drips and ventilators, preventing hospital-acquired conditions, and completing admissions, transfers, and discharges. Equipment used includes IV pumps, SCD machines, ventilators, balloon pumps, dialysis machines, bedside monitors, invasive monitoring, and cardiac monitoring.
Requirements
- More than 1 year of RN experience; ICU or Intermediate experience is preferred.
Nice To Haves
- ICU or Intermediate experience.
Responsibilities
- Perform responsibilities and duties required by the unit and scope of service.
- Implement procedures and theories related to the specific area of practice.
- Maintain up-to-date, accurate documentation of nursing care to support information integration across the healthcare team.
- Complete an initial assessment upon patient admission and develop an appropriate plan of care based on unit standards and patient and family needs.
- Implement the plan of care, nursing interventions, and patient care procedures.
- Continuously evaluate and modify the plan of care as needed.
- Promote patient and employee safety by reporting or correcting safety hazards and incidents.
- Communicate directly and privately when necessary to resolve issues.
- Offer constructive feedback to support peers’ professional development and confer with colleagues to expand knowledge.
- Identify personal learning needs and take initiative to address them.
- Fulfill departmental competency requirements.
- Support communication with patients and families through meaningful hourly rounding, bedside report, and whiteboards.
- Work with ventilated patients to support early mobility.
- Collaborate with the team to ensure the best outcomes.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
