RN CTSICU, Allegheny General

Highmark Health • Pittsburgh, PA

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The RN is responsible and accountable for a designated patient population, providing care through the nursing process. The role is based in the 24-bed Allegheny General CTSICU, which provides post-surgical intensive care to cardiac, thoracic, vascular, and transplant patients. Nurses are trained to scrub and circulate on the floor and support and treat patients with mechanical circulatory devices, including VAD, ECMO, Impella, and balloon pump. The unit is a Platinum Level ECMO Center of Excellence and holds Comprehensive Cardiac Center Certification (C4).

Allegheny General Hospital is a 550+ bed hospital on Pittsburgh’s North Side, with advanced care across nearly every medical and surgical specialty. It holds Magnet recognition for nursing excellence and was western Pennsylvania’s first accredited Level 1 Trauma Center.

The role requires clinical assessment and care planning, safe and effective care for the age population served, direction and management of patient-care delivery by team members, collaboration with the multidisciplinary team from admission through discharge, and patient and family education tailored to learning needs, age, culture, and willingness to learn. Employees must follow applicable ethical, legal, privacy, information-security, and company conduct requirements.

Requirements

• Current Pennsylvania RN license or current multistate 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.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate clinical assessment and care planning skills.
• Provide safe and effective care for the age population served according to regulatory requirements.
• Professionally direct and manage patient-care delivery activities by team members.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team on the plan of care from admission through discharge.
• Assess patient and family learning needs and provide education based on age, culture, and willingness to learn.
• Protect covered, cardholder, and confidential customer information and comply with HIPAA and company privacy and information-security policies.
• Comply with the Code of Business Conduct, applicable laws and regulations, company policies, and training requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed