Seasonal Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit (ICU) | Night Shift

White Rock Medical Center•Dallas, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The ICU Registered Nurse is accountable for decisions related to nursing care for patients on the designated unit and shift. The RN works independently within established hospital and departmental policies and goals to provide physical and supportive care and health teaching to adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. The role safely manages the care environment and collaborates with staff, physicians, and other departments to meet patient and family needs. The RN also supervises and delegates appropriately to licensed and non-licensed staff. White Rock Medical Center is a community-based hospital serving the White Rock Lake community and the Dallas, Garland, Mesquite, and surrounding areas. Its services include medical/surgical care, bariatric care, cardiology, outpatient care, and emergency medicine. The hospital describes its mission as delivering exceptional healthcare with compassion and excellence, and its work environment as supportive and patient-focused. This is a seasonal contract position working nights from 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM. Self-scheduling is not permitted. The pay rate is $65.00 per hour. The position is not eligible for full-time or part-time employee benefits or shift differentials.

Requirements

At least 2 years of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nursing experience.
Ability to work the stated night shift, 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM; self-scheduling is not permitted.

Responsibilities

Communicate effectively with patients, families, and healthcare team members using verbal, non-verbal, and written methods.
Document assessments, interventions, medications, patient responses, treatment changes, medical histories, medication reconciliation, and admission information in the EMR.
Obtain and record glucose-monitoring and ACT Plus analyzer results; run and document quality-control checks and accurately date control bottles and test cartridges.
Manage pain relief and sedation through pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, monitor responses, and adjust care plans as appropriate.
Administer blood and blood products, intravenous infusions, and medications by intravenous, injection, oral, gastric-tube, or other routes, and monitor for adverse reactions.
Transport ICU and ventilatory patients to radiology and other areas, and recover patients from the operating room.
Set up, operate, or monitor smart pumps, epidural pumps, pacemakers, warming and cooling machines, intra-aortic balloon pumps, SCDs, and mechanical ventilators.
Perform emergency procedures and stabilizing interventions, including BLS and ACLS; respond to RRT calls and participate as a team lead in Code Blues.
Discuss illnesses and treatments with patients and families, advocate for their needs, and provide emotional support.
Use critical thinking to identify clinical problems and determine interventions; prioritize care for assigned critically ill patients based on assessment data and needs.
Collaborate with healthcare professionals and service providers, coordinate care with the interdisciplinary team, and provide high-quality patient care.
Apply knowledge of tissue and organ donation protocols and advance directives.
Titrate drips, including sedatives, vasoactive medications, insulin, paralytics, and anti-arrhythmic medications.
Demonstrate leadership in the RN role, including designated duties, and support and facilitate change consistent with institutional goals and objectives.
Provide preventive skin care and help prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia, deep vein thrombosis, falls, and infections.
Enter ESRM records for wounds present on admission.
Complete daily ICU dashboard sheets and meet ICU protocol requirements; maintain compliance with core measures.
Assist physicians with bedside procedures and remove femoral arterial and venous sheaths, chest tubes, Swan-Ganz catheters, arterial lines, and central venous catheters according to protocol.