Travel RN ICU Critical Care Night

Bileddo Associates•Bristol, PA

19h•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse delivers safe patient care in the ICU using the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The nurse provides direct patient care within the scope of practice and directs and guides patient and family teaching, as well as the activities of other nursing personnel, while maintaining standards of care. The nurse is directly responsible and accountable for care provided to assigned patients. Responsibilities include communicating changes in a patient’s clinical condition to the physician, including hemodynamic monitoring, diagnostic study results, abnormal results, and symptoms. The nurse must respond quickly and accurately to changes in condition or response to treatment, and maintain patient privacy and confidentiality. The client is seeking to create a per diem pool for this night-shift ICU critical care role. The position is with a community hospital near Philadelphia that provides medical, surgical, and emergency care.

Requirements

Current and valid state RN license.
Current BLS (AHA) certificate upon hire and maintain current.
Current ACLS certificate within 30 days of hire and maintain current.
Minimum of one year as a staff RN in an acute care hospital; critical care experience preferred.

Nice To Haves

Completion of a Critical Care Course.
Critical Care RN (CCRN) certification.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
Critical care experience.

Responsibilities

Deliver safe patient care using assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Provide direct patient care within the scope of practice.
Direct and guide patient and family teaching and the activities of other nursing personnel while maintaining ICU standards of care.
Remain accountable for the care given to assigned patients.
Communicate changes in patients’ clinical conditions to physicians, including hemodynamic monitoring, diagnostic study results, abnormal results, and symptoms.
Respond quickly and accurately to changes in patient condition or response to treatment.
Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.