Registered Nurse (RN) - ICU

Provide, promote and maintain quality patient care during diagnostic and therapeutic imaging procedures through education, standards of practice, professional growth, and collaboration with other multidisciplinary health care providers.

• Initiates and documents a written plan of care within specified timeframe
• Performs patient interventions completely and proficiently and demonstrates age specific competency for population of patients served.
• Verifies, during hospitalization, orders for accuracy (including reconciliation of medications), appropriate scheduling of tests and/or procedures, pre-op data, and consent forms.
• Follows medication and IV Therapy policies including patient identification, understanding about medications, administering meds and recognizing/reporting interactions 100% of the time.  Appropriately monitors first dose medication(s) for adverse reactions.
• Interprets diagnostic data and takes appropriate action when indicated (i.e. notification of critical lab values to physician per hospital protocol).
• Performs related duties as required.

Required:

• Education: Associate’s degree in Nursing required.
• Experience: Each candidate’s previous clinical experience is reviewed to determine acceptable experience.
• Certifications/Registrations/Licenses:
  • A valid Permanent Multi-State RN License from the state in which you reside is required.  Should you hold a RN license from another Compact state, you are required to apply for and obtain a Multi-State RN License from the state in which you reside within 30 days.
  • American Heart Association BLS CPR required, must be obtained within 7 days of hire.
  • American Heart Association ACLS and NIHSS is required within orientation period for ICU/CCU, SICU, and CVICU.

Preferred:

• One year of telemetry experience preferred.
• CCRN preferred.