Intensive care unit nurse job description

Full-Time – Nights, 12 Hour Shifts / Weekend Rotation

Job Summary and Qualifications

In collaboration with the patient, the patient’s family, and other members of the health care team, the Critical Care Registered Nurse is responsible for assessing, evaluating, planning, implementing, and coordinating a treatment plan and achieving the goals of the nursing department. You serve as a key position of the interdependent team and hold responsibility for achieving positive patient and department outcomes.

What you will do in this role:

· You will understand patients with critical illness and vent management. You will have the ability to respond to Code Blue within the facility and initiate protocol, special procedures, and cardiac monitoring

· You will manage efficient flow of patients including screening, preparation for exam, providing general nursing care, and arranging or testing and admissions

· You will instruct patients and families regarding medications and treatment instructions

· You will maintain and review patients’ records including posting tests and examination results

· You will administer medications in accordance with physician orders

· You will check rooms daily for necessary supplies

· You will respond to and refer incoming telephone calls (may include phone triage when needed)

What qualifications you may need:

· Must be a graduate from an accredited school of Nursing: Associate degree in Nursing or higher is required

· Must be licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state which you practice and/or hold an active Compact/Multi-State RN license

· A current American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) Health Care Provider is required

· A current American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Health Care Provider is preferred and required to be obtained within 6 months of hire/transfer date

· Prior acute care Registered Nurse experience required

General Comments

• Min - $29.62 Mid - $37.02 Max - $44.42
• Relocation: $5K over 250 Miles, $2,500 over 50 Miles
• Sign-On Bonus: $20,000

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Methodist Dallas Medical Center is seeking an experienced Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse to join the Methodist Team. This is a full time, days, job opportunity.

In this challenging Intensive Care Unit Registered Nursing position, the Registered Nurse renders highly professional and technical nursing care to assigned critical care patients. The Register Nurse will provide direct and indirect patient care using the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation). The RN will direct and supervise other assigned team members and will collaborate with multidisciplinary team members to provide age/developmentally appropriate care in accordance with unit standards of care.
Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse Job Responsibilities:
*Communicate clearly and openly
*Build relationships to promote a collaborative environment
*Be accountable for your performance
*Always look for ways to improve the patient experience
*Take initiative for your professional growth
*Be engaged and eager to build a winning team
Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse Job Requirements:
*Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing. BSN Preferred
*Current BCLS Certification and ACLS
*Current additional certifications as required by department
*Current license to practice professional nursing in Texas or eligibility to do so
*Work experience: at least 2 years Critical Care RN job experience required
Since 1927, Methodist Dallas Medical Center has served North Texas as a leader in sophisticated and compassionate medical care. Our hospital features all-private rooms with 585 beds, and the medical staff at Methodist Dallas includes more than 250 physicians with expertise in more than 60 medical specialties.

Methodist Dallas Medical Center has been named a Best Place to Work for 14 consecutive years by the Dallas Business Journal. We have deliberately created the kind of culture where employees are valued by leadership, are part of process initiatives, and truly support each other as a team.

A reputable Medical Center that is committed to providing high quality healthcare to the surrounding community of beautiful and serene Southern Oregon is now actively searching for an experience Intensive Care Unit ICU Staff Nurse RN.

The Intensive Care Unit ICU Staff Nurse RN will be part of the Medical Center that looks for exceptional people who share its vision and values. Joining the prestigious team, you know that working in this healthcare organization is more than a job, it is a vocation and commitment to excellence. The healthcare professionals in the hospital have a unique opportunity to affect lives for the better every day.

Under the direction of the Critical Care Unit Nurse Director, the Intensive Care Unit ICU Staff Nurse RN will be responsible to provide, delegate, and coordinate nursing care provided and is guided by the policies and procedures of the hospital. The Intensive Care Unit ICU Staff Nurse RN will utilize the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate direct and indirect nursing care of the patient.

The Intensive Care Unit ICU Staff Nurse RN will contribute to nursing and the Hospital through support of philosophy, vision, objectives, educational and recertification efforts. The Intensive Care Unit ICU Staff Nurse RN will be accountable to assure that HCAHPS, patient and physician scores fall within acceptable ranges by providing service excellence.

The Intensive Care Unit ICU Staff Nurse RN will be responsible to follow all National Patient Safety Goals and Core Measure Initiatives to ensure compliance falls within acceptable ranges. Population served includes patients, family members other visitors, physicians, nursing team and other Hospital disciplines.

The Intensive Care Unit ICU Staff Nurse RN will assure that the highest quality nursing care is delivered to the patient in a timely and cost effective manner. The Intensive Care Unit ICU Staff Nurse RN will help return the patient to a state of optimal wellness or to a state in which the highest quality of life can be maintained. The Intensive Care Unit ICU Staff Nurse RN will collaborate with other members of the health care delivery team, including physicians, to deliver quality health care.

The hospital focuses on clearly defined goals that are developed to bring about exemplary patient care. It provides employees with the structure to achieve these goals by providing advanced technological systems, processes and practice; performance improvement and patient safety standards to foster positive patient outcomes; a collaborative practice model; evidence-based nursing practice; and education and development programs to support recruitment and retention.
The hospital also offers competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Join the prestigious team now!