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Organization:

PICU Cohort 10

Job Summary:

All internal or external candidates must upload an updated resume in Word or PDF format. Please ensure your resume includes the start and end dates (month and year) of any relevant positions you have held.

To help us more effectively match you with your top interests, we recommend limiting your pediatric applications to two active ones at a time.

JOB SUMMARY
Assist with the delivery of patient care and maintenance of unit environmental standards under the supervision of a licensed nurse.

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Benefits: VUMC benefits are available on DAY ONE of employment!

Sign-On Bonus Eligibility:

The sign-on bonus does not apply to current VUMC staff or former staff who have worked for VUMC in the past twelve months. The sign-on bonus is only available for full-time positions.

Department Summary:

The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) cares for pediatric patients ranging in age from zero to 18 who are being treated for Level 1 trauma, respiratory, sepsis, burn, transplant, GI/GU, cardiovascular, oncology, neurology, neurosurgical, and an overall wide range of medical diagnoses. Our patients are unique because they are critically ill and require a highly motivated and skilled team.

Schedule:

6:45 pm to 7:15 am

All shifts rotate throughout the week, including weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities:

• Assist with patient care such as turning, diaper changes, bathing, linen changes, etc.

• Assist with patient transports

• Set up rooms for admissions and for procedures

• Take down rooms post patient discharge and prior to EVS clean

• Act as runner for equipment and supplies during emergent events

• Assist with postmortem care of patients

• Check and record temp logs on refrigerators and warmers

• Stock patient rooms and hallway isolation carts

• Check patient rooms for equipment not being actively used - wipe down and return to proper areas

• Check dirty utility and linen chute for PICU specific items, clean and return them to appropriate places

• Fill bath wipe warmers and drawer underneath

• Empty linen bags that are more than half full, leave empty linen bag + one extra in each room

• Scan all documents to appropriate patients

• Complete ID Band audits when requested

• Transport used equipment to sterile processing

• Call for trash pulls and room cleans as

• Ensure hallways remain uncluttered

• Ensure used procedure carts taken to be restocked

• All other patient, nurse and provider duties as needed

Qualifications:

High School Diploma or GED (or equivalent experience) AND one of the following:

Current enrollment in a program of professional nursing RN and successful completion of the first semester of nursing school to include nursing fundamentals clinical, or

Graduation from a Nursing Assistant or Aide Training Program within the past year (the certification is not mandatory but a certificate of completion is necessary), or

Minimum of one year of previous (and within the past two years) experience as a care partner or nursing assistant/patient care technician.

Preferred qualifications:

• Pediatric experience or acute care experience

• Professionalism

• Exceptional reliability

• Great communication skills

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