Registered Nurse Intensive Care Unit

Job Description:

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members.

Position Details

·       Benefits Eligible: Yes

·       Shift Details: Full time, 36 hours/week, variable shifts

·       Department: Intensive Care Unit

·       Primary Location: Utah Valley Hospital

·       Additional Details: Licensed RN experience in an ICU and/or high acuity setting preferred. One year of licensed RN experience required.

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Utah Valley Hospital is a 36 bed ICU. The critical care nurse is responsible to provide direct care to critically ill patients in life-threatening situations within the Intensive Care Unit. Our patient population includes stroke, neurosurgery, cardiac, cardiothoracic surgery, shock (multi system organ failure), trauma, respiratory, and renal failure patients requiring CRRT, SLEDD, or intermittent dialysis.

The ICU nurse must be physically, mentally, and emotionally fit to care for critically ill patients and their loved ones. Must be proficient in a wide variety of high-level nursing skills. The critical care nurse needs to be a specialist in evaluating, recognizing trends and complications, administering cares, and collaborating with key members of the critical care team, including physicians, pharmacists, therapists, and other ancillary team members. Interpersonal communication, leadership, strategic planning, critical thinking, decision-making, and patient advocacy are imperative qualifications for the nurse in the critical care setting.

Advanced assessment skills and ability to work in a high-stress, fast paced environment is essential. Experience with high-tech hemodynamic monitoring and supportive devices including but not limited to PA catheters, Cheetah, EVD, CRRT, IABP, Impella, temporary pacemakers, Hemisphere, and Belmont (rapid transfuser) are highly favored.

New employees will receive a 10-12-week orientation based on experienced. After orientation schedule will consist of a rotating 8 weeks of days and nights up to a year for a well-rounded experience. Straight nights are available as well instead of the rotating schedule but at the 6 months to a year mark all new hires will go to straight nights.

Job Essentials

Assess:
Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative and developmental skills as appropriate).
Seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others.

Plan:
Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care.
Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop plan of care including needed education.
Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (i.e., teaching, referrals, and follow-up).

Implement:
Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination and collaboration as appropriate.
Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure provisions.
Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources.

Evaluate:
Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient and family satisfaction.
Revises plan of care as indicated, and reassesses changes as appropriate.

Professionalism:
Promotes nursing profession and participate in development of others.
Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice: complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications of care delivery.


Minimum Qualifications

Current RN License in state of practice.
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Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.
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Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
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RNs with less