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.

Park City ICU is an intimate 4-bed unit in a 36-bed community hospital.  Our ICU team cares for a wide variety of adult patients including diagnoses of DKA, PE, detox, COVID complications, GI, general surgeries, shock and more.  RNs works closely with the onsite hospitalists and tele critical care in a collaborative manner to form the best plan of care for the patients. One of the many benefits of working on a smaller unit is the opportunity to spend time with & educate your patients while performing cares, a luxury that you do not often have on a busier unit. Park City Hospital thrives on maintaining cooperative working relationships between departments and disciplines.  If this sounds like a good fit for you, please consider applying to our team.

Position Details

·       Benefits Eligible: Yes

·       Shift Details: Full time, 36 hours/week, nights

·       Department: Intensive Care Unit

·       Primary Location: Park City Hospital

·       Additional Details: Licensed RN experience in an ICU and/or high acuity setting preferred. One year of licensed RN experience required. 5% Wasatch Back differential eligible (subject to annual review)

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 (BLS)
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Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
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Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

(Applicants must either have required additional certifications (e.g. ACLS, PALs, NRP) upon hire or must obtain them within a specified timeframe determined by service line and department guidelines.)
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Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
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Basic computer skills.
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RNs with less than 12 months of working experience as an RN prior to joining Intermountain must obtain their BSN within five years of their start date. 

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN). Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.

Physical Requirements:

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
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Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require emplo