Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit

Position Purpose Under the direction of the Nurse Manager, this position provides optimal patient care utilizing knowledge and skills within the context of the nursing process. The incumbent is accountable for individualized patient outcomes over an entire episode of care. The incumbent provides comprehensive nursing services to adolescent, adult and geriatric patients, including their families/caregivers. Nature and Scope This position is challenged to diagnose and treat human responses to health problems. The incumbent must provide optimal patient/resident care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of adolescent, adult, and geriatric residents and families. Demonstrates the cognitive and psychosocial needs specific to the population to be served and meets standards of quality as measured by the unit/department age specific competency standards. This position requires a scientific knowledge base and ongoing growth and learning. When possible the family or those significant to the family are considered as part of the assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation efforts of the Registered Nurse (RN). The RN coordinates care between other professionals as needed. Intensive continuous mental effort is required to provide optimal safe patient care and the same mental effort is required when interacting with internal and external contacts, exercising judgments and making decisions. This position provides patient care. Minimum Qualifications Education: Must have working‑level knowledge of the English language, including reading, writing and speaking English. Appropriate education to obtain and maintain Registered Nursing licensure in the State of Nevada. Experience: Not specified. License: Ability to obtain and maintain a State of Nevada Registered Nurse license. Certification: Current BLS certification by The American Heart Association standards. Additional Certifications (within specified timeframes): ACLS required for departments: 200112, 200119, 200132, 200150, 200151, 200202, 200205, 200208, 200251, 200253, 200255, 200261, 200265, 200266, 200276, 200323, 200325, 200326, 200340, 200341, 400111, 400125, 400131, 400151, 400201, 400202, 400251, 400253, 400255, 400276, 400326, 400329, 400340, 900256. NRP required for departments: 200206, 200171, 200174. PALS required for departments: 200179, 200202, 200205, 200341, 400202, 400340, 400341, 900256. ENPC or PALS required for departments: 200326, 400326 within one year of hiring or transferring to the department in addition to ACLS, BLS & RN. TNCC required for departments: 200323, 200326 within 18 months of hiring or transferring to the department. TNATC accepted in lieu of TNCC. OCN certification preferred for department: 200113. Chemotherapy/Biotherapy training per ASCO standards within 6 months of hire required for department: 200113. RNFA: RN may perform in the capacity of a first assist if graduate of an accredited school of Nursing, completion of a RNFA program that includes didactic and supervised clinical practice, based on AORN's core curriculum for RNFA. Required departments: 200201, 400201, 200340. Computer / Typing: Must possess, or be able to obtain within 90 days, the computer skills necessary to complete online learning requirements for job‑specific competencies, access online forms and policies, and complete online benefits enrollment, etc. #J-18808-Ljbffr