ICU RN

Job Description

Job Description

BLOCK 1ST TIMERS OK - ICU RN - Req 11130

Will position float between units: Yes
Is on-call required? No
Are weekends required? Yes Minimum of 6 weekend shifts in 6 weeks
Are block schedules required? Yes, approved based on staffing/unit needs
What are expected ratios? 1:2/ 1:3
Special requirements: Prefer Neuro ICU exp. Block schedules approved based on staffing/unit needs.
Are 48 hours approved: yes

Hospital Highlights
Type of Facility: Short Term Acute Care
Total Staffed Beds: 379
Level II Trauma Center
Department Uniform/Dress:
a. The dress code for licensed nursing personnel (RN, LVN) is solid navy blue colored uniforms or scrub attire. (Scrub tops may have colored piping.) Print tops are not acceptable attire except for licensed staff in the Children's Hospital (PED, Pedi, PICU, NICU). Women's Services (L&D, Mom/ Baby) will meet the requirements for their unit specific scrub attire.
b. The dress code for unlicensed personnel (US, CNA, PCA, NT, MT) is solid hunter green colored uniforms or scrub attire. Print tops are not acceptable except in the areas noted above.
Parking Notes: Free in any unrestricted space, Please park in any of the free surface parking lots with signs that say Employee/Visitor Parking
Job Requirements & Qualifications

• Previous Charge Experience:
  -
• Years of Experience:
  2 year(s)
• Patient Ratio Experience:
  -
• Charting System:
  Required, Epic
• Teaching Hospital Experience:
  -
• Community Hospital Experience:
  -
• LTAC Experience:
  -
• Trauma Level I Experience:
  -
• Trauma Level II Experience:
  Preferred
• Travel Experience Required:
  No
• Certfications:Certs marked with * are preferred
  ACLS, BLS, NIHSS
• Skills:Skills marked with * are preferred

  IV therapy

  Arterial line management
  Blood Product Administration*
  Central line care/management
  PICC line management*
  Starting and maintaining IVs*

  Respiratory/Thoracic

  BiPAP/CPAP management
  Care of Ventilated Patient
  Fresh tracheostomy*
  High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)*
  Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs)
  Suctioning (ETT, NT)
  Ventilator Management*

  Medications

  Continuous IV paralytics/Neuromuscular blockade*
  Continuous IV sedation
  Emergency Medications*
  Procedural Sedation Administration/Monitoring*
  Titrate Cardiac drips
  Titrate Vasoactive drips

  Neurological

  CVA/Acute Stroke management*
  External ventricular drain (EVD)*
  ICP monitoring*
  Lumbar drains*
  Post Craniotomy*
  Post Neurosurgery management
  Spinal cord injury*
  Traumatic Brain injury*

  Professional Topics and Skills

  Infection Prevention*
  Isolation Precautions/PPE

  Genitourinary/Renal

  Intake and Output monitoring*

  Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency response

  Interpretation of dysrhythmias
  Management of dysrhythmias
  Management of patient with multisystem organ dysfunction/failure

  Endocrine/Metabolic

  IV insulin protocols*

  Work Settings

  Medical Intensive Care Unit*
  Neuro Intensive Care Unit*
  Surgical Intensive Care Unit*

  Additional Skills

  surgical and Neuro skills

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