Accred Sepsis Coordinator RN

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a(an) Accred Sepsis Coordinator RN with HCA Florida Blake Hospital you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Job Summary and Qualifications

We are seeking a Registered Nurse Sepsis Coordinator for our facility to ensure that we continue to provide all patients with high quality, efficient care. We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other, and we are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do. We want you to apply now!

What You Will Do In Your Role:

• You are responsible for overall surviving sepsis program initiative and identifying areas for improvement in recognition, process of ‘Code Sepsis/ Sepsis Alert’ activation, compliance in completing the sepsis bundle and providing suggestion to improve outcomes.
• You will help build a team of sepsis champions including charge and unit nurse, key physician representing the Emergency Department, Intensivist Group, Hospitalists and Surgeons.
• You will conduct daily Sepsis Rounds during which unit patients and previous subjects of code sepsis are provided follow up and current length of stay, complications related to severe sepsis are addressed.
• You are responsible for hospital wide data collection including:

Total cases of severe sepsis, with and without shock

Sepsis Bundle Compliance within one hour of recognition and activation of the sepsis team. Unit and physician compliance (ED physician, Intensivist)

Mortality rate Vent day, ICU LOS, sepsis CVC utilization rate for overall severe sepsis, severe sepsis with shock and severe sepsis without shock.

What qualifications you will need:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing or a Master’s Degree in Nursing preferred
• Current Florida RN license
• Current BLS (Basic Life Support)
• Three to five years of Acute Care, Critical Care, and/or ED experience with a solid grasp of hemodynamics
• Critical thinking, service excellence and good interpersonal communications skills.
• Ability to utilize hemodynamic equipment

Benefits

HCA Florida Blake Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits  for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support,  including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work  programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support  through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits  for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Florida Blake Hospital is a 380+ bed hospital located in Bradenton, FL. We have a thirteen acre campus by the Gulf Coast beaches. We are the only state-designated Level II trauma center in Manatee, Sarasota and DeSoto Counties. We have received verification by the American College of Surgeons. Our services include 24-hour emergency care, open-heart surgery, burn care, cancer care, joint replacement and inpatient rehabilitation. We are a recipient of the American Heart Association’s Gold Fit Friendly Designation. We have an onsite day care program, Happy Cubs, a 24 hour employee fitness center and a healthy work environment. We develop our colleagues through cross-training into new units and ongoing skills development. We offer continuing education courses and opportunities for advancement. We also offer great benefits. We hope you’ll consider a career at HCA Florida Blake Hospital.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our Accred Sepsis Coordinator RN opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.