RN - ICU

Biloxi, Mississippi

Biloxi, Mississippi is a picturesque town with sugar-white sand beaches, deep-sea or freshwater fishing, championship golf courses, museums, historic sites, tantalizing seafood restaurants, and 24-hour non-stop casino resorts. The town has an abundant amount of thrills and pleasures for you to enjoy and the locals are more than happy to share their bit of paradise with you! With waters abounding the freshest of seafood, ancient live oaks lining their long beaches as long as their history, Biloxi has the cultural background of a meshed community with a vacant spot just for you. Days are filled with play and enjoyment, and when the sun sets the skies light up with excitement. This is your opportunity to make your life a little brighter by serving the community and creating a life in beautiful Biloxi, Mississippi.

Keesler AFB Medical Center

Keesler Medical Center serves over 56,000 beneficiaries within a 40-mile catchment area. About 35,000 outpatients are seen in the clinics each month including 800 to 1,000 patients from other medical facilities throughout the southeastern United States through the Aeromedical Evacuation System. Equipped with 100 operating inpatient beds (10 ICU) and a staff of more than 2,100 people, the center represents a major concentration of professional capability. The Keesler Air Force Base Medical Center in Biloxi has been named the best hospital in the Air Force. The Gulf Coast medical facility received the "Hospital of the Year" award from the Air Force Surgeon General. Facility Address: 301 Fisher St. Biloxi, MS 39534

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, and evaluate nursing care for a wide variety of patients.
• Implement the nursing process to include holistic approach.
• Possess knowledge of critical care medication usage and administration.
• Administer critical care medications safely and provide proper documentation.
• Assume full responsibility for assigned patients and ancillary personnel.
• Recognize medical emergencies and react with alertness and skill.
• Be able to initiate life saving measures in the absence of a physician.
• Serves as a member of the RRT and Code Blue resuscitation/response team.
• Establish and maintain good interpersonal relationships.
• Become oriented/trained on the use of all MTF equipment available for patient care.
• Ensure all equipment is properly cleaned and stored at the end of each work shift.
• Ensure preventive maintenance and routine cleaning are performed as directed.
• Assess patient condition for potential or life-threatening crises.
• Properly apply cardiac monitor leads and utilize 12 lead EKG machine.
• Participate in Discharge Planning as appropriate.

Requirements/Qualifications

• Degree: Associates Degree of Nursing.
• Certifications: Must at all times, maintain a minimum of: BLS, ACLS and PALS.
• Experience: Minimum of two years (24 months) of ICU experience within the last three years.

Terms

Rotating shifts (Days to Nights) between the hours of 6:45am - 6:15pm, or 5:45pm – 6:15am.

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