RN Clinical Nurse II - Children's Emergency Response Team

Children's Emergency Response RN

The Children's Emergency Response RN role utilizes the nursing process to coordinate, delegate and provide safe therapeutic nursing care to pediatric patients throughout the Children's Hospital. As an emergency responder, this nurse will respond to Pediatric Rapid Response, Pediatric Code Blue and Pediatric Trauma events with a primary function of collaborating with other disciplines and to provide continuity of patient care.

Activities include, but are not limited to:

• promoting effective team interactions
• facilitating timely assessment and disposition
• transfer of the patient for off unit procedures and between levels of care

Additional responsibilities of the CERT RN is to promote optimal patient outcomes through the safe and effective provision and maintenance of pediatric vascular access

This includes:

• placement of peripheral venous catheters (with and without ultrasound guidance)
• maintenance, care and troubleshooting of central lines
• education and performance improvement activities as designated by leadership

The ability to apply critical care nursing skills to a broad range of clinical issues, handle multiple complex situations simultaneously and communicate in an effective, positive, and professional manner is essential.

Preference will be given to candidates with:

• 2 years as a Pediatric Critical Care RN, Pediatric Emergency RN or a combination of both
• PALS, ACLS, ENPC, and TNCC

This is a 36 hour/wk position with a combination of both dayshifts and nightshifts.

Some weekends required.

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