Registered Nurse (RN) - PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care in Denver, CO

Registered Nurse PICU

Hourly Wage Estimate: $36.50 - $55.25 / hour
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Job Summary and Qualifications 

. Position Summary:

The pediatric critical care nurse practices as a full partner on the health care team and consistently demonstrates safe practice within the organizational professional practice model. Independently provides patient care through the application of the nursing process and accepts accountability for the nursing care of assigned patients. The pediatric critical care nurse demonstrates knowledge within the competency domains of Patient and Family Centered Care, Evidence Based Practice, Safety, Continuous Quality Improvement, Teamwork, Informatics, Professionalism, and Leadership.

The pediatric critical care nurse works closely with the inter-professional health care team to facilitate the coordination of care across the continuum. The nurse focuses on expanding their knowledge and skills necessary to provide individualized care based on physical, psychosocial, cultural, educational, safety, and age-appropriate considerations of assigned patients. Complies with all regulations and standards of regulatory and accrediting bodies.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS The essential functions listed are typical examples of work performed by this position. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.

PATIENT AND FAMILY CENTERED CARE: Recognizes the patient (or the patient's designee) as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for the patient's preferences, values, and needs.

§ Manage more complex patient care assignments appropriate to skill level

§ Participate in building consensus and resolving conflict in the context of patient care

§ Able to speak to the patient about advanced care planning, values and end-of- life care

§ Evaluate and consider the implementation of alternative approaches to establishing a healing environment

§ Engage in problem solving to address complex issues regarding the delivery of safer, patient-and family- centered care

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE AND RESEARCH: Evaluates and integrates best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care and system effectiveness

§ Utilize the EBP process generates clinical questions, searches and evaluates the quality of evidence, considers expert clinical knowledge and patient preferences and values, and applies it to practice

§ Recognize and communicate the need for revision of hospital and departmental policies, procedures, practice guidelines, and /or measures for clinical practice evaluation

SAFETY: Minimizes risk of harm to patients, families, providers and self through system effectiveness and individual performance.

§ Serve as resource person for safety concerns

§ Demonstrate skills in problem solving, conflict resolution, and negotiation

§ Participate appropriately in analyzing errors and designing system improvements

CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT: Utilizes data and QI methods to identify potential and actual problems and opportunities to provide care that is safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable

§ Participate in the design, review, and evaluation of QI data and initiatives at the unit level

§ Integrate QI initiatives into individual plan of care

§ Contribute to efforts to improve the quality of health care

TEAMWORK: Effectively engages in the process of cooperation, coordination, and collaboration in their efforts to provide for safe, quality outcomes for patients within an inter and intra-professional teams, including virtual teams.

§ Assert your own position or perspective, and supports discussions about patient care and the work environment

§ Initiate a plan for self-development as a team member and in partnership with the department leader(s)

§ Apply leadership skills that support collaborative practice and team effectiveness

§ Demonstrate team values that highlight that we care about performance, the success of others and the organization

INFORMATICS: Utilizes appropriate information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision making across the continuum.

§ Serve as a resource for other nurses in for how to document and plan nursing care utilizing technology

§ Models’ behaviors that support the appropriate use of clinical systems and technology in providing safe patient care

§ Promote communication technologies that support clinical decision making, error prevention, care coordination and, protection of patient privacy

§ With nursing colleagues, act as a champion for clear, concise, and timely documentation

§ Integrate the use of clinical information systems to coordinate and anticipate care across the continuum

PROFESSIONALISM: Demonstrates a commitment to the nursing profession through life-long learning, adherence to the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, participation in a professional organization, and advancing community outreach.

§ Promote identification and discussion of ethical concerns

§ Prepare for certification in a specialty

§ Foster and support the development of others through precepting

§ Identify opportunities for improved processes related to moral and ethical dilemmas

§ Promote the ANA's Code of Ethics for Nurses and professional nursing and organizational standards

§ Actively delivers constructive feedback to peers with the purpose of fostering development and improving performance

LEADERSHIP: Collaborates and applies innovative, evidence-based problem-solving and decision making to promote effective change leadership in support of HCA HealthONE Presbyterian/St. Luke’s and Rocky Mountain Children’s vision.

§ Communicate confidently, adapting one's own style of communicating to meet the needs of the team and situation

§ Identify and embrace the need for change and new approaches to care when supported by evidence

§ Demonstrate appropriate use and allocation of resources

§ Establish oneself as a credible health care provider and resource

§ Identify diverse viewpoints and manages conflict

At HCA HealthONE Presbyterian/St. Luke’s and Rocky Mountain Children’s, we expect our iCARE behavioral standards to be reflected in the way every employee interacts with co-workers, providers, patients, and family members, and others in the community.

§ Integrity – We are honest and do what we say

§ Compassion – We are sympathetic to the needs of others

§ Accountability – We take ownership of how our actions and behaviors impact outcomes

§ Respect – We value others and embrace diversity

§ Excellence – We take personal pride in exceeding expectations

II. Position Requirements:

A. Licensure/Certification/Registration: Current licensure in the State of Colorado as a Registered Nurse or current active multistate Registered Nurse license. Current BLS, and PALS, ACLS certification within 6 months of hire.

B. Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing; BSN preferred.

C. Experience: At least one year of acute care/specialty nursing is preferred.

D. Special Qualifications: Demonstrates good organizational skills. Provides safe and appropriate care within the Standards of Nursing Practice at HCA HealthONE PSL/RMC. Demonstrates good critical thinking skills. Communicates positively and professionally.

Benefits

HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's, 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 

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location. 

HCA HealthONE, one of the largest and most comprehensive healthcare systems in the Rocky Mountain region, offers more than 170 care sites in the Denver metro area. Offering services across the continuum of care to meet patients’ total healthcare needs, HCA HealthONE includes seven acute care hospitals, a dedicated flagship pediatric hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, CareNow® urgent care clinics, mental health campuses, imaging and surgery centers, physician practices, home and hospice care, and AirLife Denver, which provides regional critical care air and ground transportation. Among HCA HealthONE’s acute care hospitals is Presbyterian/St. Luke’s (P/SL). P/SL has been meeting the healthcare needs of patients and their families from across the Rocky Mountain region for more than 140 years. Included on the P/SL campus is Rocky Mountain Children’s, a dedicated pediatric hospital, making the campus the only tertiary/quaternary combined pediatric and adult hospital in this region. P/SL is home to an award-winning cancer program including the Colorado Blood Cancer Institute, a solid organ transplant program, and complex orthopedics. Consistently among the Denver Business Journals’ list of top corporate philanthropists in the Denver-metro area, HCA HealthONE was named as one of the most community-minded organizations by The Civic 50 and contributed more than $1 million through cash and in-kind donations last year alone, along with more than $400M in federal, state and local taxes.

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 costs for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder 

Join a family that cares about every stage in your career! We are interviewing candidates for our Registered Nurse PICU opening. Apply today and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will reach out. 

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.