Job Summary:
Welcome to our Critical Care Nursing Department!
Provides professional and skilled nursing care to patients using the “patient centered care” model of SMHCS (policy 126.054) in accordance with the ANA and AACN’s Standards of Professional Practice. We are a 62 bed unit with 3 areas of specialties that you can work in.
Trauma ICU: Patient Population: patients with a primary traumatic diagnosis requiring complex nursing assessment skills and care including but not limited to:
- Any trauma related fractures or orthopedic abnormalities requiring surgical intervention or traction application, splinting, splinting, casts, or other skeletal immobilization.
- Acute Traumatic Brain Injuries with potential for ventriculostomies
- Any trauma related injuries requiring surgery
- CRRT
- Managing patients on ventilators/Bipap
- Titration of vasoactive medications (inotropes, vasopressors, vasodilators)
- Initiation and titrating sedation/analgesic drips
*Opportunities for Novice and Experienced Nurses:
- Individualized orientation
- Nurse Residency for all new graduates with the implementation of ECCO (essentials of critical care orientation)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Opportunities for paid certification and incentivized pay including but not limited to CCRN (Critical Care Registered Nurse), TCAR
- Critical Care Internship with knowledge base lecture series provided in the department
Required Qualifications:
- BLS (Basic Life Support) through American Heart Association or American Red Cross
- ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support); required for experienced RN, has to be completed by end of orientation for the novice Critical Care RN
- Successful completion of Basic Arrhythmia test within 90 days of date of hire
- BSN requirement within 5 years of date of hire for the ASN candidate
- Required basic working knowledge of commonly used computer applications including but not limited to Microsoft
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prefer National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification upon hire.
- Prefer certification in nursing specialty area.
Preferred Education:
BSN: Bachelor of Science Nursing
Required License and Certs:
BLS: Basic Life Support/CPR
FL RN: FL Registered Nurse License
Work Days/Shift/Start Time:
Work Days/Shifts/Times (12 hour shifts)
- Day Shift (no positions available) **availability to come to days when positions open up
- 3 Days a week, 7am-7:30pm
- Night Shift (positions available)
- 3 Days a week, 7pm-7:30am
The Benefits of High-Quality Care:
- Paid Time Off (PTO) Start earning PTO on day one of employment
- Self-Scheduling
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Certification Incentives
- Discounted medical, prescription, dental, vision plans both full and part time employees
- Flexible Spending Accounts (pre-tax dollars)
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance for those who quality (both short and long term)
- Retirement savings Plan: 403b
- Discounted Child care & Before and After school Program and Summer Camp! (Sarasota Campus)
- Free Parking
- On Campus discounted dining
- Free Wellness Screening
- Wellness Programs
- Referral Programs
- Advancement and growth opportunities for those hard-working high performers!
- Work side by side with our amazing team players!
Employment Screening Requirements:
As part of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System’s commitment to keeping people safe, all individuals providing care to vulnerable populations are required to undergo background screening through The Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse. https://info.flclearinghouse.com/