Rapid Response (RN)

Join Our Team as a Clinical Resource Nurse – Rapid Response & Critical Care Liaison 

Are you a highly skilled and motivated RN with a passion for critical care, clinical excellence, and mentorship? We are seeking a dynamic Clinical Resource Nurse to join our team and play a key role in advancing patient outcomes through expert clinical support, collaboration, and leadership during emergent situations. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Emergency Response Leadership 

• Act as a co-team leader during codes.  

• Ensure accurate documentation and facilitate post-event debriefs with real-time coaching and feedback. 

• Participate in mock codes to promote clinical readiness and continuous improvement. 

• Sepsis & Code Blue Program Support 

• Serve as a key member of the Code Blue and Sepsis Committees. 

• Respond to Sepsis Alerts, ensuring timely completion of the Sepsis Bundle. 

• Collaborate with primary teams to coordinate and facilitate care plans. 

• Maintain and monitor Code Blue/RRT & Sepsis databases, identify trends, and report findings to Nursing Leadership. 

• Conduct audits as needed to support performance improvement. 

• Clinical Rounding & Patient Follow-Up 

• Perform follow-up rounding on patients who experienced RRT activation within the past 12–24 hours to assess stability and clinical progress. 

• Support safe transfers and stabilization of high-acuity ICU admissions and facilitate escalated transfers to higher levels of care. 

• Expert Clinical Support & Mentorship 

• Provide bedside support and guidance for procedures such as IV therapy, port access, EKG, blood cultures, chest tube set-up/maintenance, peritoneal dialysis (PD), and continuous bladder irrigation (CBI). 

• Act as a clinical resource, coach, and mentor to nursing staff across units, promoting skill development and confidence. 

• Collaborate with ICU team and Critical Care Charge RN as needed in a critical care clinician role. 

• Consultative and Collaborative Role 

• Offer clinical assessments and serve as a liaison between nursing staff and providers to enhance care outcomes. 

• Assist in provider communication and follow-up to ensure seamless and timely patient care delivery. 

Available Positions: Full-time- 7:00am-7:00pm including rotating weekends and holidays

Nursing Benefits

• Nationally recognized nurse wellbeing resources
• Comprehensive health benefit plans
• Generous paid time off and flex scheduling options
• Retirement plans with match
• Tuition assistance to advance your education
• Systemwide referral bonus program—up to $6,000 for each RN and up to $4,000 for each LPN that joins MedStar Health
• Relocation assistance up to $5,000
• Free parking for associates

Qualifications

• ADN, BSN, MSN, or CNL from an accredited School of Nursing required.
• Minimum two years of ICU experience required.   
• Active MD RN License or Active Compact State RN, BLS and ACLS required.  TNCC strongly preferred