Rapid Response (RN)

About the Job

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

This position has a hiring range of

USD $36.00 - USD $54.97 /Yr.