Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse I is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care. This role involves utilizing the nursing process in accordance with hospital standards and unit policies/procedures to monitor and evaluate patient functional status.

Job Responsibilities

• Utilize the nursing process to provide comprehensive care for patients.
• Assess, organize, and complete patient care with consideration for patient age, cultural, and psychosocial factors.
• Document all steps of the nursing process accurately.
• Employ proper medical terminology in all communications.
• Address problems and track progress toward established goals.
• Facilitate patient discharge through timely and appropriate referrals, utilizing patient education resources suitable for patient age and cultural/psychosocial factors.
• Collaborate effectively with other disciplines as appropriate.
• Support unit and hospital goals through participation in performance improvement and educational activities, evidenced by attending in-services, meeting unit education standards, and completing variance reports.
• Exercise independent judgment in planning the sequence of operations and making minor decisions in a complex technical or professional field.
• Engage directly with patients and/or customers.
• Communicate with internal customers via telephone or face-to-face interaction.
• Work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals and staff.

Required Skills & Experience

• Minimum of one year of experience in a high acuity/critical care environment (excluding ER experience).
• Working knowledge of general disease state management processes, the bio-psychosocial model, and clinical pathways.
• Effective interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work efficiently.
• Strong attention to detail, particularly in the examination of clinical and numerical data.

Schedule Notes

• Shift: Nights 7p-7a
• Critical Care Experience needed - must be able to hit the ground running.
• 30 Bed Unit ICU with an average of 12-14 patients.
• Not suitable for new graduates.