Job Description
Who we are:
- Our 24 bed PICU receives the highest acuity patients from San Diego, Southern Riverside and Imperial counties.
- Our nurses collaborate with a team of physicians, nurse practitioners, respiratory therapists, social work, child life, and pharmacists to provide excellent care to our patients.
- Diagnoses we care for include, but are not limited to: complex medical conditions (respiratory failure, sepsis, and multisystem organ dysfunction), pre and post-operative conditions, multiple trauma, and children needing acute management of chronic illnesses.
- Our PICU has received the Gold level Beacon Award of Excellence in 2019. Only three PICUs in California and 12 across the United States earned gold-level accolades. The three-year award acknowledges "caregivers in stellar units whose consistent and systematic approach to evidence-based care optimizes patient outcomes."
- Rady Children's Hospital is ranked in all 10 specialties surveyed by the U.S. News & World Report in its Best Children's Hospitals ranking for 2020-20121.
- Rady Children's Hospital is a Magnet designated teaching facility.
- The region's only designated Level 1 pediatric trauma center.
JOB SUMMARY:
The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) seeks motivated individuals with a passion for caring for critically ill children and their families. As a PICU nurse you will experience a compassionate, fast-paced environment, where you can grow your career and learn something new every day. The PICU nurse is responsible for independently applying the nursing process through assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, and documentation of care based on patient specific age and/or developmental needs. The ideal candidates demonstrate critical thinking, ability to adapt in a rapidly changing patient population, and exceptional communication with patients, families, and colleagues from all disciplines.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Associate's Degree in Nursing
1 year of experience
Current California RN License
BLS for Healthcare Providers, issued by AHA
Active American Heart Association PALS certification - within 3 months of hire
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
3 years of experience
2 years of recent nursing experience in a PICU
Critical Care Registered Nurse Certification (CCRN)
Bilingual
The current salary range for this position is $64.39 to $92.09
A candidate's placement in the range will be determined based on the terms and conditions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement. Rady Children's Hospital is committed to being externally competitive and internally equitable. We demonstrate this commitment by reviewing market data to remain competitive within the nonprofit, healthcare sector. This posting will remain open from the "date posted" until the hiring manager has determined there is a sufficient applicant pool or until the position is filled.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | San Diego, CA |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Salary | $64.39–$92.09 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 2,500 to 4,999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1954 |
| Website | http://www.rchsd.org/ |
About Company
Our Mission
To restore, sustain and enhance the health and developmental potential of children through excellence in care, education, research and advocacy.
Our Vision
We will be a leader, recognized nationally and internationally, for excellence in patient care, education, research and advocacy.
Rady Children's: Growing with our Community
On August 19, 1954, Rady Children's officially opened to receive its first 12 patients. Since then, nearly 2 million sick and injured children have been treated here. As San Diego has grown, so has our commitment to offering comprehensive care to our community's children. We are the county's only hospital dedicated solely to pediatrics and the region's designated pediatric trauma center. Parents and children come to Rady Children's from across the country to see our nationally renowned physicians. And our focus on research and innovation is helping our patients to receive state-of-the-art care. We believe equally in keeping children well. Through our Center for Healthier Communities and the Chadwick Center for Children and Families, we strive to offer families the promise of a healthier future. And we continue to grow, our new Acute Care Pavilion will help ensure that we will never turn a child away for lack of space.
To restore, sustain and enhance the health and developmental potential of children through excellence in care, education, research and advocacy.
Our Vision
We will be a leader, recognized nationally and internationally, for excellence in patient care, education, research and advocacy.
Rady Children's: Growing with our Community
On August 19, 1954, Rady Children's officially opened to receive its first 12 patients. Since then, nearly 2 million sick and injured children have been treated here. As San Diego has grown, so has our commitment to offering comprehensive care to our community's children. We are the county's only hospital dedicated solely to pediatrics and the region's designated pediatric trauma center. Parents and children come to Rady Children's from across the country to see our nationally renowned physicians. And our focus on research and innovation is helping our patients to receive state-of-the-art care. We believe equally in keeping children well. Through our Center for Healthier Communities and the Chadwick Center for Children and Families, we strive to offer families the promise of a healthier future. And we continue to grow, our new Acute Care Pavilion will help ensure that we will never turn a child away for lack of space.
Skills
- Basic Life Support (BLS)unmatched
- Chronic Diseaseunmatched
- Collective Bargainingunmatched
- Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN)unmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- Healthcareunmatched
- Healthcare Providersunmatched
- Hospitalunmatched
- Identify Issuesunmatched
- Medical Conditionsunmatched
- Multilingualunmatched
- News Reportingunmatched
- Nonprofitunmatched
- Nursingunmatched
- Patient Careunmatched
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)unmatched
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)unmatched
- Pediatricsunmatched
- Pharmacyunmatched
- Pulmonary Diseaseunmatched
- Registered Nurse (RN)unmatched
- Respiratory Nursingunmatched
- Respiratory Therapyunmatched
- Social Workunmatched
- Training/Teachingunmatched
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