Registered Nurse (RN), Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Department: 34502 BayCare Leased Employees - Critical Care

Job Summary

We are seeking a Full-time Registered Nurse to join our Critical Care team. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in nursing practice, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team.

Benefits and Schedule

• Benefits Eligible: Yes
• Hours Per Week: 30
• Schedule Details/Additional Information: • 5-12 hour shifts in 2 week pay period • Every 3rd weekend rotation • Pay Range: $38.20 - $57.30

Major Responsibilities

• Uses the nursing process to assess the needs of the patient, plan and implement individualized interventions, and evaluate the effectiveness of the plan of care.
• Includes the patient and family in planning and implementing care and develops and maintains a therapeutic relationship throughout the healthcare continuum.
• Anticipates and recognizes significant changes in the patient's condition, status, and need for care.
• Provides ongoing assessment of the patient and takes appropriate actions when changes occur.
• Anticipates and alters the plan of care as needed, mobilizes appropriate resources, and collaborates with other health care team members to coordinate patient-centered care.

Key Responsibilities

• Implements strategies to reduce patient risk and increase patient safety.
• Assesses patient and family readiness to learn and individualizes the approach as necessary.
• Works collaboratively to develop strategies to meet the learning needs of the patient and family.
• Actively coordinates the discharge plan utilizing an interdisciplinary approach.
• Applies evidence-based practice to deliver patient care.
• Consistently incorporates nursing and regulatory standards of care into practice.

Leadership and Collaboration

• Demonstrates effective communication, feedback, and conflict resolution skills.
• Promotes collaboration among healthcare team members.
• Assumes a leadership role in the care team and delegates appropriately to unlicensed personnel.
• Promotes a culture of safety through identifying threats to patient safety and intervening to prevent patient harm.

Professional Development

• Applies ethical decision-making, demonstrates respect and understanding for peers, and other clinical disciplines.
• Participates as an effective member of the patient care team to formulate an integrated, unbiased, individualized approach to care.
• Participates in quality/process improvement initiatives to improve the functions of the department and the patient care experience.
• Participates in professional activities that contribute to personal professional development and the development of others.

Requirements

• Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required: • Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices • Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA)
• Education Required: Completion of an accredited or approved program in Nursing
• Experience Required: Typically requires 1 year of experience in clinical nursing

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Demonstrates progression to provide holistic patient care and the ability to view clinical situations from a patient and family focus.
• Demonstrates progression to recognize situational changes that require unplanned or unanticipated interventions, and responds to situations with confidence, timeliness, and flexibility.
• Proficient computer skills, use of electronic mail and electronic medical records systems.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal), listening, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrates human relation skills with the ability to develop rapport and maintain positive, professional relationships with a variety of patients, team members, and physicians.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Must be able to sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, reach above shoulders, and twist frequently throughout the workday.
• Must be able to: • Lift up to 50 lbs. from floor to waist • Lift up to 20 lbs. over the head • Carry up to 40 lbs. a reasonable distance • Push/pull with 30 lbs. of force • Perform a sliding transfer of 150 lbs. with a second person present
• Position requires use of foot pedals on carts or machines.
• May be exposed to chemical and hazardous waste as well as blood and body fluids and communicable disease. Therefore, protective clothing and equipment must be worn as necessary.
• Must have functional speech, vision, hearing, and touch with ability to use fine hand manipulation skills for IV insertion and other procedures/functions.

Our Commitment to You

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development, and so much more - so you can live fully at and away from work.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience, and value-based care.