Registered Nurse Coronary Intensive Care Unit

About the role

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by using technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice, and coordinating care with other health team members.

Responsibilities

• Assesses physical, social, and psychological status of patients, including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate.
• Seeks and evaluates information from other members of the interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others.
• Collaboratively develops individualized plan of care.
• Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration as appropriate.
• Provides or delegates care consistent with the plan of care, guidelines of care, and professional licensure provisions.
• Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient, and family satisfaction.
• Revises plan of care as indicated and reassesses changes as appropriate.
• Promotes nursing profession and participates in development of others.
• Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice, complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications of care delivery.

Requirements

• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in state of practice.
• Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment.
• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.
• One year of licensed RN experience required.
• Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN) preferred, but not required.

Qualifications

• Experience in an ICU and/or high acuity setting preferred.
• Typical nurse to patient ratio is 1:2, with 1:1 nursing for the more critical patients.
• Critical Care Tech's work alongside the bedside nurses in caring for all the patients.
• The CICU is the code response team at Intermountain Medical Center and the RN responds with the Charge nurse to all codes.
• The CICU has a strong team approach where you will feel welcomed and supported.

Skills

• Patient Care Delivery
• Nursing Fundamentals
• Interdisciplinary Teams
• Documentation
• Professional Etiquette
• Accountability
• Patient Care Coordination
• Communication
• Patient Evaluation
• Critical Thinking

Benefits

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Schedule

Full time, 36 hours/week, variable shifts

Department

Coronary ICU

Primary Location

Intermountain Medical Center

Additional Details

Location: Intermountain Health Intermountain Medical Center
Work City: Murray
Work State: Utah
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36