Registered Nurse - ICU

Job Responsibilities

• Performs initial and ongoing assessment of patient and family.
  • Completes initial assessment tool.
  • Documents ongoing assessment per unit/TriHealth guidelines.
  • Communicates assessment findings to other health care providers as appropriate.
  • Includes health counseling and health teaching needs in assessment.
• Plans care for patients and family based on assessment, standards of care, and optimal specific outcomes.
  • Initiates and individualizes appropriate patient care guidelines/plan of care or clinical pathways.
  • Updates current plan of care as needed based on patient/family input and healthcare needs.
  • Develops both short- and long-term goals with patient/family and healthcare team including discharge planning.
  • Communicates plan of care to others.
• Maintains a safe, therapeutic environment, maintains patient’s autonomy, dignity, and rights, and is sensitive to patient diversity.
  • Seeks resources to help formulate ethical decisions.
  • Balances priorities of the patient's needs and those of the unit/facility.
  • Recognizes emergency situations and takes appropriate action.
  • Completes patient assignment including documentation within scheduled timeframe.
  • Bases interventions on clinical data and desired outcomes and documents accordingly.
  • Trains/educates other staff and acts an expert resource in specialty area through abilities in existing and newer knowledge and skills.
• Evaluates the plan of care for patient based on optimal specific patient outcomes.
  • Documents the patient/family response to care including teaching.
  • Collaborate with the patient/family and with other members of the health care team, including physicians, to revise plan of care as needed.
  • Supervises the care that was delegated to other health care team members.
  • Performs technical skills according to policy and procedure and accepted standards within their area of practice.
  • Safely administers medications/treatments and monitors their effects.
  • Uses all equipment in a safe, appropriate manner.

Requirements

• Associate's Degree Required to complete all elements of the TriHealth Vizient Professional Nurse Residency Program within 1 year
  • New hires to obtain their BSN within 5 years of hire
• BLS/CPR (Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers)
  • Registered Nurse
• Knowledge, judgment and skills derived from the Principles of Biological, Physical, Behavioral, Social and Nursing sciences to meet complex health care needs at various stages of the life cycle
  • Preferred membership in related professional organization
• Up to 1 year experience Clinical Nursing
  • RNs with less than 1 year full time acute care RN experience prior to entering their RN role at TriHealth or RNs with less than 2 years part time acute care RN experience prior to entering their RN role at TriHealth

Qualifications

• Completion of the TriHealth Vizient Professional Nurse Residency Program within 1 year
  • New hires to obtain their BSN within 5 years of hire
• Registered Nurse
  • Knowledge, judgment and skills derived from the Principles of Biological, Physical, Behavioral, Social and Nursing sciences to meet complex health care needs at various stages of the life cycle
• Preferred membership in related professional organization
  • Up to 1 year experience Clinical Nursing

Skills

• Pursuit of improved knowledge through continuing education classes, formal education leading to advancement of degrees, and the attainment of specialty certification
• Nurse membership in local, regional, and national nursing organizations related to the appropriate nurse specialty
• Involvement in activities that better the health of our community
• Nursing research activities and use of evidence-based practice
• Foster, support and personally model collaborative relationships amongst nurses, physicians, and other caregivers for the betterment of patient care

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, retirement plans, and tuition reimbursement
• Competitive shift differentials, with the opportunity to earn up to an additional $10 per hour based on shift, hours worked, and organizational guidelines

Pay

• Based on shift, hours worked, and organizational guidelines

Schedule

• PRN/OPT - 48 hours in 6 week period and 24 of those must be on the weekend
  • Night shift from 7PM – 7AM
  • Weekend and holiday rotation