RN - ICU Services - SUPPLEMENTAL VARYING SHIFTS

Qualifications

Required:

• Advanced nursing skills
• Ability to obtain and apply terminology, theory, techniques, and practices of professional nursing, including normal conditions of the ICU specialty
• Understanding of medical, surgical asepsis, and disease processes
• Efficiency in care management and flexibility with priorities and activity
• Demonstrated skills in analyzing problems, decision-making, planning, and implementing action
• Knowledge of and ability to use specialized equipment for assigned unit
• Courteous, accountable, and mature with the ability to accept responsibility
• Active listening skills; objective and impartial
• Initial TNCC trauma training; may transition to TCAR for ongoing trauma education
• Current Oregon RN license

Preferred:

• One year of acute care experience
• CCRN, PALS certifications

Typical Physical/Mental Demands

• Good general health
• Frequent stooping, bending, and reaching
• Constant walking, standing, lifting at least 50 pounds or more
• Ability to push/pull regulation hospital equipment
• Occasional sitting
• Ability to function during periods of stress, trauma, and/or disease
• Knowledge and practice of safe body mechanics
• Flexibility to meet staffing needs of the assigned unit

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates and applies in-depth knowledge of nursing principles, practices, standards, and techniques
• Applies nursing knowledge in accordance with department and Medical Center policies and procedures
• Maintains awareness of the abilities and limitations of each staff member and assigns duties appropriately
• Assesses patients and implements nursing actions to meet physical, emotional, spiritual, social, and intellectual needs; documents those needs clearly and objectively
• Actively initiates, reviews, and documents patients’ Plan of Care elements every shift
• Involvement in cost containment efforts
• Identifies and solves problems using critical thinking and professional judgment
• Communicates effectively with physicians, patients, families, and peers using pertinent data
• Supports, educates, and manages co-workers positively
• Effective, accurate, and timely communication of problems and participation in resolution
• Initiates, supports, modifies, and improves nursing practice as departmental goals evolve
• Regularly reviews work in progress to ensure care proceeds as scheduled
• Involves patients and families in education and preparation for discharge
• Takes personal accountability for ongoing professional development in partnership with department leadership
• Demonstrates prioritization and effective time management
• Performs other duties as assigned

Pay

$53.87 - $76.92 per hour