RN II CVICU

About the role

This position is a full-time night shift role in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) at Arkansas Children's Hospital. The primary responsibility is to provide competent nursing care to patients and families.

Responsibilities

• Autonomously provide safe and effective patient and family-centered care
• Analyze, think critically, plan, prioritize, and organize care
• Make appropriate clinical judgments and efficiently manage routine and unexpected clinical situations
• Provide complete and address physical, psychosocial, and educational needs of the patient and family
• Document all patient and family education activities and facilitate comprehensive interdisciplinary teaching
• Evaluate own performance to identify areas of strength and needs for professional development
• Participate in councils, committees, taskforces and hospital initiatives, onboarding, recruitment, and retention activities
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Demonstrated performance of 100% at the previous level and score within documented RN II/III levels via ACHieve career ladder for internal employees
• Nursing - 1 year of experience

Qualifications

• Required Education: Associate's degree or equivalent from two-year college program or technical school or nursing diploma
• Recommended Education: Bachelor's Degree Nursing

Skills

• Competent level of understanding and application of the AC Model of Patient and Family-Centered care
• Competent technical and procedural nursing skills
• Meaningful clinical documentation, completes hand-offs and participates in rounds and team meetings
• Competent assessment of patients and developmentally appropriate and culturally sensitive care
• Anticipates and incorporates appropriate diversional, play, or recreational activities
• Competent response to changes in patient condition
• Advances evidence-based nursing practice using best available evidence, patient's and family's preferences and values, and team's clinical expertise
• Able to search for and apply evidence to guide clinical practice
• Exemplifies and supports the AC Professional Practice Model
• Accountable for the quality of patient care by initiating advocacy actions for patients, families and AC team as needed
• Successfully guides individuals, groups and activities to achieve patient goals and positive outcomes
• Participates in community activities which promote health and wellness
• Mentors, coaches, and teaches healthcare professionals and students

Benefits

• Tobacco-free workplace policy
• Flu vaccines are required

Pay

Details about pay are not specified in this posting.

Schedule

The position is a full-time night shift role, working from 7p-7a.