Graduate Nurse Medical ICU Fulltime Days - #1771779

Position Summary Position Summary

Administers patient care in an area within a hospital or inpatient setting where patients have advanced illnesses or injuries that routinely requires timely, intense, and complex care to stabilize and support their medical conditions. These areas require a lower caregiver-to patient ratio and highly trained team members with advanced skills

Responsibilities Essential Functions

Administers bedside patient care in a hospital or inpatient setting under the supervision of a preceptor, leader, and/or charge nurse

Demonstrates critical knowledge, skills, and judgement to care for patients requiring complex assessment and therapies, high intensity interventions, and high-level continuous nursing vigilance

Utilizes information and assessment data to anticipate, respond with confidence, and adapt to rapidly changing patient conditions

Identifies and prioritizes information to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient focused actions

Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, interprets, and records electronic displays such as intracranial pressures, central venous pressures, pulmonary artery pressures, and cardiac rhythms from cardiac monitors, respirators, ventilators, oxygen pumps, etc

Responds to life-saving situations based on nursing standards and protocol

Observes, monitors, and assesses patients’ conditions, recognizes, identifies, and interprets serious situations and calls the Physician or takes preplanned emergency measures when the Physician is not immediately available

Assesses patient’s needs and develops/revises individualized plans of care based on their needs and responses. Evaluates patients’ progress toward attaining expected outcomes

Respects diversity by building respectful relationships with all team members and customers

Functions as an advocate for patients and their families

Demonstrates advanced knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on their assigned unit/ department

Serves as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, and/ or nurse clinician

Communicates and collaborates with medical staff and the interdisciplinary team to effectively plan and manage the

unit/department

Serves as a role model for staff and supports the hospital and nursing department’s goals and strategies

Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span, assesses data reflective of the patient’s status, and interprets the necessary information to identify each patient’s requirements relative to their age- specific needs

Coordinates patient care for a defined group and delegates tasks appropriately to team members

Documents patient care in a knowledgeable, skillful, and consistent manner, meeting all required and regulatory standards. This includes, but is not limited to, patient assessment, education, medication administration, treatments, and patient safety

Demonstrates competency in nursing skills and the use of patient care/unit equipment as defined by unit/department-specific requisite skills

Prioritizes patient care in an ongoing manner in accordance with Evidence-Based Practice Standards of Care

Practices effective problem identification and resolution

Delegates tasks and duties to healthcare team members in accordance with the patient’s needs and the team member’s capabilities and qualifications

Communicates appropriate information regarding patient condition or unit concerns to other healthcare team members

Demonstrates caring practices by providing a compassionate and therapeutic environment for patients and their families

Demonstrates awareness of legal issues and patients’ rights

Collaborates with the education department and nursing leadership team to effectively transition and support new team members and/or students

Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Baptist Health and Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards

Maintains compliance with all Baptist Health and Orlando Health policies and procedures

Contributes to the knowledge and skills of others, and continuously improves the quality of healthcare practice and organizational outcomes

Participates in and may lead unit level and/or organizational level committees focused on nursing practice and performance improvement

Participates in departmental and organizational peer review, mentoring, and coaching regarding professional practice or role performance

Practices efficient use of supplies and maintains a clean, safe, and organized work area

Attends staff development in-services, department meetings, and/or nursing committee meetings

Partners with the nursing leadership team to identify professional development needs

Assumes responsibility for one’s own professional development and continuing education

Actively participates in and attends the Nurse Residency Program as appropriate to role

Performs all other duties as assigned

Qualifications Education/Training

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Authorized by the Alabama Board of Nursing (ABON) to practice as a graduate nurse and has received a Temporary License or permanent licensure by NCLEX. Authorized to take the NCLEX by the examination vendor. Meets all mandatory, developmental, and performance competency requirements for Orlando Health and the unit/department

Licensure/Certification

Must obtain licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Alabama or Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) multistate RN license. Maintains current BLS/Healthcare Provider certification. ACLS, NRP, PALS, TNCC are required for certain areas. NRP is required for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Experience None



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