Critical Care Nurse ED Staffing Center Southern Region
Critical Care Nurse ED Staffing Center Southern Region
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Job Description
General Summary
This role is considered the minimum role for all nurses who have greater than 12 months experience. Provides and coordinates independent care to patients within a clinical specialty as a fully effective and participative member of the multidisciplinary patient care services team.
Principal Responsibilities and Tasks
The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. These are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by personnel so classified.
Clinical Practice:
- Provides independent care to unit specific patient population; serves as clinical resource for others utilizes and integrates evidence into practice functions effectively in roles specific to unit (such as arrest team for ICU triage for ED etc).
- Accountable to patients and families for the processes and outcomes of care during an episode of care.
- Accountable to peers for the advancement of group practice on the unit and to the nurse manager for the totality of work performance.
- Serves as an effective primary coordinating nurse; collaborates with interdisciplinary team to plan and coordinate care addressing patient/family needs.
- Serves as clinical resource for others.
Service/Quality:
- Assists in team development and evaluation of the RelationshipBased Care model; suggests methods for improvement. Participates in collection of data related to RelationshipBased Care outcomes (e.g. hand offs medication safety etc).
- Participates in implementation efforts addressing Nursing Sensitive Quality Indicators (NSQI).
- Participates and contributes to Performance Improvement or Evidence Based Practice or research at the unit level.
- Complies with standards and participates with unit level activities for regulatory compliance.
Unit Operations:
- Supports charge nurse decisions; performs charge role for assigned shifts as needed.
- Follows and supports the AACN guidelines for Healthy Work Environment (communication collaboration effective decision making recognition leadership staffing); participates as team member focusing on elements within the Healthy Work Environment.
Professional Development:
- Serves as preceptor coach mentor to new nurses and students. Contributes to ancillary personnel skills and development attends educational offerings and inservices independently.
Patient Safety
Ensures patient safety in the performance of job functions and through participation in hospital department or unit patient safety initiatives.
- Acts to correct observed risks to patient safety.
- Reports adverse events and near misses to appropriate management authority.
- Identifies possible risks in processes procedures devices and communicates the same to those in charge.
Qualifications :
Education & Experience
- Unencumbered license as a Registered Nurse in the state of Maryland or a Nurse Compact License (NSL)
- BSN preferred.
- Two years recent (within the past 12 months) critical care nursing experience. Solid knowledge and clinical skills. (See attached Professional Selfassessment skills checklist)
- Maintenance of 10 contact hours of education every two years.
License and Certification
- Intensive Care (ICU)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
- Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
- Pediatric Intensive Care (PICU)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Trauma Intensive Care
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
- Post Anesthesia Care (PACU)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Emergency Department (ED)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
- Trauma Emergency Department (ED)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
- Pediatric Emergency Department
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Interventional Radiology (IR)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Cath Lab
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS
- National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) (Preferred)
- Transplant Unit
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS
*All Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) must be obtained through the American Heart Association. Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) must be obtained through the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association.
Knowledge Skills & Abilities
- Responsible for maintaining competencies required for the patient care setting; focus on advancing own professional development
- Ability to practice and adhere to the guidelines specified in the UMMC Role of the Professional Nurse Job Charter/Description.
- Demonstrates highly effective interpersonal verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrates leadership qualities through effectiveness as charge nurse preceptor or clinical resource.
- Demonstrates effectiveness as a multidisciplinary team member.
- Ability to learn and use computer systems in order to manage patient information.
- Ability to participate in teambuilding efforts on units; supports and models teamwork
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the patient population(s) served. Ability to demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and ability to assess data reflective of the patients requirements relative to his or her populationspecific and age specific needs
Additional Information :
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Compensation:
Pay Range: $55$60
Other Compensation (if applicable):
Review theUMMS Benefits Guide
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Parttime
Employment Type
Part-time
