Registered Nurse - Critical Care

About This Role

This position is for a Critical Care Registered Nurse (RN) responsible for providing competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients and overseeing licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants. The role involves high-intensity care and vigilance for acutely/critically ill patients, integrating theoretical concepts with strong critical thinking and technical skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, and competencies
• Provide quality improvement and outcomes utilization consultation
• Demonstrate leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies
• Provide direct care for acutely/critically ill patients who are at high risk for actual or potential life-threatening health problems
• Provide high intensity care and vigilance, refining assessment skills and blending data obtained from a variety of invasive/noninvasive monitoring technology
• Evaluate practice in an ongoing process, based on best evidence
• Provide peers with informal constructive feedback for improvement
• Foster a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of healthcare professionals
• Contribute professional nursing perspective in discussions with the interdisciplinary team
• Partner with others to effect change and produce optimal outcomes
• Support colleagues through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care
• Share educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers
• Question clinical practices for the purpose of providing evidence-based care
• Participate in activities and strategies to sustain an evidence-based-practice culture

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship (non-citizens may be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited)
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination
• English Language Proficiency (basic written and spoken English)
• Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
• OR individuals attending a master's level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program
• OR for graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of a current, full, active, and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement for graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant an appointment as a Nurse who has completed an associated degree/entry level Nursing education program