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Job Description

Integrated Healthcare Services is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Normal, Illinois.

Job Description & Requirements

- Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel

Required: NIGHTS; 7:00PM-7:30AM

Job Summary:

- The Clinical Resource Unit (Float pool) is committed to our Nursing Professional Practice Model; we believe in caring relationships with our patients, families, community, and colleagues to provide exceptional care.
- In the clinical resource unit, our dedicated nursing staff, nurse leaders, interdisciplinary team members, and physician partners practice on providing specialized medical and nursing care to various inpatient units including Medical-Oncology, Surgical-Orthopedic, Cardiovascular Care Unit, Progressive Care Unit, Mental Health Unit, and Acute Rehab.
- Our highly-trained staff utilizes the most current technology and equipment.
- Medical diagnoses include but are not limited to coronary artery disease, angina, myocardial ischemia, myocardial infarction, dysrhythmia, syncope, congestive heart failure, strokes, cancer, cellulitis, post-surgical care, and chest pain.
- The environment is fast-paced, exciting, and always evolving.

Job Responsibilities:

- Performs all responsibilities and duties required by the unit as specific to the scope of service.
- Implements procedures and theories related to the specific area of practice.
- Maintains up-to-date and accurate documentation of nursing care provided to assure the integration of information for use by the healthcare team.
- Completes initial assessment upon patient admission and develops an appropriate plan of care in accordance with unit standards and that is based on patient and family needs.
- Implements plan of care, nursing interventions, and patient care procedures.
- Modifies plan of care based upon continuous evaluation.
- Takes responsibility for patient and employee safety by reporting and/or correcting safety hazards and incidents.
- Communicates with others directly and in private when necessary to resolve issues.
- Offers constructive feedback to assist in the professional development of peers.
- Confers with colleagues to expand knowledge base.
- Identifies own learning needs and takes initiative to begin appropriate solutions.
- Fulfills all requirements of departmental competencies.
- Floats to various inpatient units including Medical-Oncology, Surgical-Ortho, Cardiovascular Care Unit, Progressive Care Unit, Mental Health Unit, and Acute Rehab.
- Provides direct nursing care and collaborates with other multidisciplinary team members to provide patient care to various patient populations.
- Conducts and documents assessments, nursing diagnoses, plans, implements, and evaluates patient care.
- Acts as a resource to staff from various units.
- Coordinates care to multidisciplinary team members to facilitate and provide the highest possible quality patient care.
- Manages care of acute and chronically ill cardiac and pulmonary patients.
- Collaboratively identifies patient goals of care, designs and maintains care plans with patients and families.
- Implements interventions as needed including medication administration and evaluation of effects.
- Prepares patients for procedures, provides pain management, performs IV venipuncture, blood administration, and monitors labs.
- Discharges patients and provides instruction for safe transition from hospital.
- Documents all care using EMR.
- Ensures team huddles are occurring and attends them.
- Delegates with appropriate follow-up.
- Answers call lights.
- Ensures basic care such as turning, toileting, etc. is done per standards of care.
- Handles conflict management and maintains professional communication with all team members.
- Provides post-operative care for the complex surgical population.

Job Description, continued in Skills Section

Required Skills & Experience:

- Ability to float to multiple units and provide care to diverse patient populations.
- Ability to manage care for both acute and chronically ill cardiac and pulmonary patients.
- Ability to develop, implement, and modify patient care plans.
- Skill in medication administration and evaluating medication effects.
- Skill in preparing patients for procedures and managing post-operative care.
- Skill in IV venipuncture and blood administration.
- Ability to document care accurately using EMR.
- Ability to educate patients and families on care plans and discharge instructions.
- Ability to provide constructive feedback and assist in professional development of peers.
- Ability to handle conflict management and maintain professional communication with team members.
- Skill in critical thinking to assess patient status and take appropriate action.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with interdisciplinary team members.
- Ability to prioritize patient safety and adhere to all safety standards including fall precautions, pressure ulcer prevention, and ambulation safety.
- Ability to complete patient bedside shift reports, hourly rounding, and maintain updated patient communication boards.
- Ability to delegate appropriately and follow up on delegated tasks.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

- N/A

Job Description, continued

- Delegates patient care tasks/responsibilities to assigned HCT's and validates completion of delegated tasks throughout the shift.
- Completes and documents basic RN patient care activities such as assessments, interpretation of vital signs, ensuring physician order completion, admission/discharge of patients, hourly rounding on each assigned patient, care plan documentation, and patient education.
- Provides patient medications utilizing the patient 5 Rights: Right Patient, Right Medication, Right Route, Right Dose, and Right Time.
- Maintains patient safety as the highest priority level by ensuring compliance with safety measures such as fall precautions, pressure ulcer prevention, isolation precautions, and patient ambulation safety.
- Maintains a positive attitude at all times on the unit that promotes a healthy work environment and a healing patient environment.
- Keeps a diligent focus on prompt answering of patient call lights to ensure effective triage and completion of patient requests/medical needs.
- Uses critical thinking to evaluate the overall patient condition and uses nursing judgment to identify and act on changes in patient status.
- Effectively communicates within the healthcare team to promote interdisciplinary collaboration, effective patient care coordination, and patient safety.
- Assesses and intervenes appropriately to ensure positive outcomes during the post-operative phase.
- Assesses, manages, and educates patients and families.
- Receives patient Bedside Shift Report from an RN at the beginning of each shift, ensuring the inclusion of patient input, visual validation of a safe patient room environment at the time of shift change, and updating of the patient communication board found in each patient room.

Required Education:

- College diploma of nursing.

Preferred Education:

- N/a

Required Certifications & Licensure:

- BLS (AHA).
- IL Nursing License.

Preferred Certifications & Licensure:

- N/A

QUALIFICATION/LICENSURE
Work Authorization : US Citizen
Preferred years of experience : 2 years
Travel required : No travel required
Shift timings : Nights

Integrated Healthcare Services Job ID #37029638. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: RN - ICU