Experience: Minimum One Year ICU Experience Required
Job Position: ICU Registered Nurse
Skills: Critical Thinking, HIPAA, Medical Terminology, Patient Safety, Typing
Certifications: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS, RN
Job Location: Carrollton
Employee Type: FT
Shift: Night shift
Do you want to work in a friendly, vibrant company culture with a comprehensive and valuable benefits program? We are looking for qualified ICU Registered Nurse individuals like you to join and make significant contributions to the overall success of Carrollton Regional Medical Center (CRMC).
The ICU Registered Nurse plans and provides professional patient-centered nursing care in accordance with physician orders, established policies and procedures, Texas Board of Nursing Scope of Practice, and regulatory requirements.
Position Highlights:
- Salary: Based on relevant experience
Position Responsibilities:
- Plans and provides professional nursing care for patients in accordance with physician orders and established policies and procedures to include performing assessments, implementing and evaluating treatments, and developing and documenting nursing care plans.
- Prepares, administers and documents medications and therapies according to established policy and procedures. Documents patient care services by charting patient and department records.
- Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
- Participates in the formulation of care plans. Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies and reports issues or concerns to supervisor as appropriate.
- Participates in ongoing quality improvement activities to enhance the delivery of patient care. Ensures the safety of patients.
- Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
- Establishes interpersonal relationships and a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies. Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Knowledge and understanding of nursing and patient care standards and procedures.
- Knowledge of laws, rules and regulations; standards and guidelines of certifying and accrediting bodies; hospital and department/unit standards, protocols, policies, and procedures governing the provision of nursing care applicable to the area of assignment.
- Knowledge of medical terminology; principles and practices of health promotion, risk reduction, illness and disease prevention and management; medications and drugs, common dosages, their physical and physiological effects, and possible adverse reactions.
- Knowledge of medical and professional nursing ethics and patient privacy rights.
- Skill in the use of computers and related software applications.
- Verbal and written communication skills.
- Interpersonal skills to interact with a wide range of constituencies.
- Analytical and conceptual skills.
- Leadership and management skills.
- Ability to observe changes in the medical condition of patients and effectively communicate these changes to other nursing staff members and physicians.
- Ability to provide age-specific, quality, patient-centered care to all patients through the nursing process and standards of nursing practice with sensitivity and respect for the diversity of human experience and to develop, evaluate, implement and, as necessary, modify a patient care plan to meet the needs of individual patients.
Why CRMC? As a CRMC employee, you will enjoy strong comprehensive benefits including 401(k) with match, Paid Time Off, competitive health insurance options (medical and prescription, dental, vision), healthcare and dependent care spending account options, short-term/long-term disability, tuition reimbursement, and much more. In CRMC, our people are our greatest asset, making us a great place to work every day. Our supportive, inclusive, people-oriented, vibrant culture makes Carrollton Regional Medical Center the best place to work within the region.
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