CCICU Nurse

Americanmercyhomecare • Chandler, AZ, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 3w ago

Overview

Chandler, Arizona, has a stable suburban population with an economy anchored by many large financial and high-tech companies. Located southeast of Phoenix, Chandler is a skillfully developed community of friendly, diverse neighborhoods with expansive parks, great schools, convenient shopping, and excellent career opportunities.

For more than 50 years, Dignity Health’s Chandler Regional Medical Center has focused on quality patient care and service to the community. As the longest established hospital in the southeast valley, Chandler Regional has provided care for the Chandler community since 1961. The hospital recently added a new five-story tower with 100 patient beds, increasing the acute-care bed count to 429. This expansion increased emergency and trauma services, as well as the surgical unit and intensive care offerings.

The word “dignity” perfectly defines what our organization stands for: showing respect for all people by providing excellent care. At Chandler Regional, our employees are the heart and soul of our organization. They are the reason we are able to live out our healing ministry within the communities we serve. Our doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals are a regular self-contained support system for each other. This unique working culture is one of the reasons why a career with us is so rewarding. Now is the perfect time to come grow your career with one of Arizona's Most Admired Companies.

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Responsibilities

Chandler Regional Medical Center’s Intensive Care Units provide patient care to Level One Trauma Cardiac Surgery ECMO Tandem Neurology Neurosurgery and Medical patients. Our ICU is an 80 bed ICU that consists of 36 Medical-Surgical Beds (12 of which are CVICU), 32 Surgical-Trauma-Neuro Beds, and 12 Cardiac Care Beds which all house state of the art equipment. Chandler is ACS Level One Certified Trauma Center, Accredited Stroke Center, and is a Center of Excellence for Coronary Artery Bypass Patients and Mitral Valve replacements. The ratio for our ICU patients is 1:1 or 1:2 and is staffed 24x7 by certified Critical Care Intensivists.

The ICU has both a house wide as well as a unit based Shared Governance that is nurse driven to allow staff the autonomy and buy in into how the unit is run. We utilize self-scheduling. The four ICUs are led by a shared leadership team which provides many opportunities for growth as well as the ability to cross train within the various ICUs (Trauma, Neuro, Surgical, Medical, and CVICU).

As an ICU Nurse, you have a desire to be challenged and excel in intense fast-paced environments. You will provide direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures, and protocols of the healthcare organization. Critical thinking is what YOU love to do.

CCICU - This is the unit you are applying for as a CCICU Nurse:

Cardiac Care Intensive Care Unit is a 12-bed medical cardiac intensive care unit in which you would provide direct patient care to lower acuity cardiac patients such as STEMIs, percutaneous coronary interventions, and vascular surgeries such as ELGs and carotid endarterectomy.