Nurse Tech Surgical ICU

Corewell Health • Grand Rapids, MI, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 12h ago

About the unit

The Prince Surgical Critical Care Unit is a 22 bed intensive care unit in the Meijer Heart Center at Butterworth Hospital. The surgical ICU specializes in the care of critically ill trauma and surgical patients. The trauma population includes geriatric rib fractures, traumatic brain injury, multi-trauma requiring critical care needs, and the critical care adult burn population. The surgical population includes trauma surgery, emergency general surgery, surgical oncology, and vascular surgery with critical care needs. Staff in the surgical ICU also provide care to medical and neuro critically ill patients.

About Meijer Heart Center

The heart and vascular systems demand extraordinary care. It begins with heart specialists who can expertly monitor your entire heart and vascular system and perform anything from a bypass to vascular surgery to a heart and lung transplant. Discover a true continuum of heart and vascular care. Through research, innovative treatments, and best practices our teams are advancing heart and vascular care for the patients we are privileged to treat.

Scope of work

Because this unit cares for complex trauma patients after surgery and helps with overflow of Heart and Lung (CTICU) and supports the Neuro ICU team they share a floor with, the work is both challenging and fulfilling. We generally have 2 Nurse Techs working on this team at night.

The surgical ICU specializes in the care of critically ill trauma and surgical patients. Our Nursing Technicians support nurses and other ancillary staff in providing competent care of patients requiring ventilator support, life-sustaining titratable medications including cardiac and sedation medications, and assist with bedside procedures including preparation of the sterile field for tracheostomies, central line placement, and burn dressing changes. The surgical ICU is a fast-paced unit that relies on teamwork and an interdisciplinary approach with not only provider teams but ancillary staff in order to deliver excellent and effective care.

Responsibilities also include taking vitals, checking blood sugars, bed bathing, ambulating, wound care, catheterization, and acting as a safety attendant for patients. Ensures that required documentation is performed in an accurate and timely manner.

Orientation

Orientation for the first and third week of employment as Nurse Tech in Surgical ICU would begin December 1st and requires multiple weekday training classes that are 8am-4:30pm. SICU Nurse Tech Orientation is about 11 weeks in length. Class work and preceptor work 2-3 shifts per week. We cannot guarantee specific recurring weekdays off; however, if you need a specific day off each week you could ask teammates if they are available to trade a day.

How we will care for you, while you care for our patients

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Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings
Free onsite parking

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