RN Clinical Nurse II- Adult Specialty Care Team

Description

RN Needed for Adult Rapid Response Team/ICU Transport
-Days

This is a flexible position for the Nurse Driven Rapid Response Team and the ICU Transport Team which is part of the UNCMC Adult Specialty Care Team. The nurse in this role utilizes the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation) to coordinate, delegate and provide safe therapeutic nursing care to adult patients throughout the Medical Center. As a first responder, the rapid response nurse will assess and evaluate patients in collaboration with the bedside nurse, the first call LIP and a respiratory therapist.

He/she also collaborates with other disciplines and providers to coordinate continuity of patient care. These activities include but are not limited to activating the Brain Attack Team, Cardiac Response Team, Code Blue Team and the Adult Specialty Care Team. As an ICU Transporter, this critical care nurse will provide timely inpatient clinical nursing support services to adult patients both within and outside of the ICU.

These services include in-house critical care transports to procedures such as CT Scan, MRI, Radiology and Vascular Interventional Radiology. These services also include moderate sedation and clinical support during crisis interventions. Promoting effective team interactions, facilitating timely patient assessment and disposition/transfer and completing accurate documentation of all events are important functions in this role. The ability to apply critical care nursing skills to a broad range of clinical issues, handle multiple complex situations simultaneously and communicate in an effective, professional manner is essential.

This position will be for Saturday/Sunday dayshift and one more day during the week.

Preference will be given to applicants with 3 or more years of ICU experience.

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Summary:

Provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards. Reporting and accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director, the Clinical Nurse is responsible for coordinating and delivering patient care utilizing the nursing process in a hospital setting.