ICU Staff Nurse- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit; PICU - Varied Shift

Overview

Our mission in the ICU is to provide healing, comfort and support to our patients and their families in times of critical need. This support is provided through two specialized ICUs: our 43 bed Pediatric ICU (PICU) and 24 bed Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU). Our nursing staff can cross‑train for both units.

Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurses provide advanced illness management and health promotion for patients who require critical care. They utilize the nursing process and knowledge of scientific principles to give safe, high‑quality, comprehensive, family‑centered and age‑appropriate care. They continuously monitor the critically ill patient, respond to changes in clinical status, provide patient and family education, advocate for the complex needs of the critically ill child, and coordinate care with the multidisciplinary team.

24‑hour care provided by in‑house board‑certified pediatric critical care medicine specialists.

• Advanced monitoring and life support technologies including:
  • High frequency oscillation ventilation (HFOV)/All modes of ventilator assistance
  • Invasive intravascular/intracardiac techniques
  • Intracranial pressure monitoring
  • Bedside dialysis/renal replacement therapy
  • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
• In‑house consultation for 30 medical and eight surgical pediatric subspecialties
• Clinical research in a variety of areas related to pediatric critical care
• 24‑hour ground and air emergency pediatric critical care transport
• Consultations to initiate patient stabilization and arrange patient transfer are provided by critical care specialists

Ronald McDonald House and Ronald McDonald Family Room accommodations for patient families.

• Acute single and multiple organ system failure
• Assisted ventilation of acute and chronic respiratory failure
• Acute respiratory distress syndrome
• Brain injury
• Chronic organ failure
• Congenital heart disease
• Diabetic keto acidosis
• Encephalitis
• Increased intracranial pressure
• Inhalation injury
• Meningitis
• Metabolic derangements
• Poisoning
• Post‑operative recovery
• Pre‑operative stabilization
• Septic shock
• Solid organ transplantation
• Status asthmatic us
• Status epilepticus
• Traumatic injuries

At Children's Mercy, we are committed to ensuring that everyone feels welcomed within our walls. A successful candidate for this position will join us as we strive to create a workplace that reflects the community we serve, as well as our core values of kindness, curiosity, inclusion, team and integrity.

Additionally, it's important to us that we remain transparent with all potential job candidates. Because we value the safety of the patients and families we serve, as well as the Children's Mercy staff, we want to let you know that the seasonal influenza vaccine is a condition of employment for all employees in our organization. New employees must be willing to be vaccinated if found non‑immune to measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) and chicken pox (varicella) and/or without evidence of tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination since 2005.

If you become a finalist for this position, and have any concerns about receiving these vaccines, medical and/or religious exemptions can be further discussed with Human Resources.

• Utilizes the nursing process to develop and implement a safe, high quality, comprehensive, and age‑appropriate plan of care for the critically ill patient and family that promotes optimal patient outcomes.
• Meets the educational and informational needs of the critically ill patient and family and advocates for their needs.
• Maintains an environment that is safe, comfortable, efficient, and family centered.
• Utilizes current research and evidence for practice to expand personal professional knowledge, enhance role performance, and improve nursing care quality for critically ill patients.

• Associate's Degree required and no experience necessary / On‑the‑Job Training or
• Bachelor's Degree preferred and no experience necessary / On‑the‑Job Training
• One of the following:
  Licensed RN - MO, Registered Nurse Multistate License Missouri required upon hire
• One of the following:
  Licensed RN - KS, Registered Nurse Multistate License…