Registered Nurse CC - PICU - Nights

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Organization:

PICU Cohort 10

Job Summary:

The OPPORTUNITY:

Join a premier, 42-bed regional referral epicenter delivering world-class critical care to pediatric patients from birth to young adulthood. As a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit nurse here, you will care for the highest-acuity patients from Tennessee and surrounding states. This is an environment built for elite clinicians who thrive on clinical complexity, rapid pacing, and family-centered advocacy.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Provide Elite Critical Care:
Manage complex 1:1 or 1:2 patient assignments.

• Treat Diverse Pathologies:
Care for Level 1 trauma, major burns, post-op liver/kidney transplants, advanced neurological and respiratory conditions and pediatric patients with multiple, complex diagnoses.

• Manage High-Velocity Throughput: coordinate multiple admissions and targeted transfers

• Collaborate in Real-Time:
Partner directly with on-unit, 24/7 medical teams of Attendings, Fellows, Residents, and Nurse Practitioners.

THE UNIT CULTURE AND SUPPORT:

We do what is right for the patient in the moment. Our acuity is high and we regularly face the profound reality of pediatric loss -. We ensure you never walk that path alone. We protect our team's emotional well-being through:

• Strong Teamwork:
Exceptional, nurse-to-nurse and nurse-to-physician collaboration.

• Robust Support Staff: 1-2 Charge Nurses, 1-2 Procedure Nurses, and 1-4 Techs per shift to ensure you have hands when you need them.

Psychological Safety:
Monthly compassionate caregiver support meetings facilitated by dedicated counselors and ethics staff to celebrate the wins, mourn the losses and ask the difficult questions.

WHO YOU ARE:

• Clinical Thinker:
Thrives in a highly motivated, positive, and technically demanding environment.

• Team Player:
Values collaborative, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration at the bedside.

• Resilient & Empathetic: navigates emotional challenges while caring for patients and supporting families.

SHIFT: 7PM-7AM

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborates in establishing the plan of care, coordinates and implements care delivery while anticipating patient care needs across the continuum.

• Analyzes comprehensive information pertinent to the patient's care and management to determine nursing diagnosis.

• Continually utilizes the nursing process to evaluate patient's progress towards goals and applies appropriate interventions to ensure effective outcomes.

• Employs strategies to promote health and a safe and healthy environment.

• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

• Care Planning (Novice):
  Demonstrates ability to anticipate resource needs, identify distinct tasks, set priorities, schedule activities, meet deadlines, and organize work within areas of direct responsibility. Competently handles multiple assignments often simultaneously by prioritizing work into manageable and measurable units. Ability to adapt to changes to patient care and area needs with minimal disruption and loss of productivity. Follows up to assure problems and issues are resolved.

• Nursing Patient Education (Novice):
  Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency in providing patient education in practical applications of moderate difficulty.

• Nursing Patient Assessment & Evaluation (Novice):
  Possesses sufficient…