Clinical Nurse - PICU

Overview

Seeking an experienced RN with at least 1 year of experience for the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). The PICU is a 48-bed critical care unit utilizing a patient- and family-centered approach to provide compassionate and high-quality care for children of all ages. The PICU treats patients with acute and complex life-threatening conditions including trauma, transplant, neurological disorders, and a broad range of critical medical disorders.

Clinical leadership is available on both days and nights to provide ongoing support. Night shift only available. New Grad RNs will not be considered; if you are a new grad, please apply to the RN-New Grad opening. This position works in collaboration with the healthcare team, patients and family to promote patient health through delivery of professional nursing care appropriate to patients’ age and condition as documented in the nursing and medical plans of care in accordance with evidence-based nursing and patient care practice standards and hospital goals, values and regulatory standards.

• Completes nursing assessment of patient conditions consistent with age and condition, including physical, psychological, social, developmental, and educational factors, to determine initial level of compliance with treatment plan per policy and unit guidelines. Performs ongoing patient and family assessments and identifies variations from diagnoses.
• Continually evaluates patient responses to care, teaching, and discharge plans. Documents patient progress in appropriate charts and shares observations and assessment outcomes with healthcare team and families to ensure timely communication and understanding of patient health status, progress, and ongoing needs.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing required activities within established parameters to ensure compliance with all applicable medication, storage and documentation standards, regulations, and requirements.
• Provides orientation to the unit, hospital systems, and processes to patients and family members to ensure familiarity with unit’s policies and requirements.
• Supervises patient care activities of assigned team members and delegates activities appropriate to knowledge, skill, and competency. Provides timely feedback and review of care delivery to ensure maintenance of patient safety, infection control procedures, therapeutic environment, and team members’ performance level, maintaining confidentiality as appropriate.
• Works collaboratively with patient care team and family members to establish and implement plan of care to ensure coordination of activities and ongoing communication of patient health status. Participates in patient care rounds and patient care conferences as appropriate.
• Fosters a positive learning environment by modeling best practices and patient-centered care while providing guidance, training, and support to students and new employees through mentorship, clinical instruction, and knowledge sharing.
• Performs miscellaneous job related duties as requested.

• Mission:
  To advance hope, healing and the best healthcare for children and their families
• Vision:
  Phoenix Children’s will be the leading pediatric health system in the Southwest, nationally recognized for exceptional care, innovative research and advanced medical education.
• Values:
  We place children and families at the center of all we do;
  We deliver exceptional care, every day and in every way;
  We collaborate with colleagues, partners and communities to amplify our impact;
  We set the standards of pediatric healthcare today, and innovate for the future;
  We are accountable for making the highest quality care accessible and affordable