Clinical Nurse - CVICU

Shift: Mon-Fri, Sat, Sun (Days Vary), Shifts Vary, 7pm-8:30am

Category:
Nursing

The Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) 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 CVICU treats patients from admit to discharge with congenital or acquired heart diseases and disorders that includes the care of patients immediately following cardiac surgery, children with transplant, as well as those children experiencing a broad range of complex cardiovascular conditions.

Clinical leadership is available on both days and nights to provide ongoing support. The CVICU setting requires those with strong decision-making skills, excellent communication and teamwork abilities, and the ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. Requires at least 1 year of RN experience in an ICU setting, preferably with CRRT, ECMO, or advanced cardiac surgery, as well.

Must have at least 1 year RN experience to be considered. Only NIGHT shift available at this time! New Grad RN's will not be considered.

• 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.

• Education:
  
  Two year (ADN) degree in nursing, a four year degree (BSN) in nursing, or a Diploma Nursing degree.
• Preferred:
  Bachelor's degree in Nursing or currently enrolled in an RN to BSN program.
• Experience:
  
  At least 1 year working experience as a Clinical Nurse outside of clinical (education) exposure.
• Licensure:
  Current State of Arizona RN license or an RN license from a compact state with multistate privileges or the ability to establish licensure according to Arizona law prior to start date.
• Certification:
  Current BLS certification for Healthcare Provider from the American Heart Association prior to start date.

• Physical Requirement – Feeling (sensing textures and temperatures) – Constantly
• Physical Requirement – Fine Motor Skills (pinching, gripping, etc) – Constantly
• Physical Requirement – Hearing – Constantly
• Physical Requirement – Pushing/pulling – Constantly
• Physical Requirement – Reaching – Constantly
• Physical Requirement – Sitting – Occasionally
• Physical Requirement – Standing –…