PICU RN

Overview

PICU RN (Finance)

The PICU is seeking a Registered Nurse to join our team in Wilmington, DE. This is a 36-hrs/wk night shift position.

The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of Nemours Children's Health, Delaware is a 24-bed unit in a Level 1 Trauma Center. Patients requiring care and surveillance in the PICU may have conditions and diagnoses which include, but are not limited to, acute and reversible loss of consciousness, respiratory failure, compromised air exchange, cardiovascular dysfunction, hepatic failure, hemodynamic instability, renal dysfunction, central nervous system injury or dysfunction, acute trauma and organ failure requiring transplantation.

Specialized treatments in the PICU include measures utilizing advanced life support technology such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, tracheal intubation, ECMO, pharmacologic support of circulation, mechanical ventilation, point of care monitoring, CRRT, thoracentesis, and hemodynamic, intracranial pressure, and intravascular monitoring.

Each patient room has electrocardiographic, pulse oximetry, respiratory, hemodynamic and intracranial pressure monitoring capability, as well as central EKG and respiratory monitoring. Portable monitoring during patient transport is provided.

Special equipment includes radiant warmer beds, heating/cooling blanket systems, Mapleson manual ventilation system, end tidal CO2 monitors, ventilators, hemodynamic monitoring systems, intracranial pressure monitoring system, ventriculostomy systems, infusion pumps, blood warmer, continuous renal replacement systems, and peripheral nerve stimulators.

The following responsibilities are implied by the unit activities and equipment described above:

• Provide nursing care for pediatric patients in the PICU with a range of critical illnesses and injuries.
• Utilize advanced life support technology and procedures as needed (e.g., CPR, tracheal intubation, ECMO, mechanical ventilation, pharmacologic support of circulation).
• Monitor patients using electrocardiographic, pulse oximetry, respiratory, hemodynamic and intracranial pressure monitoring, and respond to changes in patient status.
• Operate and monitor specialized equipment and systems listed in the unit description.

• Be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing; BSN preferred.
• Experienced pediatric intensive care nurse of at least 2 years preferred.
• Current Delaware or Multistate Compact License
• Must be CPR certified by the American Heart Association. PALS and ACLS preferred.
• Certifications:
  
  CCRN preferred

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized children's health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children's hospitals - Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I.

DuPont Trust, as well as other income.

As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we're on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children's health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child's world a place to thrive. It's a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.

Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.

To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us ours.org.