Job Details

Our medical center consistently performs in the top 10 percent of hospitals for patient quality and satisfaction and has earned the highest rating in the region for quality of care.

• Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for assigned patients.
• Responsible for meeting the Standards of Practice for the ICU and managing all assigned personnel, supplies and equipment.
• Participates in activities to plan, measure, assess and improve the quality of patient care.
• Responds to Code Blue situations and implements life-saving measures per ACLS protocol.
• Interprets ECG rhythm strips and evaluates 12-lead ECG\'s.
• Monitors and titrates IV vasoactive, antiarrhythmic and other special drugs.
• Assists with insertion of arterial lines, pulmonary artery catheters and IABP.
• Monitors invasive pressures such as those above.
• Draws blood from arterial, CVP and other invasive lines.
• Assesses critically ill patients in an ongoing manner, per protocol.
• Accompanies and monitors patients going to other department for tests/procedures.
• May accompany patients in transport during interfacility transfers.
• Assumes the responsibility of charging the unit as needed

Requirements

• At least one (1) year of current ICU experience is required.
• Current Florida licensure with State Board of Nurse Examiners as an RN. BSN preferred.
• Current BLS, ACLS and NIH Stroke Scale certification from the American Heart Association required.