Registered Nurse Intensive Care Unit

R107682 locations Utah Valley Hospital time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id R107682 Job Description: The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members. The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Utah Valley Hospital is a 36 bed ICU. The critical care nurse is responsible to provide direct care to critically ill patients in life-threatening situations within the Intensive Care Unit. Our patient population includes stroke, neurosurgery, cardiac, cardiothoracic surgery, shock (multi system organ failure), trauma, respiratory, and renal failure patients requiring CRRT, SLEDD, or intermittent dialysis. The ICU nurse must be physically, mentally, and emotionally fit to care for critically ill patients and their loved ones. Must be proficient in a wide variety of high-level nursing skills. The critical care nurse needs to be a specialist in evaluating, recognizing trends and complications, administering cares, and collaborating with key members of the critical care team, including physicians, pharmacists, therapists, and other ancillary team members. Interpersonal communication, leadership, strategic planning, critical thinking, decision-making, and patient advocacy are imperative qualifications for the nurse in the critical care setting. Advanced assessment skills and ability to work in a high-stress, fast paced environment is essential. Experience with high-tech hemodynamic monitoring and supportive devices including but not limited to PA catheters, Cheetah, EVD, CRRT, IABP, Impella, temporary pacemakers, Hemisphere, and Belmont (rapid transfuser) are highly favored. New employees will receive a 10-12-week orientation based on experienced. After orientation schedule will consist of a rotating 8 weeks of days and nights up to a year for a well-rounded experience. Straight nights are available as well instead of the rotating schedule but at the 6 months to a year mark all new hires will go to straight nights. Position Details ·       Benefits Eligible: Yes ·       Shift Details: Full time, 36 hours/week, variable shifts ·       Department: Intensive Care Unit ·       Primary Location: Utah Valley Hospital ·       Additional Details: Licensed RN experience in an intensive care unit and/or high acuity setting preferred. One year of licensed RN experience required. Job Essentials Assess: Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative and developmental skills as appropriate). Seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others. Plan: Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care. Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop plan of care including needed education. Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (i.e., teaching, referrals, and follow-up). Implement: Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination and collaboration as appropriate. Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure provisions. Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources. Evaluate: Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient and family satisfaction. Revises plan of care as indicated, and reassesses changes as appropriate. Professionalism: Promotes nursing profession and participate in development of others. Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice: complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications of care delivery.   Minimum Qualifications Current RN License in state of practice. - and - Basic Life Support (BLS) - and - Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) (Applicants must either have required additional certifications (e.g. ACLS, PALs, NRP) upon hire or must obtain them within a specified timeframe determined by service line and department guidelines.) - and - Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. - and - RNs with less than 12 months of working experience as an RN prior to joining Intermountain must obtain their BSN within five years of their start date.  Preferred Qualifications Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN). Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified. Physical Requirements: Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies. - and - Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations. - and - Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc. - and - xpected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items. - and - Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc). - and - May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time. Anticipated job posting close date: 06/19/2024 Location: Utah Valley Hospital Work City: Provo Work State: Utah Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36 The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.  $33.19 - $49.25 We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged. Learn more about our comprehensive benefits packages for our Idaho, Nevada, and Utah based caregivers, and for our Colorado, Montana, and Kansas based caregivers; and our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

           

    As the largest nonprofit health system in the Mountain West, Intermountain Health is dedicated to creating healthier communities and helping our patients and caregivers thrive.     It’s time to think of health in a whole new way, and by partnering with our patients and communities, providing expert care closer to home, and making great health more affordable, we can help more people get and stay well.  We proudly invest back into improving the care we deliver, and our pioneering research is making healthcare more personalized, effective, and affordable.   Serving patients and communities throughout the Mountain West, primarily in Colorado, Utah, Montana, Nevada, Idaho, and Wyoming, Intermountain includes 33 hospitals, 300+ clinics, a medical group, affiliate networks, homecare, telehealth, health insurance plans, and other services - along with wholly owned subsidiaries including Select Health, Castell, Tellica Imaging, and Classic Air Medical.      Our Caregiver Promise: Together, for the healthiest lives    We celebrate the different perspectives, background, experiences, and identities our caregivers bring to their work every day at Intermountain Health.  Across all areas of our integrated health system, we proudly share best practices, knowledge, and techniques to better serve our patients, communities, and each other.    Here, you’ll work alongside collaborative and curious minds who will support you, encourage you, inspire you, advocate for you, and challenge you to be your very best.      Our Values    Our value statements are core to our culture.  They reflect the behavior and attitudes that are important to us, are an agreement for how we treat each other, help us make decisions on how to act, and are a promise of what people can expect from us.    Our action-oriented values, inspired and shaped by our own caregivers, speak to what it means to be part of Intermountain. 

• We are leaders in clinical excellence, delivering safe, best-in-quality care 
• We believe in what we do, living our mission every day 
• We serve with empathy, caring for each caregiver, patient, and member with compassion and respect 
• We are partners in health, collaborating to keep people well 
• We do the right thing, learning and acting with purpose 
• We are better together, building community through teamwork and belonging

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