Registered Nurse: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit 0.9 FTE Day/Night rotates
Location: Seattle Washington
Description: Seattle Children's Hospital is hiring Registered Nurse: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit 0.9 FTE Day/Night rotates right now, this vacancy will be placed in Washington. Further informations about this vacancy opportunity please read the description below. The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is a 16 bed brand new state-of-the-art unit that is ! a quaternary care referral center for 4 states that cares for patients from 45 weeks corrected gestational age up to young adults. The PICU patients have a number of interesting conditions including septic shock, solid organ transplant (liver, intestine, and kidney), advanced bone marrow transplant, neurosurgery and other pediatric surgeries. Specialized care provided in the PICU includes ECMO/ECLS (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation/Extracorporeal Life support), continuous renal replacement therapy, liver dialysis, nitric oxide and ICP monitoring. The PICU RN staff work closely with respiratory therapists, nutritionists, social workers, pharmacists and physicians to care for these critically ill children. The physical environment is made of mostly single rooms with a parent space (including a place to sleep in the room) that allows families to be present and partner in the care of their child. Exceptional staffing ratios. Relocation assistance is available for experienced! PICU RNs.
As an integral member of the Health Care T! eam, the RN functions within the Scope of Practice as defined by the State, the ANA Scope and Standards for Pediatric Nursing Practice, and adheres to Seattle Children’s policies/procedures and guidelines of care. Responsible for providing safe, family centered patient care. sing the Nursing Care Process, the RN is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care in a collaborative method with the patient and patient’s family, significant others, and members of the health care team. May be required to provide supervision and delegation of tasks to Nurse Technicians, Licensed Practical Nurses, Certified Medical Assistants, and others as defined by the State Administrative Code. Assists in meeting Seattle Children’s strategic goals by incorporating the initiatives to support the strategic plans into the daily work, i.e. Continuous Performance Improvement (CPI), ART, etc.
Requirements:
Required: Current RN experienc! e working in a PICU, CICU, or level III NICU is preferred. However, will also consider RNs with at least two (2) years current RN pediatric acute care hospital experience or adult ICU experience . Current Washington State RN License or ability to obtain one. Graduate of an accredited school of nursing Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) will be required either upon hire, or within the first 90 days of hire Nurses may be asked to work overtime occasionally Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in Nursing. CCRN specialty certification
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This vacancy starts available on: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:52:54 GMT
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