Registered Nurse ICU
- Nurse
- Intensive Care
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Ashland, United States
We are hiring Intensive Care Registered Nurses at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village, IL. If you are looking to work in a fast paced, high acuity unit, this role is for you!
Requirements
- Profession: Nurse
- Specialty: Intensive Care
- Education: Bachelor level
- Language: English - IELTS: 6.5 - 7.0
- Experience: < 2 years
Offered:
- Starting: ASAP
- Full-time - Permanent
- Salary: In line with job function
We are looking for
We are looking for a nurse who provides total patient care for the pre, intra and post-procedural patient in accordance with physician’s orders and individual patient needs in conformance with the recognized standards of nursing practice.
DUTIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Performs patient safety initiatives, while performing various roles such as scrubbing and circulating, throughout the procedural process.
- Assesses patient and/or conducts screenings and documents utilizing standard scales when indicated as required per organization.
- Documents changes in patient condition and effectiveness and timeliness of care/intervention.
- Utilizes organization-wide safe medication practices including, but not limited to the 5 rights of medication administration, barcode scanning and other medication safety processes specific to the unit/department. Knows actions and usual dosage, indications and side effects of medications administered.
- Provides teaching and educational material to the patient and/or significant other as needed according to the care, treatment services and identified risks specific to the patient and documents patient and/or family understanding.
Your profile
EDUCATION / LICENSE / CERTIFICATION /OTHER REQUIREMENTS
- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing for Registered Nurses.
- Maintains active RN license in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and any other states as applicable.
- Achieves and maintains American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS).
- Achieves and maintains American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 90 days of start.
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.
A bit more about the client
King's Daughters Medical Center - Ashland
The health and well-being of the community is vitally important to us at King's Daughters. We owe our very existence to forward-thinking community members, to volunteers who helped shape King's Daughters, and to the patients and families who choose us for their care.
Our commitment to community drives us to give back. Our team members, physicians and health professionals provide free screenings and education, and participate in health fairs and other special events designed to help people and the community be healthier.