Intensive Care Nurse

CCU RN

**Night Shift** - 36 hours/week (3x12s)

PAY: $35-$49.50/HR

Location: 61250, Illinois

POSITION PURPOSE:

The critical care nurse has received specialized training that enables him or her to manage and monitor those patients who are the most seriously ill or injured.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Demonstrates competency in essential functions outlined in the Registered Nurse job description.
• Respect the rights of the patient or his or her designated surrogate to make independent health care decisions, even when he or she disagrees with those decisions.
• Act as an intermediary in matters concerning the patient, his or her family, and other staff involved.
• Ability to advocate for critically ill patients when they are unable to speak for themselves by involving the family/loved ones in decision making with the patient physician.
• Ability to utilize solid critical thinking skills in decision making.
• Ability to accurately monitor the critical patients for changes in status and indications of such conditions (ie: sepsis, cardiac rhythm changes, medication reaction, etc.) and to intervene appropriately.
• Ability to effectively communicate objective/pertinent information with physician (s)
• Accurately monitor and document patient care in the patient record.
• Ability to safely manage multiple IV fluids to reach desired goal(s).
• Ability to recognize life-saving situations and appropriately respond by application of ACLS skills, protocols and standards of care under extreme pressure.
• Accurately assess patients’ pain levels and sedation requirements.
• Ability to perform a range of tasks including but not limited to:
• Diagnostic testing,
• Manager multiple IV medications to reach desired outcome.
• Administer moderate sedation
• Manage ventilator patients
• Manage IABP (intra-aortic balloon pumps)

SPECIALIZED KNOW-HOW & REQUIREMENTS:

• Current Illinois Registered Professional Nurse license.
• Minimal entry level is Associate Degree or Diploma, preferred Bachelor of Nursing degree.
• Participate and complete CCU specific orientation program.
• Must have ACLS within one year of employment
• Must complete a cardiac rhythm class successfully within six-nine (6-9) months of hire.
• Within 3 years of hire, the employee must obtain a board certification from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses by successfully passing one of the tests listed below. The employee is responsible to maintain the certification once attained.

-> (Critical Care Registered Nurse -CCRN or Progressive Critical-Care Nurse-PCCN)