RN - ICU Job

PeaceHealth, based in Vancouver, WA, is a not-for-profit Catholic health system offering care to communities in Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. PeaceHealth has approximately 16,000 caregivers, a multi-specialty medical group practice with more than 800 physicians and providers, a comprehensive laboratory system, and ten medical centers serving both urban and rural communities throughout the Northwest. In 1890, Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace founded what has become PeaceHealth.

Provides professional nursing direct patient care in compliance with professional practice and unit standards. Promotes a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach towards patients, families and all members of the care delivery team.

**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS** * Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care needs. * Documents patient care in the healthcare record according to established standards. * Directs and delegates care to other team members in accordance with their education, credentials, and demonstrated competence. * Ensures own professional effectiveness through education and professional development. * Participates in the development of and maintains established hospital policies, procedures and objectives, quality improvement, safety, environmental and infection prevention program. * Performs other duties as assigned.

**EDUCATION:** * Graduate of an approved school of nursing required. * BSN preferred. * EXPERIENCE/TRAINING: * Minimum 1 year or more of recent continuous critical care experience, completion of a critical care intern/ residency program, or 3 years in an acute care setting with 400 hours in a critical care unit within the previous year. * Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to apply age specific principles of growth and development and life stages to meet each patient’s needs. **LICENSE/CERTIFICATION:** * Current Registered Nurse licensure in the state in which nurse will be practicing. * Current BLS (Basic Life Support) certification required at date of hire. * ACLS certification required at date of hire. * (NIHSS) Certification within 6 months of hire. * Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) within 12 months of hire. * Fundamentals of Critical Care Support (FCCS) certification preferred * Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) certification preferred **OTHER SKILLS:** * Demonstrated ability to promote positive interpersonal relationships and patient/family centered work environment * Able to support and interpret medical center philosophy, policy and procedures * Basic computer skills * PHYSICAL/COGNITIVE REQUIREMENTS: * Work requires active physical exertion up to 33% of the time. * Ability to lift objects weighing 50 lbs. or less. * Work requires frequent exposure to minor cold, heat, poor ventilation or sharp instruments. Reasonably anticipated exposure to blood and body fluids once per month or more. * Job duties frequently require intense concentration or attention to detail (34-65% of work time).