CCU, RN

CCU, RN
FTE/Direct hire

Range: $32 to $48
Sign On: $15,000 (at least 1 year experience)

Schedule: 36 hours/week (3 12s)
7a and 7p positions available.

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:

1. Demonstrates competency in essential functions outlined in the Registered Nurse job description.
2. 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.
3. Act as an intermediary in matters concerning the patient, his or her family, and other staff involved.
4. 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.
5. Ability to utilize solid critical thinking skills in decision making.
6. 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.
7. Ability to effectively communicate objective/pertinent information with physician (s)
8. Accurately monitor and document patient care in the patient record.
9. Ability to safely manage multiple IV fluids to reach desired goal(s).
10. Ability to recognize life-saving situations and appropriately respond by application of ACLS skills, protocols and standards of care under extreme pressure.
11. Accurately assess patients??? pain levels and sedation requirements.
12. Ability to perform a range of tasks including but not limited to:
    1. Diagnostic testing,
    2. Manager multiple IV medications to reach desired outcome.
    3. Administer moderate sedation
    4. Manage ventilator patients
    5. 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)

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