Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
Company: Sutter Health
Location: French Camp
Posted on: May 11, 2022
Job Description:
Position Overview:A full-service acute care facility serving the
residents of Tracy for over 60 years, Sutter Tracy Community
Hospital (STCH) has a total of 82 inpatient beds. STCH provides a
wide range of inpatient and outpatient services including: a
24-hour emergency department, inpatient and ambulatory surgical
services, endoscopy lab, intensive care, diagnostic imaging,
laboratory and rehabilitation services including physical, speech
and occupational therapy. STCH also has specialized care for
Hemodialysis, Family Birthing Center, Continence Center and a Pain
Management Center. STCH is a not-for-profit, community-based
hospital, affiliated with Sutter Health since 1993. -The registered
nurse provides individualized nursing care based on knowledge of
basic competencies in the fundamentals of nursing and pharmacology
using the nursing process applied to geriatric, adult, and
adolescent patients from admission through discharge. - This
position requires knowledge of standards of care, nursing
assessment parameters, and pharmacology, including doses, purpose,
interactions, side effects, and reactions to medications. -
-Qualifications: MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of
California upon hire.
- Must possess a current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
upon hire.
- Must possess a current Advanced Cardiac -Life Support (ACLS)
certification upon hire.
- Must possess a current Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
certification (see department specific requirements).
- Other (Must also meet department specific requirements for
License and Certification - see department specific
requirements).
- Demonstrates in depth knowledge of nursing process in
addressing physical, psychosocial, and psychological needs of
patients.
- Ability to demonstrate basic knowledge of unit specific age
criteria for patient population.
- Must demonstrate critical thinking skills.
- Timely completion of unit specific orientation and
competencies.
- Ability to read, write, hear and verbally communicate in
English to the degree required to perform the job.
- Must be able to travel in accordance with any requirements of
your job.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: -
- Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN).
- One -(1) year of RN experience.DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
- - - EMERGENCY
- One (1) year of RN experience preferred.
- Proficiency with: Continuous bedside monitoring and Telemetry,
vasoactive medications, hemodynamic monitoring and pressure lines,
patients receiving mechanical ventilation.- Med-Surg / Telemetry
-
- One -(1) year of RN experience preferred.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification required
within 180 days of hire.
- Electrocardiogram Certification (EKG) required within 180 days
of hire. -
- Completion of a Pediatric Assessment course within one (1) year
of hire.
- Maintain six (6) CEU's in pediatrics on a biannual basis.-
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) -
- One (1) year of RN experience preferred.
- Critical care theory including the following: Cardiac, ECG
monitoring and arrhythmia interpretation, Hemodynamics, Respiratory
and Ventilation, Vasoactive medications, Endocrine, and Renal
(similar to the AACN [American Association of Critical Care Nurses]
preferred.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification required
within -90 days of hire. -
- Electrocardiogram Certification (EKG) required within 180 days
of hire. -
- Proficiency with: continuous bedside monitoring and telemetry,
vasoactive medications, hemodynamic monitoring and pressure lines,
patients receiving mechanical ventilation. Ability to assist with
bedside procedures such as emergency resuscitation, chest tube
insertion, central line insertion, tracheotomy, and
intubation.
- Proficiency with: PA pressure lines, Arterial lines and
monitoring. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy, Intra-Aortic
Balloon Pumps, Intracranial Pressure Monitoring and
Ventriculostomies.
- Ability to assist with bedside procedures such as emergency
resuscitation, chest tube insertion, central line and Swan Ganz
insertion, tracheostomy, intubation. - - - OB (Labor & Delivery)
- One (1) year of RN experience preferred.
- Minimum of 6 months prior Obstetrics experience within the past
two (2) years preferred.
- Basic Fetal Monitoring -training -required upon hire.
- Intermediate Fetal Monitoring education -- within six -(6)
months of hire.
- Advanced Fetal Monitoring education - within one (1) year of
hire. Review - bi-annually.
- Neonatal Resuscitation Provider (NRP) -or obtained within
thirty (30) days of hire required.
- S.T.A.B.L.E. -required within one (1) year of hire.
- Electrocardiogram Certification (EKG) required within -sixty
(60) days -of hire. - - Ambulatory Care Unit - GI/Endoscopy/Same
Day Surgery/PACU/Operating Room/Infusion Services, etc. -
- One (1) year of RN experience preferred.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification required
within 180 days of hire.
- Current Electrocardiogram Certification (EKG) required or
obtained within 180 days of hire. -Ambulatory Care Unit: - -
- Ambulatory surgery center experience preferred.
- Preoperative and postoperative care of surgical patients
preferred.
- Conscious sedation skills preferred.GI/Endoscopy: - -
- Ambulatory surgery/endoscopy experience within the past two (2)
years preferred.
- After hour / weekend call requirements for endoscopyInfusion
Services: -
- Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) certification is required within
180 days of hire. - -Organization:Sutter Tracy Community
HospitalEmployee Status: RegularBenefits: YesPosition Status:
Non-ExemptUnion: YesJob Shift: NightShift Hours:12 Hour ShiftDays
of the Week Scheduled:Varied DaysWeekend Requirements: Every Other
WeekendSchedule: Full TimeHrs Per 2wk Pay Period:72Applications
Accepted:All Applications AcceptedSchedule/Shift: Full Time/
Night
Keywords: Sutter Health, Stockton , Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit, Healthcare , French Camp, California
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