The Registered Nurse (RN) provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization, while complying with laws and regulations in maintaining patient information. This position leads the coordination of care for patients by applying effective decision making skills based on patient/family healthcare needs and priorities.
 

II.    ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop therapeutic relationships with patients and families promoting decision making based on the assessment of patient medical histories, symptoms, examinations, diagnosis, conditions and treatments.
• Communicate and collaborate concisely and continuously among clinical team, including physicians, both verbally and in documentation focusing on patients identified problems and needs by implementing and monitoring patient care plans, as well as recording and communicating patient conditions as appropriate, to optimize their health outcomes.
• Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team. 
• Competently applies collaborative teamwork and leadership as a member of an inter-professional team to coordinate patient centered care for quality patient and unit outcomes of care processes by: Utilizing information, resources and technology
• Provide Patient Centered Care Nursing processes including Patient/Family, Evidence Based Practices (EBP), safety and process improvement 
• Exemplifies professionalism: applies lifelong learning; contributes to the science of nursing; participates in governance; shares knowledge to expand the scale and scope of best practices with others; builds the ethical, moral and regulatory base for best practices and processes of patient and unit care. 
• Performs nursing care according to the population served on the unit as referenced in the Administrative, Scope of Services Policy. 
• Performs other duties as assigned in line with current basic nursing scope.
• Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of this position

Intermediate Care specific:

• Utilizing specialized nursing knowledge, the Critical Care Registered Nurse, Intermediate ICU manages conditions of patients who have life-threatening illnesses or conditions; including before, during, and after major surgeries;
• Manage multiple traumatic injuries involving major systems (e.g., head, chest, abdomen);
• Make decisions about the use of aggressive interventions;
• Assess rapid hemodynamic and respiratory conditions and intervene to mitigate complications of pneumothorax in critically injured trauma patients;
• Handle protocol for sedating patients; shock protocol when organ dysfunction occurs and administering inotropes if in cardiogenic shock;
• Deliver renal therapy by assessing kidney status, priming renal therapy circuits, and managing electrolytes;
• Conduct pulmonary assessments to identify abnormal respiratory patterns or breathing sounds that indicate problems.
• Treat cardiogenic shock, acute coronary syndrome, severe heart failure, executing hemodynamic monitoring protocol;
• Manage intracranial pressure in patients with traumatic brain injury and subarachnoid hemorrhage by external ventricular drain protocol;
• Handle ICU Code Blue Protocol; ICU Sepsis Protocol
• Treat respiratory failure with mechanical ventilation, administer Rapid Sequence Intubation protocol.

III. JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in nursing or directly related field for RN -2 level
• Current Basic life Support for Healthcare Providers, however based on department, certification in ACLS and PALS then the BLS requirement is waived.
• Current Eligibility for Kansas RN license or Multi-State (Compact) License.

Preferred: 

• ACLS within 6 months of hire (ED, ICU/2East or other units)