- Salary
- $80k – $85k/yr
- Location
- Bethesda, MD
- Department
- Healthcare
- Source
- Lever
Description
Akicita Federal is hiring for our nursing and allied health services contract at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland — America’s research hospital (200 inpatient beds, 3 day hospitals, 13 outpatient clinics). Clinical Center clinicians practice clinical research care: complex, comprehensive care for patients participating in NIH research protocols, in a Magnet-recognized organization dedicated to “Ensuring Excellence in Research Care.”
MedSurg/Telemetry units provide acute medical-surgical care with continuous cardiac monitoring for research participants.
Current NIH openings for this unit have required two (2) or more years of Medical-Surgical Telemetry experience in an acute care hospital (must be able to read telemetry) and ACLS certification.
What you will do:
- Deliver safe, protocol-informed care and maintain the integrity of research procedures and the accuracy of research data collection
- Document assessments, interventions, and outcomes in the electronic health record
- Provide acute Med-Surg care with telemetry monitoring; read and interpret cardiac rhythms
- Respond to rhythm changes and escalate per unit protocol
- Collaborate with NIH investigators, fellows, and the interdisciplinary care team
- Support informed consent and educate patients and families participating in research protocols
Skills
ACLS