Nurse Resident Trauma ICU - Bayfront Hospital

Position Summary

Administers patient care in an area within a hospital or inpatientsetting where patients have advanced illnesses or injuries that routinelyrequire timely, intense, and complex care to stabilize and support their medical conditions. These areas require a lower caregiver-topatient ratio and highly trained team members with advanced skills. This position is intended for licensed registered nurses with lessthanone year of experience.

Responsibilities

• Administers bedside patient care in a hospital or inpatient setting under the supervision of a preceptor, leader, and/or charge nurse.
• Demonstrates critical knowledge, skills, and judgement to care for patients requiring complex assessments and therapies, highintensity interventions, and high-level continuous nursing vigilance.
• Utilizesinformation and assessment data to anticipate,respond with confidence, and adapt to rapidly changing patient conditions.
• Identifies and prioritizes information to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient focused actions.
• Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, interprets, and records electronic displays such as intracranialpressures, central venous pressures, pulmonary artery pressures, and cardiac rhythms from cardiac monitors, respirators, ventilators,oxygen pumps, etc.
• Respondsto life-saving situations based on nursing standards and protocol.
• Observes, monitors, and assesses patients’ conditions,recognizes, identifies, and interpretsserioussituations, and callsthe Physicianor takes preplanned emergency measures when the Physician is not immediately available.
• Assesses patients’ needs and develops/revisesindividualized plans of care based on their needs and responses. Evaluates patients’progress toward attaining expected outcomes.
• Respects diversity by building respectful relationships with all team members and customers.
• Functions as an advocate for patients and their families.
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on theirassigned unit/ department.
• Serves as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, and/ or nurse clinician.
• Communicates and collaborates with medical staff and the interdisciplinary team to effectively plan and manage theunit/department.
• Serves as a role model forstaff and supportsthe hospital and nursing department’s goals and strategies.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span, assesses data reflective of the patient’sstatus, and interpretsthe necessary information to identify each patient’srequirementsrelative to their age-specific needs.
• Coordinates patient care for a defined group and delegatestasks appropriately to team members.
• Documents patient care in a knowledgeable, skillful, and consistent manner, meeting all required and regulatory standards. Thisincludes, but is not limited to, patient assessment, education, medication administration, treatments, and patientsafety.
• Demonstrates competency in nursing skills and the use of patient care/unit equipment as defined by unit/department-specificrequisite skills.
• Prioritizes patient care in an ongoing manner in accordance with Evidence-Based Practice Standards of Care.
• Practices effective problem identification and resolution.
• Delegatestasks and dutiesto healthcare team membersin accordance with the patient’s needs and the team member’s capabilitiesand qualifications.
• Communicates appropriate information regarding patient condition or unit concerns to other healthcare team members.
• Demonstrates caring practices by providing a compassionate and therapeutic environment for patients and their families.
• Demonstrates awareness of legal issues and patients’ rights.
• Collaborates with the education department and nursing leadership team to effectively transition and support new team membersand/or students.
• Maintainsreasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal,state,and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• Education/Training.
• Nursing school graduate.
• Meets all mandatory, developmental, and performance competency requirements for Orlando Health and the unit/department. Licensure/Certification
• Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Florida or valid Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) multistate RN license.
• Maintains current BLS/Healthcare Provider certification.
• ACLS, NRP, PALS, TNCC are required for certain areas. NRP isrequired for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).