Registered Nurse (RN) - Waukesha Memorial Hospital ICU - .9 FTE (Nights)
We Are Hiring: Registered Nurse (RN) - Waukesha Memorial Hospital ICU - .9 FTE (Nights)
Waukesha Memorial Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit is a 24 bed, multi-specialty unit including cardiovascular, neuro-surgical, medical respiratory, sepsis, drug overdoses, suicide attempts, a variety of other surgical, and trauma. This team works with adult and some pediatric patients.
The ICU intensive care unit at Waukesha Memorial Hospital has earned a silver-level Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN). The award recognizes unit caregivers for successfully improving patient outcomes and aligning unit practices with AACN standards. Units that receive this three-year award meet national criteria consistent with other national quality awards, such as the National Quality Healthcare Award. Waukesha Memorial is one of only two hospitals in Wisconsin to earn the silver-level Beacon award. (2013).
Schedule Details: This .9 FTE commits to 36 hours per week, 12-hour night shift 1900-0730 role with every third weekend requirement & holiday rotation.
What You Will Do:
You will perform a range of tasks including interventions to achieve and maintain patient stability,, monitoring patient recovery, and responding to medical emergencies. In addition to having a highly analytical mindset, our ideal candidate will also possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Responsibilities:
- Assess, implement and coordinate complex care and interventions
- Support a compassionate and therapeutic environment for critically ill patients
- Provide comfort and prevent suffering
- Identify sudden or subtle changes in a patient’s medical condition.
- Collaborate with patients, their families, their healthcare providers, and healthcare professionals
- Act as patient advocates
- Arrange and oversee continuous monitoring and nursing vigilance
- Administer pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments
What You Will Need:
- Associate’s degree in nursing required, bachelor’s preferred
- Registered Nurse licensure in State of WI or the ability to obtain
- Basic Life Support (BLS) from American Heart Association or ability to obtain upon hire
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification or ability to obtain upon hire
- NIHSS Certification or ability to obtain upon hire
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