RN Pediatric ICU

Company: SSM Health
Location: Saint Louis
Posted on: March 20, 2023

Job Description:

Job Description:

It's more than a career, it's a callingMO-SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Worker Type: Regular Job Highlights: $15,000 Sign On Bonus! Full Time Weekend Option Nights Join the passionate PICU team! Our skilled staff of board-certified critical care physicians and specially trained nurses care for more than 1,000 patient each year in our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Our role centers around providing state-of-the-art respiratory and heart pressure/flow management of critically ill children, as well as children recovering from complex heart procedures and organ transplants. Job Summary:Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization. Job Responsibilities and Requirements: PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIESImplements and monitors patient care plans. Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate.Serves as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.Notes and carries out physician and nursing orders.Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.Performs other duties as assigned. EDUCATIONGraduate of accredited school of nursing EXPERIENCENo experience required PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTSConstant use of speech to share information through oral communication.Constant standing and walking.Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.Occasional lifting/moving of patients.Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.Occasional driving.Rare crawling and running. Licenses / Certifications:Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA), Registered Nurse (RN) - State of Work Location or Compact Multi-State License Work Shift:Weekend Shift (United States of America) Job Type:Employee Department:1501000010 PICU Scheduled Weekly Hours:36 SSM Health complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability or sex. Learn more here

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