RN Pediatric ICU

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

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 NightsJoin 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 RESPONSIBILITIES

• Implements 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.EDUCATION
  • Graduate of accredited school of nursingEXPERIENCE
    • No experience requiredPHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
      • Constant 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 LicenseWork Shift:Weekend Shift (United States of America) Job Type: Employee Department: 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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