Registered Nurse (RN) - PICU at Egleston - (FT/Nights)

The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Egleston provides comprehensive care for children in a specialized environment. Children’s offers access to more than 400 specialists in 31 pediatric, medical and surgical specialties. Our 36 bed unit sees patients of all ages (infant - 18+) covering a variety of illnesses and diagnoses, including neuro, neuro/trauma, orthopedics, respiratory failure, hematology/oncology, sepsis patients, transplant and other medical/surgical ICU needs. We offer ECMO, CVVH, HFOV and take care of solid organ and bone marrow transplant patients.

At Children’s, nurses play an integral role in our mission of making kids better today and healthier tomorrow. Children’s is home to more than 3,000 nurses who excel both on the front line and behind the scenes, developing solutions and pioneering advancements that enable us to be a leader in pediatric healthcare. Becoming a nurse at Children’s is more than a smart career choice—it’s an opportunity to make a difference in the life of a child and to join a family of nurses who are dedicated to providing excellent care. Children’s offers multiple programs and nursing resources that support our nurses at the bedside and throughout their career.

• Graduation from accredited school of nursing

• Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the single State of Georgia or Multi-State through the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact

• Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days of employment
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) or Pediatric Emergency Assessment Recognition and Stabilization (PEARS) within 1 year of employment as required by department

• One year of nursing experience

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• 1 year of experience

• No minimally required knowledge, skills, or abilities

PRACTICE (Caring for the Patient)

1. Performs nursing process across the continuum to deliver age and developmentally appropriate patient-family-centered care.
2. Integrates values and language preferences into healthcare delivery through a culturally sensitive process.
3. Utilizes clinical decision support tools and resources to recognize issues, prioritize care, and modify plan of care as needed.
4. Utilizes appropriate documentation tools to record, measure, and retrieve healthcare data.
5. Provides patient and family education appropriate for identified learning needs.
6. Utilizes resources to plan and provide nursing care that is safe, effective, and financially responsible.

DEVELOPMENT (Fostering Clinical Knowledge)

1. Participates in lifelong learning to maintain knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice.
2. Incorporates new knowledge into nursing practice to support desired outcomes.
3. Maintains professional records that provide evidence of competence and learning.
4. Self-evaluates professional practice in relation to performance, development, resiliency, and goals.
5. Takes action to achieve goals identified during performance review, resulting in change in practice and role performance.

ENGAGEMENT (Engaging and Leading Professionally)

1. Provides oversight for nursing care given by unlicensed personnel while retaining accountability for patient care quality.
2. Engages in ethical practices utilizing principles from The Code of Ethics for Nurses.
3. Maintains therapeutic and professional relationships with appropriate role boundaries.
4. Contributes to a supportive and healthy work environment.
5. Consults, contributes to, and coordinates care with interdisciplinary healthcare team members.
6. Demonstrates investment in others through teaching/coaching/helper roles.
7. Demonstrates support of shared leadership through awareness of initiatives and providing input.
8. Drives and effectively facilitates timely admission, transfer, and discharge process for unit, ensuring efficient and safe patient flow.

OUTCOMES (Driving Excellent Results)

1. Integrates evidence and research findings into clinical judgement and nursing practice.
2. Participates in monitoring activities within work environment to maintain a culture of safety.
3. Identifies and communicates hazards and errors.
4. Participates in quality and process improvement activities to improve patient outcome and workflows.
5. Ensures equipment is in working order to provide safe patient care.
6. Demonstrates commitment and flexibility through times of change.

PROFESSIONAL MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS

1. Completes orientation and initial assessment of competency successfully by determined due date.
2. Completes mandatory education and annual competency assessment requirements as defined by unit and system by due date.
3. Achieves 75% attendance at staff meetings if applicable.

Safety: Practices proper safety techniques in accordance with hospital and departmental policies and procedures. Responsible for the reporting of employee/patient/visitor injuries or accidents, or other safety issues to the supervisor and in the occurrence notification system.

Compliance: Monitors and ensures compliance with all regulatory requirements, organizational standards, and policies and procedures related to area of responsibility. Identifies potential risk areas within area of responsibility and supports problem resolution process. Maintains records of compliance activities and reports compliance activities to the Compliance Office.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified.