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Adventist Health

Faith-based nonprofit integrated health system

Registered Nurse 2-1 Intensive Care Unit CVICU

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareUpdated on Nov 12
Full-timeSan Luis Obispo, CA, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A high school education, GED, or equivalent is required.
  • An associate degree (A.A. or A.S.) is required.
  • A bachelor's degree in nursing is preferred.
  • Completion of a critical care nursing course is required.
  • Six months of previous critical care experience is preferred.
  • A current registered nurse license in the state of practice is required.
  • Basic Life Support certification from an approved vendor per Adventist Health policy is required.
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certification from an approved vendor per Adventist Health policy is required.
  • Trauma Nursing Core Course completion is required within one year of hire or transfer into the department; current employees as of June 30, 2021 have two years to complete it.
  • AHA-ACLS or ARC-ALS certification is required.
  • Associates must receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter where applicable; medical and religious exemptions may apply.

Responsibilities

  • Plan, coordinate, and provide nursing care to patients in a critical care setting.
  • Supervise and delegate care responsibilities to ancillary personnel commensurate with their scope of practice.
  • Provide critical care nursing for patients with multisystem failure requiring ventilation, neuro/trauma care, respiratory failure management, and hemodynamic monitoring.
  • Provide appropriate nursing interventions in stable and emergent patient situations.
  • Perform routine nursing skills, including medication administration, intravenous therapy including blood products, care and maintenance of indwelling catheters and drains, and safe use of medical equipment in the critical care setting.
  • Understand and follow the chain of command per policy.
  • Accurately interpret ECG rhythms and manage care of patients during life-threatening emergencies in the populations served.
  • Verify alarm settings with the Monitor Technician according to policy, demonstrate knowledge of lead functions and application, and recommend appropriate monitoring based on patient presentation.
  • Care for and manage patients requiring intracranial pressure and ventriculostomy monitoring, assess and intervene in neurological symptom changes, and care for patients requiring pulmonary artery and arterial pressure monitoring catheters.
  • Care for and manage patients requiring mechanical ventilation and other ventilatory support devices, including CPAP masks, nasal BiPAP masks, and high-flow oxygen masks.
  • Apply knowledge of multisystem alteration and its impact on physiological functions, developmental tasks, and mental processing in adult and older adult populations.
  • Initiate a multidisciplinary, goal-oriented care plan for each patient in collaboration with the healthcare team and provide care based on the plan.
  • Educate patients and families about care using teaching methods appropriate to age, condition, culture, and assessed learning readiness.
  • Complete legible, accurate, and timely documentation of nursing care, including evaluation of patient responses to medications, treatments, and procedures.
  • Perform unit-specific safety and quality-control checks, including shift and 24-hour physician order checks, verbal/telephone order read-back, crash cart checks, urine quality-control checks, refrigerator logs, and expiration-date checks.
  • Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

  • Six months of previous critical care experience.

About the Company

Adventist Health

Faith-based nonprofit integrated health system

Adventist Health is a faith-based nonprofit health system with more than 400 sites of care, including 26 acute care hospitals, primarily on the West Coast and in Hawaii. It provides a full range of health services—from primary and specialty care to hospital-based treatments and wellness programs—delivered across an integrated network of clinics, hospitals, and care facilities. Revenue comes from patient services, insurance reimbursements, and government programs, and earnings are reinvested back into communities to improve health outcomes and expand access to care. The organization differentiates itself through its nonprofit, faith-based model and by reinvesting earnings into community health, along with its broad, integrated network that covers preventive, primary, specialty, and acute care. Its goal is to improve health outcomes for the communities it serves and to expand access to high-quality care.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Grant
Total funding
$210K
Headquarters
Roseville, CA
Founded
Not listed

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