Registered Nurse Critical Care - Critical Care, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit

Department

Critical Care
Job Summary

Welcome to our Critical Care Nursing Department!

Provides professional and skilled nursing care to patients using the “patient centered care” model of SMHCS (policy 126.054) in accordance with the ANA and AACN’s Standards of Professional Practice. We are a 62 bed unit with 3 areas of specialties that you can work in.

CVICU: Patient Population: patients with a primary diagnosis of advanced cardiovascular disease requiring complex nursing assessment skills and care including but not limited to:

• Post Open Heart Surgical patient recovery
• Cardiac Arrest
• Left Ventricular Assist Device Care: Impella & IABP
• ECMO (extra corporeal membrane oxygenation)
• Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring
• Titration of vasoactive medications (inotropes, vasopressors, vasodilators)

*Opportunities for Novice and Experienced Nurses:

• Individualized orientation
• Nurse Residency for all new graduates with the implementation of ECCO (essentials of critical care orientation)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Opportunities for paid certification and incentivized pay including but not limited to CCRN (Critical Care Registered Nurse), TCAR
• Critical Care Internship with knowledge base lecture series provided in the department

*No new grads being hired for CVICU at this time.

Required Qualifications

• BLS (Basic Life Support) through American Heart Association or American Red Cross 
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support); required for experienced RN, has to be completed by end of orientation for the novice Critical Care RN
• Successful completion of Basic Arrhythmia test within 90 days of date of hire
• BSN requirement within 5 years of date of hire for the ASN candidate
• Required basic working knowledge of commonly used computer applications including but not limited to Microsoft

Preferred Qualifications

- Prefer National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification upon hire.
- Prefer certification in nursing specialty area.

Preferred Education

BSN: Bachelor of Science Nursing

Required Licenses and Certifications

BLS: Basic Life Support/CPR
FL RN: FL Registered Nurse License

Additional Details

Work Days/Shifts/Times (12 hour shifts)

• Day Shift (no positions available) **availability to come to days when positions open up
  • 3 Days a week, 7am-7:30pm
• Night Shift (positions available)
  • 3 Days a week, 7pm-7:30am

The Benefits of High-Quality Care:

• Paid Time Off (PTO) Start earning PTO on day one of employment
• Self-Scheduling Finish
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Certification Incentives
• Discounted medical, prescription, dental, vision plans both full and part time employees
• Flexible Spending Accounts (pre-tax dollars)
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance for those who quality (both short and long term)
• Retirement savings Plan: 403b
• Discounted Child care & Before and After school Program and Summer Camp! (Sarasota Campus)
• Free Parking
• On Campus discounted dining
• Free Wellness Screening
• Wellness Programs
• Referral Programs
• Advancement and growth opportunities for those hard-working high performers!
• Work side by side with our amazing team players!

Employment Screening Requirements

As part of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System’s commitment to keeping people safe, all individuals providing care to vulnerable populations are required to undergo background screening through The Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse. https://info.flclearinghouse.com/