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Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse – PICU RN
*Up to $15,000 hiring bonus and relocation assistance*
POSITION TYPE: Registered Nurse (RN)
SPECIALTY UNIT: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit – PICU
LOCATION: Anchorage, Alaska
SHIFT: Night (36 hrs Weekly)
JOB TYPE: Full-Time Permanent
Job Description:
We are looking for an RN-PICU nurse to provide care for children and adolescents with a wide range of ailments. These include everything, from common childhood diseases to life-threatening illnesses. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) patients are typically unstable, critically ill, medically complex, or post-surgical patients, and will require constant interventions and monitoring.
It is your job as an RN-PICU to monitor, assess, and treat patients under 18 years old who are presenting acute, serious ailments, and alert clinicians to complications that need to be addressed right away. As a pediatric ICU nurse, you will also coordinate with families, physicians, and other healthcare experts to determine the best course of patient care and recovery.
Furthermore, being a childcare specialist, you are expected to provide emotional support to parents and families while keeping the patient calm. Likewise, an RN-PICU nurse answers questions and educate family members about how they can manage the child’s health condition.
Responsibilities:
- Provide age and culturally appropriate care to the patient.
- Consults and coordinates with health care team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care plans.
- Monitors the vital signs of the patient, such as blood pressure, breathing, heart rate, and initiates corrective action whenever the patient displays adverse symptomatology.
- Follows continuous cardiac and respiratory monitor readings and reports any observed changes.
- Monitor and adjust specialized equipment used on patients
- Prepare, administer, and record prescribed medications.
- Report adverse reactions to medications or treatments
- Assist treating physician during examination, treatment, and procedures, which can include life-saving situations.
- Analyze Lab results.
- Provide education, information, and emotional support to the patient’s family.
- Record all care information accurately, completely, and promptly, in the appropriate format and on the appropriate forms.
- Perform other position-related duties as assigned, depending on assignment setting.
Job Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Direct Deposit
- 401K
- Comprehensive Health, Dental, and Vision benefits
- Employee discount program
- Excellent room for growth and advancement
Requirements:
- Minimum of 1 year of recent experience as an RN in a clinical setting.
- Active RN license within the State of AK.
- Current certifications.
- Possess excellent communication skills to effectively relay messages to clinicians and parents.
- Must have sympathy, kindness, patience, and emotional stability to handle intense realities like death.
- Technical skills to operate the latest medical equipment accurately.
- Fast critical thinking skills for making good, split-second care decisions.
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