ICU RN
York, Maine
York Hospital

RN ICU

Location: York, Maine Employment Type: Travel Contract Length: 13 weeks Hours per Week: 36

Required Qualifications

• Current Maine Registered Nurse licensure or Compact licensure, in good standing with the Board of Nursing
• Associate of Science in Nursing or Associate Degree in Nursing
• ICU - Intensive Care Unit experience (2 years)
• ICU - Intensive Care Unit experience within the last year

Clinical Skills and Competencies

• Operate and interpret cardiac and other invasive and noninvasive monitors, recognize normal and abnormal rhythms and trends, and institute appropriate interventions
• Demonstrate competency in responding to in-house codes, RRT, and stroke calls as required
• Maintain competency in caring for patients with complex needs, including hemodynamically compromised, acute stroke, and mechanically ventilated patients
• Initiate and maintain complex IV therapy, including thrombolytic administration, vasoactive medications, central IV catheters, dialysis catheters, and arterial lines
• Safely use less invasive, life-supporting modalities such as BiPAP, ETCO2, arterial pressure-based CO/CI and SVO2 monitors, and core temperature monitors
• Care for chemically paralyzed patients and monitor them appropriately using Train of Four (TOF) and BIS monitoring systems
• Monitor and care for critically ill patients undergoing treatment with EKOS catheters and IABP (balloon pump)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide efficient, professional, compassionate, and caring nursing care
• Direct the activities of paraprofessionals providing care
• Communicate effectively with patients, support persons, and the healthcare team
• Implement nursing care through the Nursing Process: assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation
• Act in compliance with hospital and Nursing Department policies and procedures and the Nurse Practice Act of the State of Maine