Job opening: Registered Nurse (Medicine ICU)
Salary: $77 009 - 144 226 per year
Published at: Sep 29 2023
Employment Type: Part-time
The Durham VA Health System, has one (1) Full-time vacancy for a PART-TIME Registered Nurse (MICU department). The RN will be fully qualified and certified to function in a clinical role and in accordance with the guidelines and policies of the Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System.
Duties
The Medical Intensive Care Unit is an 8-bed intensive care unit that delivers care to adult male/female patients with primary disease processes that include Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), pneumonia, cardiac, respiratory and/or renal failure, diabetic ketoacidosis, gastrointestinal bleed, sepsis, Cerebral Vascular Disease (CVA), acute hematologic disorders and/or tuberculosis (TB). The patients in this unit routinely have multiple co-morbidities. The average length of stay for patients in the MICU ranges from 2 days to 2 weeks. Registered Nurses provide patient and family centered care in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of clinicians, who support patients and families in decision-making. The interdisciplinary needs of patients and families are met through collaboration with ancillary services to include Pharmacy, Laboratory, Dietary, Social Work, Chaplin, and Radiology. Specialty Care and services are available through consultation and are utilized as needed to ensure continuity and progression of care. Discharge planning and patient/family education is initiated on admission and continues throughout hospitalization. Interdisciplinary treatment and discharge planning is conducted daily during "rounds" and weekly during an organized interdisciplinary treatment and discharge planning conference. Therapeutic modalities include drug and parenteral therapy, respiratory therapy, diagnostic procedures, respiratory isolation, intracranial pressure monitoring (ICP) and management, cardio version, esophageal tube management, tube feedings, drug titrations for pain control, cardiac rate/rhythm control, and blood pressure (BP) control.
Four Most Common Patient Problems Requiring Nursing Care:
1. COPD with Acute Respiratory Failure
2. Cardiac. Respiratory or Renal Failure
3. Diabetic Ketoacidosis
4. Gastrointestinal Bleed
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards
Work Schedule: 12 hour day/evening/night rotations with alternating weekends
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: NO
EDRP Authorized: Contact Caronda.Slocum,
[email protected], the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more.
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required.
Qualifications
Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.
Basic Requirements:
United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.
Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate State-accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of current, full, active and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement of graduation from an approved school of professional nursing. OR The completion of coursework equivalent to a nursing degree in a MSN Bridge Program that qualifies for professional nursing registration constitutes the completion of an approved course of study of professional nursing. Students should submit the certificate of professional nursing to sit for the NCLEX to the VA along with a copy of the MSN transcript. (Reference VA Handbook 5005, Appendix G6) OR In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of a current, full, active and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement for graduation from an approved school of professional nursing.
Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
Preferred Qualifications
A minimum of two years of successful nursing practice
A minimum of two years Critical Care experience focused in Medical Surgical Nursing
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with patients, families and other members of the interdisciplinary team
Demonstrated skills in decision-making, sound clinical judgment and critical-thinking abilities
Demonstrated ability to use computer systems in support of patient care delivery
Preferred Level of Education
BSN
Preferred Certification(s)
ANCC for CCRN
ANCC for Medical Surgical Nursing
ACLS
BLS
Reference: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-6 Nurse Qualification Standard. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office.
Contacts
- Address Durham VA Medical Center
508 Fulton Street
Durham, NC 27705
US
- Name: Whitlea Mitchell
- Phone: 804-738-1750
- Email: [email protected]
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