TITLE:  RN            

DEPARTMENT:  Intensive Care Unit   

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR JOB TITLE:   Director of Intensive Care Unit

Position Summary

Coordinates and provides holistic nursing care for critically ill patients and families from infants to elderly for the best outcomes for the patients

Essential Functions

• Collaborates with other professional disciplines to ensure effective holistic patient care delivery and achievement of desired patient outcomes
• Analyzes information, develops and implements plan of care, evaluates results and adapts for a safe plan of care
• Documents patient care to reflect complete picture of plan of care
• Integrates experience and critical thinking skills to ensure safe patient care within scope of practice
• Participates in quality improvement activities through identifying, implementing and monitoring process changes.

Non-essential Functions

• Completes duty checklists as assigned
• Assists with certification requirements of NICHE
• Performs other duties as assigned

Position Requirements

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of Ohio
• The 24 hour operations of the department requires a weekend and holiday rotation
• American Heart Association Healthcare Provider BLS
• ACLS
• PALS

Mental / Emotional Demands

• Reads and comprehends instructions, policies and procedures
• Applies common sense to carry out instructions given in written or oral form
• Reasons and makes critical judgments for betterment of patients
• Organizes, prioritizes and performs daily tasks with a minimum of supervision
• Stays calm and functions in a crisis or confrontation

Physical Requirements

Medium Work – Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.  Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.