Clinical Nurse-Intensive Care Unit

Tampa General Hospital

Tampa (FL)

On-site

USD 80,000 - 105,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Tampa General Hospital in Florida is seeking a Clinical Nurse for the Intensive Care Unit to provide direct patient care, assess needs, document plans, and coordinate with the healthcare team.

The role requires an Associate's degree in Nursing, Florida RN license (or compact state), BLS, ACLS, and possibly PALS/NIHSS certifications; experience in critical care is preferred. You will participate in discharge planning and educate patients and families to ensure high‑quality care.

Qualifications

Associate's degree in Nursing required.
Registered Nurse license issued by Florida or Compact State.
BLS certification required; ACLS, PALS, NIHSS certifications may be required.

Responsibilities

Assesses and analyzes the health status of patients on the ICU unit and documents findings.
Initiates discharge planning during initial admission and coordinates with the care team.
Plans and directs patient care on the unit and communicates plans to staff during rounds and handoffs.
Transcribes and implements physician orders and provides patient education based on assessed needs.

Education

Associate's degree Nursing

Job description

Clinical Nurse-Intensive Care Unit (260002N3)

Under general supervision, following established policies, procedures, and professional guidelines, delivers nursing care to patients. Plans and implements nursing care; documents nursing assessments; identifies and reports situations requiring further intervention; formulates and communicates goal‑directed plan of care; assures patient rights. Responsible for performing job duties in accordance with the mission, vision and values of Tampa General Hospital and principles of quality improvement.

Essential Functions

Assesses and analyzes the health status of patients in assigned nursing unit in a comprehensive manner. Performs and/or assures completed assessments on all patients admitted within the designated time delineated in policy/unit standards.
Performs ongoing assessments and documents according to policy and procedure, reports significant findings of admission and ongoing assessments to appropriate member of healthcare team.
Initiates discharge planning process with initial admission assessment.
Plans patient care on assigned unit in collaboration with the patient, family, and healthcare team.
Formulates individualized patient plan of care based on assessment data within the designated time delineated in policy/unit standards.
Updates plan of care based on the patient assessment within appropriate time period.
Directs, implements and coordinates patient care activities on assigned unit to ensure the delivery of quality care.
Communicates the plan of care to other members of the healthcare team through daily worksheet conferences, verbally during the shift and shift report.
Directs care team members in accordance with their scope of practice.
Communicates and documents all patient care given including assessments, plan of care, interventions, patient response, and follow up.
Transcribes and directs the implementation of physician orders. Provides patient education based on assessed needs and evaluates understanding.
Conducts ongoing evaluation of patient outcomes and documents effectiveness of planned and implemented interventions and strategies in relation to the plan of care within time frames per policy/unit standards. Includes patient and family in the evaluation process.
Provides appropriate patient assessment and care specific to the needs of the patient populations served (e.g. age groups, patients of size; diagnosis-based).
Demonstrates knowledge and awareness of the specific physical, psychosocial and developmental needs of patients as appropriate to the populations served.