Critical Care Registered Nurse

Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services in Fort Worth, TX, seeks a skilled Registered Nurse (Critical Care) to provide expert care in a high-acuity environment. You will assess, monitor, and treat critically ill patients, and collaborate with physicians and multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, effective care.

Responsibilities include ventilator management, medication administration, and thorough documentation in electronic health records, with a focus on patient and family education

Qualifications

• Current Registered Nurse licensure.
• Strong critical care assessment and monitoring skills.
• Proficiency with ventilator support and advanced monitoring.
• Medication administration expertise.
• Excellent communication, teamwork, and patient-family education skills.
• Detail-oriented documentation in electronic health records.

Responsibilities

• Assess, monitor, and manage complex, critically ill patients.
• Administer medications and perform critical nursing interventions.
• Manage ventilators and advanced monitoring equipment.
• Coordinate care with physicians and multidisciplinary teams.
• Document patient status and care in electronic health records.
• Educate patients and families on care plans and treatment.
• Promote evidence-based practices and continuous improvement.

Skills

Critical care

Ventilator management

Medication administration

Patient education

EHR documentation

Team collaboration

Tools

Ventilator systems

Advanced monitoring equipment

Job description

Role: Registered Nurse (Critical Care) providing expert care in a high-acuity environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess, monitor, and manage complex, critically ill patients
• Administer medications and perform critical nursing interventions
• Manage ventilators and advanced monitoring equipment
• Coordinate care with physicians and multidisciplinary teams
• Document patient status and care in electronic health records
• Educate patients and families on care plans and treatment
• Promote evidence-based practices and continuous improvement

Qualifications & Skills

• Current Registered Nurse licensure
• Strong critical care assessment and monitoring skills
• Proficiency with ventilator support and advanced monitoring
• Medication administration expertise
• Excellent communication, teamwork, and patient-family education skills
• Detail-oriented documentation in electronic health records