Pediatric Nurse Limited Term Surgical Medical PICU

Children's Hospital and Health System; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Children's Wisconsin in Milwaukee is seeking a limited-term RN for the Surgical Medical PICU for a 20-week assignment. The position offers a premium hourly rate with shift differentials, and does not include benefits or bonus pay. Availability for any shift is required.

Required are at least 1 year of PICU experience in the last two years, a Wisconsin RN license, and BLS/PALS certifications. An Associate's degree is required; a Bachelor's degree is preferred.

Qualifications

• Wisconsin RN license required.
• BLS for Healthcare Providers and PALS required.
• At least 1 year of PICU experience within the last 2 years.

Responsibilities

• Apply nursing process to assess, plan, and evaluate patient care for pediatric patients.
• Coordinate and manage patient care within the PICU team.
• Delegate tasks to support timely discharge and transition of care.
• Provide patient and family teaching and support to enhance understanding of care plans.
• Collaborate with physicians and other disciplines to achieve established nursing outcomes.

Skills

Nursing Process

Care Coordination

Discharge Planning

Patient Teaching

Interprofessional Collaboration

Communication Skills

Shift Flexibility

Clinical Assessment

Patient Advocacy

Education

Associate's Degree

Bachelor's Degree Preferred

Job description

At Children's Wisconsin, we believe kids deserve the best.

Children's Wisconsin is a nationally recognized health system dedicated solely to the health and well‑being of children. We provide primary care, specialty care, urgent care, emergency care, community health services, foster and adoption services, child and family counseling, child advocacy services and family resource centers. Our reputation draws patients and families from around the country.

We offer a wide variety of rewarding career opportunities and are seeking individuals dedicated to helping us achieve our vision of the healthiest kids in the country. If you want to work for an organization that makes a difference for children and families, and encourages you to be at your best every day, please apply today.

Please follow this link for a closer look at what it's like to work at Children's Wisconsin: https://www.instagram.com/lifeatcw/

Limited term RN position in our Surgical Medical PICU- 20 weeks at full time with premium hourly rate plus shift differentials; must be available to work any shift. This position does not include benefits and not eligible for bonus pay.

Must have had at least 1 year experience in our Children's Wisconsin PICU within last 2 years.

Job Summary

Performs as a partner in the care management team. Provides coordination and management of patient care to pediatric patients and families within a continuum of care. Delegates patient care activities as appropriate within a care management assignment. Functions within professional and hospital standards. This is a limited term position.

Essential Functions

• Nursing Process: applies principles of growth and development in obtaining assessment data; communicates in manner most appropriate for child and family; identifies and acts upon overt and covert cues of physical, psychosocial and cognitive parameters for an individual; makes independent nursing decisions and integrates medical plan of care. Performs point of care testing and blood collections according to established policies.
• Care Management: collaborates with physicians and others to implement care management plans; delegates patient care activities within a care management assignment; assesses progress of patient toward established nursing outcomes; records variances; communicates with care team when outcomes are not met.
• Discharge Planning: assesses needs of patient/family for discharge; individualizes plans for discharge; identifies and coordinates necessary and available resources to accomplish timely discharge; accountable for completion of discharge teaching.
• Teaching: understands/applies basic learning principles to both children and adults; is aware of available resources; familiar with content in teaching plans; executes teaching plan; utilizes available resources, both written and consultant; evaluates effectiveness of own teaching; is accountable for the completion of teaching.
• Consultation/Collaboration: effectively communicates to care givers and physicians each patient's need for nursing care and progress relative to established nursing outcomes; coordinates care in conjunction with other disciplines; acts as a resource/advocate to others for specific patients/families.

Education:

• Associate's Degree required
• Bachelor's Degree preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of the principles of neonatal, pediatric and adolescent growth and development and child/family responses to fear, illness, injury and hospitalization.
• Analytical skills necessary to assess complex patient conditions effectively and to develop comprehensive plans of care. Synthesizes multiple sources of information to assist in the resolution of human responses to complex problems.
• Interpersonal and communication skills sufficient to interact effectively with interdisciplinary health team members and consumers. Ability to delegate patient care activities effectively to unlicensed staff as appropriate and where indicated.
• The ability to represent the organization and serve consumers in a professional manner and promote a positive image of the organization and its services.
• Mental and sensory abilities to read, process and interpret clinical data.
• Ability to rotate shifts and/or work flexible hours to meet patient care needs.

Licenses and Certifications:

• License RN-Registered Nurse (30) - State of Wisconsin required
• BLS-Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/National Safety Council required
• PALS-Pediatric Advanced Life Support - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/National Safety Council required

Patient Care Responsibility

• Provides care appropriate to patient population and as described in applicable policies and procedures.

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• This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be requested in the performance of this job.