Registered Nurse - PICU (DAYS)

NemoursCareerSite; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Nemours Children's Health in Wilmington, DE seeks a Registered Nurse to join the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit on a full-time dayshift. The PICU is a 24-bed unit in a Level 1 Trauma Center, providing advanced life support and close patient monitoring.

The nurse will work with a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-acuity pediatric care and operate critical monitoring equipment. Preferred candidates have PICU experience, CPR certification, and Delaware license.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing; BSN preferred.
• Experience as pediatric ICU nurse with 2+ years preferred.
• Current Delaware or Multistate Compact license.
• CPR certification by the American Heart Association; PALS and ACLS preferred.
• CCRN certification preferred.

Skills

CPR certification

PALS/ACLS

CCRN

Education

BSN preferred

PICU experience 2+ years

Delaware or Multistate Compact License

Job description

The PICU is seeking a Registered Nurse to join our team in Wilmington, DE. This is a full-time, dayshift position.

The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of Nemours Children's Health, Delaware is a 24-bed unit in a Level 1 Trauma Center. Patients requiring care and surveillance in the PICU will have conditions and diagnoses which may include, but are not limited to, those producing: acute and reversible loss of consciousness, respiratory failure, compromised air exchange, cardiovascular dysfunction, hepatic failure, hemodynamic instability, renal dysfunction, central nervous system injury or dysfunction, acute trauma and organ failure requiring transplantation.

Treatments or interventions performed in the PICU include measures utilizing advanced life support technology. These include, but are not limited to cardiopulmonary resuscitation, tracheal intubation, ECMO, pharmacologic support of circulation, mechanical ventilation, point of care monitoring, CRRT, thoracentesis, and hemodynamic, intracranial pressure, intravascular monitoring.

Each patient room has electrocardiographic, pulse oximetry, respiratory, hemodynamic and intracranial pressure monitoring capability, as well as central EKG and respiratory monitoring. Portable monitoring during patient transport is provided.

Special equipment includes radiant warmer beds, heating/cooling blanket systems, Mapleson manual ventilation system, end tidal CO2 monitors, ventilators, hemodynamic monitoring systems, intracranial pressure monitoring system, ventriculostomy systems, infusion pumps, blood warmer, continuous renal replacement systems, and peripheral nerve stimulators.

REQUIREMENTS

• Be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing; BSN preferred.
• Experienced pediatric intensive care nurse of at least 2 years preferred.
• Current Delaware or Multistate Compact License
• Must be CPR certified by the American Heart Association. PALS and ACLS preferred.
• Certifications: CCRN preferred