RN Limited Benefits Neuro ICU NT

LCMC Health; New Orleans (LA); Presencial; USD 75.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

LCMC Health in New Orleans, LA seeks a dedicated critical care nurse to lead care coordination, monitor vital signs, and respond decisively to changes in patient conditions, while comforting families and supporting recovery with empathy. You will collaborate with the nursing team to ensure safe environments, manage life-support measures, and uphold high standards of care across night shifts at University Medical Center.

Must have Louisiana RN license, BLS, and ACLS.

Formación

• Current Louisiana RN license to practice.
• Current American Heart Association BLS certification.
• Current ACLS certification.
• Experience in critical care settings preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Take the lead: prioritizing, coordinating, and delegating all care touchpoints for patients.
• Evaluate vital signs and monitor life support measures per standards of care.
• Maintain and advocate a safe environment; collaborate with nursing supervisor and care team.

Conocimientos

Critical care nursing

Leadership

Family education

Team collaboration

Educación

RN license in Louisiana

Descripción del empleo

Your job is more than a job. Critical care nursing is a deeper, more intimate call to care during one of the most vulnerable times in your patient’s life. You understand that. So, you reach beyond the patient’s bedside to the concerned family to update on conditions and recovery, consoling grief, and inspiring hope. This complex, around the clock role embraces your decisiveness, preparation, understanding, and high-level critical thinking. It's a rare intersection for a rare breed of nurse where your sense of humanity meets your sense of purpose. If that’s you, then you’re going to love it here. Your experiences, knowledge, skills, empathy, compassion, and personality, all of it adds up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you will bring to this critical nursing role.

Your Everyday

• Take the lead: prioritizing, coordinating, and delegating all care touchpoints for your patients.
• Evaluate vital signs according to standards of care and monitor life support measures such as advanced heart and respiratory technology.
• Apply knowledge of complex patient conditions including psycho/social needs.
• Maintain and advocate a safe environment for everyone.
• Monitor and engage with your patients, families, and appropriate care team members immediately concerning significant events, patient condition changes, or patient questions and concerns.
• Prevent and treat wounds.
• Monitor and execute Joint Commission infection control and environment of care requirements.
• Ensure continuity of care, efficient throughput, consistent communications, and an exceptional experience for every patient.
• Collaborate and consult with nursing supervisor.
• Collaborates to identify and meet the overall needs of patient care or when unable to complete assignments or perform tasks promptly, effectively, or safely.
• Initiate patient and family education using appropriate resources and continuum of care services.
• Contribute to the team by assisting others without being asked.

Must-Haves

• Current nursing license to practice in Louisiana and as defined by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing.
• Current American Heart Association BLS certification.
• Current ACLS.

WORK SHIFT

Nights (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little "come on in" attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health's culture of everyday extraordinary.

About University Medical Center

University Medical Center, a world class academic medical center in LCMC Health's incredible community of care, is the largest medical training center for healthcare professionals in Louisiana and has long served as the region’s safety net hospital for poor and underserved communities for 300+. Learn more about University Medical Center’s legacy and our vision of becoming the epicenter of medical care, education, and research.

Your extras

• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems - it's all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you - because we do

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.