Registered Nurse - Critical Response
MO-SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton
MO-SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton
You'll prevent deterioration in patients outside the ICU and lead the Critical Response team's first assessment of critically ill patients.
Posted Sep 10 · 2 years of experience
- Pay
- Not posted
- Shift and hours
- Nights Schedule: Part- time nights with every third weekend rotation.24 hours a week
- Unit and setting
- Critical Response team Prevents clinical deterioration in patients outside of intensive care units.patients outside the ICU
- License
- RN license Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional RegistrationMissouri RN license from the Division of Professional Registration
- Term
- Permanent Schedule: Part- time nights with every third weekend rotation.Part-time
Do you qualify?
- License
- Missouri RN license from the Division of Professional Registration Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration Check your license
- License
- RN license issued by a compact state Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State Check your license
- Certification
- BLS HCP (AHA) Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Certification
- ALS (AHA), or PALS (AHA) instead Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Education
- graduate of an accredited nursing school or equivalent for licensing Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing
- Experience
- 2 years as an RN in critical care, emergency or progressive care Two years of registered nurse experience in critical care, emergency care or progressive care
Preferred
- Experience
- ICU experience Preferred Qualifications: ICU Experience
What it pays
- Bonus
- sign-on bonus for eligible external candidates Sign on bonus available for eligible external candidates!
- Bonus
- sign-on bonuses are for external qualified candidates only; internal candidates check with their recruiter
Benefits
- Benefitscompetitive, affordable health insuranceCompetitive, affordable health insurance including but not limited to:
- Benefitsdaily payGetting paid every day!
- Benefitsup to $5,250 a year in tuition coverageAccess up to $5,250 in tuition coverage per year
- Benefitspaid maternity and paternity coveragePaid maternity & paternity coverage
- Benefitsadoption assistanceAdoption assistance
- Benefitsvarious health insurance options and wellness plansVarious competitive health insurance options & wellness plans
More benefits (6)
- Benefitsretirement benefits with employer matchingRetirement benefits including employer matching plans
- Benefitslong and short-term disabilityLong & short-term disability
- Benefitsemployee assistance programEmployee assistance programs (EAP)
- Tuition coverage up to $5,250 per year
- Health insurance options and wellness plans
- Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Pay isn’t listed.
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- monitoring patients recently transferred from the ICU Closely monitors patients who have recently transferred from the intensive care unit (ICU).
- Day to day
- helping decide when to call a rapid response Assists in determining when to escalate a rapid response.
- Day to day
- moving patients early to a higher level of care Facilitates early and rapid transition of patients to a higher level of care.
- Day to day
- flagging at-risk patients from EMR data and acuity scores Utilizes available data from the electronic medical record and other sources to identify at risk patients.
- Day to day
- teaching and supporting the bedside team on unstable patients Educates and supports the bedside team in the evaluation and management of unstable patients.
- Day to day
- guiding bedside nurses on directing patient care Guides the bedside nursing team to help direct patient care.
- Day to day
- tracking rapid response and code data Collects and maintains data related to Rapid Response and Code episodes to drive process improvement.
- Day to day
- joining rapid response and code debriefs and the regional critical response team Participates in Ministry Rapid Response and Code debrief process and Regional Critical Response Nursing Team.
- Weekends
- every third weekend Schedule: Part- time nights with every third weekend rotation.
- Details
- standing and walking constantly Constant standing and walking.
- Details
- occasional lifting and moving of patients Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
- Details
- occasional driving Occasional driving.
The workplace
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for holiday and call?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
ICU / Critical Care is a specialty you move into. The classic route: base year, then transfer in.
Original listing
Posted on SSM Health Care St Louis’ careers page.
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Worker Type
Regular
Job Highlights
Department: Critical Response
Schedule
Part- time nights with every third weekend rotation.
Preferred Qualifications
ICU Experience
Benefits
Competitive, affordable health insurance including but not limited to
Getting paid every day! Access up to $5,250 in tuition coverage per year Paid maternity & paternity coverage Adoption assistance Various competitive health insurance options & wellness plans Retirement benefits including employer matching plans Long & short-term disability Employee assistance programs (EAP) Sign on bonus available for eligible external candidates! sign on bonuses are for external qualified candidates. Internal candidates, please check with your recruiter to see what options are available
Job Summary
This role is pat of the expert clinical team in the acute care area. Prevents clinical deterioration in patients outside of intensive care units. Leads the Critical Response team's initial assessment of critically ill patients and has the ability and clinical skills to assess and implement early interventions to prevent cardiopulmonary arrest, better facilitating the patient's transition to a higher level of care.
Job Responsibilities and Requirements
Primary responsibilities
Acts as the first level of support for the bedside nursing team when the condition of a patient is in question or jeopardy. Educates and supports the bedside team in the evaluation and management of unstable patients. Guides the bedside nursing team to help direct patient care.
Assists in determining when to escalate a rapid response. Facilitates early and rapid transition of patients to a higher level of care. Closely monitors patients who have recently transferred from the intensive care unit (ICU).
Utilizes available data from the electronic medical record and other sources to identify at risk patients. e.g. Deterioration Index, Sepsis score and other acuity scores. Collects and maintains data related to Rapid Response and Code episodes to drive process improvement.
Participates in Ministry Rapid Response and Code debrief process and Regional Critical Response Nursing Team. Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and scientific knowledge in health care to critical care nursing practice, ensuring that nursing care is delivered based on patient’s age-specific needs and clinical needs as described in the department's Scope of Service. Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Education
Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing
Experience
Two years of registered nurse experience in critical care, emergency care or progressive care
Physical requirements
Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication. Constant standing and walking. Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry. Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors. Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc. Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs. Occasional lifting/moving of patients. Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
Occasional driving. Rare crawling and running.
Required professional license and/or certifications
State of Work Location: Illinois Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) And Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) And Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) Or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) State of Work Location: Missouri Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) And Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State Or Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration And Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) Or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) State of Work Location: Oklahoma Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) And Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State Or Registered Nurse (RN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN) And Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) Or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) State of Work Location: Wisconsin Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) And Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State Or Registered Nurse (RN) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services And Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) Or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
Work Shift
Night Shift (United States of America)
Job Type
Employee
Department
8451000113 Nursing Admin
Scheduled Weekly Hours
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