Registered Nurse - ICU

　　Job Details

　　Job Location

　　Aurora, CO - Aurora, CO

　　Position Type

　　Full Time

　　Education Level

　　Bachelor's Degree

　　Job Shift

　　Any

　　Description

　　Our Company Promise

　　We are committed to providing our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Vighter’s Mission is to provide efficient, fast, high quality healthcare staffing to our clients.

　　Our Culture’s key elements are crucial to the effectiveness of our employees in accomplishing our mission. The key elements include:

　　Dependability

　　Integrity

　　Personability

　　Transparency

　　Responsiveness

　　Creating and cultivating this Culture within the organization is our commitment to our employees. Above all, Vighter employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude that they are expected to share externally with every Vighter Client and Customer.

　　Title:Registered Nurse - ICU

　　Location:Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center – Aurora, CO

　　Job Summary:

　　Vighter is seeking ICU Registered Nurses to join our dynamic healthcare team and make a significant impact on the well-being of the veteran community served by the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center. We are seeking highly skilled and compassionate professionals to provide exceptional patient care. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a collaborative team, dedicated to advancing patient health.

　　Reports to:

　　Project Manager

　　Principle Accountabilities:

　　Provides complex and comprehensive professional nursing services within the professional scope of practice for a variety of diagnoses for patients of all ages.

　　Responsible for total patient care, including medications, orders, and

　　treatments

　　Assists the physician in performing special procedures, including sterile procedures

　　Provide the full range of ICU nursing services within the professional scope of practice for a variety of post-operative and critically ill patients.

　　Assists in emergency nursing procedures for prompt control of changes in the patient’s condition

　　Head-to-toe assessments. Knowledge of normal versus abnormal findings and reporting of abnormal findings to Charge Nurse and/or M.D. if warranted.

　　Critical thinking to intervene with appropriate intervention for

　　urgent/emergent care.

　　Care of acute and chronically ill patients.

　　Knowledge of hemodynamics

　　Basic IV and central line skills

　　Basic understanding of cardiac monitoring equipment

　　Systematically assesses the urgent or emergent health needs of patients, analyzes data, and formulates a plan of care, with other members of the medical team, which is realistic in relation to the employee’s capabilities and job requirements.

　　Recognizes and treats illnesses and injuries according to established operating instructions within the scope of licensure and regulations of state employment or practice.

　　Records and maintains patient information in accordance with standard protocols, and the Privacy Act.

　　Identifies and records signs and symptoms of physical and mental conditions.

　　Thoroughly exercises skill in initiative, judgment, problem-solving and decision-making daily.

　　Makes independent judgments and prioritizes workload.

　　Demonstrates proven success in stressful environments.

　　Pursues professional development activities and continuing education to ensure currency with present practices and trends in healthcare and specifically in the practice of emergency medical treatment.

　　Monitors reconciliation of financial transactions and ensures contract charges are applied uniformly.

　　Protects patients' privacy through confidentiality, infection control procedures, assuring consistent medication administration, and assuring proper storage and maintenance procedures for all equipment and supplies

　　Adheres to strict personal protective equipment guidelines as necessary and/or directed

　　Other duties and projects as assigned

　　Qualifications:

　　Current, full, and unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse in any US state or territory.

　　Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited program

　　Basic Life Support/BLS (AHA or ARC)

　　Advanced Cardiac Life Support/ACLS (AHA or ARC)

　　Proficiency in spoken and written English.

　　United States Citizenship.

　　Experience:

　　2+ years of ICU experience.

　　Vighter, LLC is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.