What are the responsibilities and job description for the Intensive Care Unit Nurse position at Adventist Health?
About Us
At Adventist Health, we are committed to providing high-quality healthcare services to our communities. Our mission is to live God's love by inspiring health, wholeness, and hope.
We are a faith-based, nonprofit, integrated health system serving more than 80 communities on the West Coast and Hawaii with over 400 sites of care, including 26 acute care facilities. Founded on Adventist heritage and values, Adventist Health provides care in hospitals, clinics, home care, and hospice agencies in both rural and urban communities.
Job Description
We are seeking a Registered ICU Nurse Specialist to join our team at Tehachapi Valley Hospital. As an ICU nurse, you will deliver coordinated nursing care for patients or assigned groups according to established standards of care and the nursing process.
You will supervise and direct the activities of various levels of assigned nursing staff, coordinate care with other disciplines, and utilize critical thinking, professional, and supervisory discretion, and independent judgment.
Responsibilities
- Collections relevant data pertinent to the patient's health or situation.
- Analyzes the assessment data in determining diagnosis and care issues.
- Implements the plan, coordinates care delivery, and employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
- Collaborates with the team of patient, family, and healthcare providers in providing patient care in a safe, healing, humane, and caring environment.
- Directly provides health information to patients, families, and treatment team.
- Participates in discharge planning in order to provide continuity of care.
- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of healthcare team members.