What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN - Intensive Care Unit (Night Shift) position at Albany Medical Center?
The Coronary Care Unit (CCU) at Albany Medical Center is a 17-bed cardiac critical care unit with each room equipped with invasive monitoring capabilities. The patient population consists of adult patients aged 18 and older experiencing actual or potential life-threatening cardiac dysfunction.
Key Responsibilities:
- Implement physician orders, administer medications, start IVs, perform treatments, procedures, and special tests as required by company policy and local/state/federal rules and regulations.
- Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patients' conditions, assess and evaluate patient needs for, and responses to, care rendered.
- Apply sound nursing judgment in patient care management decisions, collaborate with the nursing team to create a Plan of Care for all patients, and direct and guide ancillary personnel while maintaining standards of professional nursing.
Clinical Expertise:
- Continuous EKG monitoring for potentially life-threatening dysrhythmias and implementation of emergency measures in the absence of a physician according to the American Heart Association's Advanced Cardiac Life Support (AHA-ACLS) Guidelines.
- Monitoring and care of patients with Impella ventricular assist devices, Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps, Pulmonary Artery Catheters, TVPs, and Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy.
Nursing Practice:
- Assesses and evaluates patient needs for, and responses to, care rendered.
- Provides primary and emergency care for occupational and non-occupational injuries and illnesses.
This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Medical Center, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes.
