What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Practitioner in Intensive Care position at Lehigh Regional Medical Center?
Specialty RN - ICU
High-Quality Patient Care
At Lehigh Regional Medical Center, we strive to deliver high-quality patient care with compassion and community at the forefront. Our team of professionals is dedicated to providing exceptional healthcare services, guided by our core values of quality, compassion, and community.
Our hospital is accredited by The Joint Commission with the Gold Seal of Approval as a 53-bed acute-care community hospital. We offer specialty care services that include Emergency Services, Cardiology, Critical Care, Gastroenterology, General Surgery, Nephrology, and Orthopedics, delivering patient-centered healthcare with dignity and respect for all.
As a Registered Nurse in our ICU, you will be responsible for delivering safe patient care utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. You will provide direct patient care within the scope of practice and direct and guide patient/family teaching and activities of other nursing personnel while maintaining standards of care in the ICU.
Responsibilities and Requirements
Some of your key responsibilities will include communicating with the physician about changes in the patients clinical condition, including hemodynamic monitoring, results of diagnostic studies, and abnormal results and symptomatology. You will also be expected to respond quickly and accurately to changes in condition and/or response to treatment and maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.
To be eligible for this role, you must possess a current and valid state RN License, a current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain current, and completion of a Critical Care Course preferred. You should also have Basic Arrythmia Interpretation within 30 days of hire, a current ACLS certificate 30 days upon hire and maintain current, and a minimum of one year as a staff RN in an acute care hospital, critical care preferred. A Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is also preferred.
