Baylor Scott & White Surgical Hospital Fort Worth is a joint venture with Tenet Healthcare and USPI. Baylor Scott & White Surgical Hospital Fort Worth is a 30-bed acute care surgical hospital and has been serving the residents of Fort Worth and the surrounding communities since 2014.
The ICU NURSE has the responsibility to provide all nursing care services for the intensive care patients in a manner suitable to accepted standards of care. He/she ensures the highest quality and safe delivery of patient care, maintains compliance with professional nursing, The Joint Commission, and all Federal and State standards of care.
Required Skills
- Performs direct patient care within scope of RN practice and according to hospital policies and procedures.
- Responds quickly and appropriately to emergency situations.
- Identifies educational needs, implements and evaluates learning and documents patient / family education.
- Manages acute and chronic pain on all patients but especially post procedure or surgical patients to assist in alleviating suffering and improving healing.
- Delivers medication based upon continual assessment, safety, and evaluation of patient response.
- Responds to Emergency Department patients, when needed.
- Follows all documentation policies. Documents thoroughly, timely, and accurately in the patient’s medical record.
- Serves as a resource RN on the RRT/Code Blue response teams.
- Responsive and willing to help others, pitching in and floating to serve other clients; team members where indicated.
Required Experience
EDUCATION
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing, BSN preferred
LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION
- Current Texas RN License
- Current BLS, must get ACLS within 6 months of hire
SPECIFIC JOB EXPERIENCE
- Minimum three (3) years' clinical experience as an RN in an ICU Unit, preferably Neuro MICU/SICU experience
- Experience with Electronic Healthcare Records for patient documentation
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Demonstrates knowledge and skill level necessary to assess patient’s psychosocial, educational and physical needs, as well as the ability to address these needs in an age appropriate manner in the pediatric, adolescent, adult and/ or geriatric patient population.
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written.
- Good organization habits.
- Ability to make decisions based on nursing judgment.
- Able to prioritize and organize workload to meet needs of patients and unit.