MICU Nurse
MICU Nurse
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Job Description
Overview
Located in the Phoenix Arizona suburb of Chandler the Chandler Regional Medical Center is a 429-bed not-for-profit hospital with more than 2600 team members and almost 1000 doctors on staff representing all major specialties. Chandler Regional joined the Dignity Health system in 1999 but has been part of the community for more than 50 years. The hospital includes a Level I Trauma Center a Heart and Vascular Center a Wound Healing Center a Family Birth Center and many additional services. Dignity Health Chandler Regional Mercy Gilbert and Arizona General Hospital Mesa awarded $422000 in grants to support five community projects led by 15 local organizations. Since 1991 Dignity Healths Community Health Improvement Grants program has provided $91 million to nearly 3800 health projects focusing on vulnerable and underserved populations.
Responsibilities
Chandler Regional Medical Centers Intensive Care Units provide patient care to Level One Trauma Cardiac Surgery ECMO Tandem Neurology Neurosurgery and Medical patients. Our ICU is an 80 bed ICU that consists of 36 Medical-Surgical Beds (12 of which are CVICU) 32 Surgical-Trauma-Neuro Beds and 12 Cardiac Care Beds which all house state of the art equipment. Chandler is ACS Level One Certified Trauma Center Accredited Stroke Center and is a Center of Excellence for Coronary Artery Bypass Patients and Mitral Valve replacements. The ratio for our ICU patients is 1:1 or 1:2 and is staffed 24x7 by certified Critical Care Intensivists.
The ICU has both a house wide as well as a unit based Shared Governance that is nurse driven to allow staff the autonomy and buy in into how the unit is run. We utilize self-scheduling. The four ICUs are led by a shared leadership team which provides many opportunities for growth as well as the ability to cross train within the various ICUs (Trauma Neuro Surgical Medical and CVICU).
- As an ICU Nurse you have a desire to be challenged and excel in intense fast-paced environments. You will provide direct nursing care in accordance with established policies procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization. Critical thinking is what YOU love to do
MICU- This is the unit you are applying for as an ICU Nurse:
- As a Medical ICU Nurse you will provide direct nursing care to patients with sepsis DKA post cardiac arrest respiratory failure and various other medical conditions for this 36-bed unit to medical ICU.
CCICU
- Cardiac Care Intensive Care Unit is a 12-bed medical cardiac intensive care unit in which you would provide direct patient care to lower acuity cardiac patients such as STEMIs percutaneous coronary interventions and vascular surgeries such as ELGs and carotid endarterectomy.
SICU
- As a Surgical Trauma Neuro ICU Nurse you will provide direct nursing care to neurology neurosurgical Level I trauma and general surgery patients in this 32-bed Intensive Care Unit.
CVICU
- As a CVICU Nurse you will provide direct nursing care in this 12-bed Cardiovascular Intensive Care unit (within the 36-bed MICU) recovering immediate post-surgical open heart patients such as CABGs valve surgeries and aortic repairs. The CVICU also provides care to patients on ventricular support devices and ECMO. Critical thinking is what YOU love to do. (*minimum 1 year of CVICU experience recovering open heart patients in the immediate recovery phase)
Qualifications
Minimum:
One (1) year RN ICU experience.
ADN Diploma or foreign equivalent.
Current AZ State RN License in good standing.
American Heart Association BLS.
ACLS card must be obtained within 6 months of hire.
Preferred:
Bachelors of nursing degree.
Cerner knowledge.
Employment Type
Unclear
