Clinical Practice Faculty Nurse - Intensive Care Unit

Company: Norman Regional Health System
Location: Cashion
Posted on: November 20, 2023

Job Description:

Overview: Norman Regional Hospital Intensive Care Unit seeks a Clinical Practice Faculty Nurse to join our team. The Clinical Practice Faculty Nurse is a hybrid position that functions as a bedside critical care nurse and a clinical instructor/faculty nurse. This position offers the opportunity to work in two different capacities and gain valuable experience. In addition to possessing strong clinical skills, the Clinical Practice Faculty Nurse will educate and mentor future Registered Nurses, ensuring that future nurses are well-prepared for a successful transition to practice. Norman Regional Hospital ICU cares for diverse critical patients with complex medical conditions. An ICU RN is highly skilled in rapidly assessing a patient's condition and intervening with immediate attention. Daily care and responsibilities may include managing various life-support systems, including ventilation, heart monitoring, and lifesaving medications. The ICU RN should show respect and empathy and communicate well with patients, families, and other healthcare professionals. The RN should understand and employ patient safety and harm prevention tools. Responsibilities: Schedule: Two shifts as a bedside RN in the ICU and one shift as a clinical instructor/faculty member. The days of the week may differ depending on the needs of the hospital and the academic institution.

• Collaboration with other health professionals, assessment & analyzing assessment data.
• Establishing goals, planning care strategy, establishing priorities of care & implementing care.
• Delegating tasks safely, providing safe direct and indirect nursing care, and evaluating responses to interventions.
• Performing additional nursing functions in accordance with knowledge and skills acquired beyond essential nursing preparation.
• In collaboration with the physician, you will provide total patient nursing care by assisting, leading, and directing care with a multi-disciplinary team of care providers.
• NRHS ICU cares for adolescents through geriatric patients.
• NRHS utilizes the Meditech EMR system, Mobilab, and bedside scanning technology.
• Serve as a faculty nurse for student clinical groups.
• Facilitate a learning environment to promote student growth and development.
• Work collaboratively with the academic clinical partners.
• Report and evaluate student performance in the clinical setting based on established objectives. Qualifications: Education
  • Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) Experience
    • Three years of full-time RN experience in a professional nursing setting is required. Five years of experience is preferred.
    • Experience as an educator preferred. Licensure/Certification
      • Current Oklahoma Registered Nurse license or active Multistate RN license.
      • Basic Life Support (BLS) training or retraining is required during orientation before providing patient care.
      • Current Basic Life Support (BLS) is required to be maintained through retraining for the duration of employment.
      • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training or retraining is required within six months of hire.
      • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) is required to be maintained through retraining for the duration of employment. Other Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
        • ICU RN required classes, including basic arrhythmia, basic 12 lead, advanced 12 lead, hemodynamic monitoring, mechanical ventilation, basic pacemaker, CRRT, and Arctic Sun, within 12 months of hire.
        • ICU RN will be required to obtain and maintain critical care competencies as designated by The Joint Commission and Nurse Manager.
        • Norman Regional Hospital provides all required training and classes during employment.
        • Demonstrate an advanced level of oral and written communication skills.
        • Meet required attendance and submission deadlines.
        • Demonstrate ability to create, manage and evaluate the student clinical experience to enhance student engagement and learning while meeting clinical objectives.
        • Proficient in using Meditech, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Adobe.

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