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FROEDTERT HEALTH INC. Charge Nurse Medical ICU in MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin
JOB REQUIREMENTS: Discover. Achieve. Succeed. #BeHere Location: US:WI:MILWAUKEE at our FROEDTERT HOSPITAL facility. This job is ON - SITE. FTE: 0.900000 Shift: Shift 3 Three 12-hour night shifts totally 36 hours per week. The Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU), recipient of the Beacon Award for Excellence, at Froedtert is a high-energy, critical care unit. The majority of MICU patients are severely ill and high acuity, requiring frequent nursing assessment and intervention. Patient populations commonly served include: septic shock, respiratory disease requiring mechanical ventilation, GI bleeding, multisystem organ failure, pulmonary hypertension, DKA/HHNK, hypertensive emergencies/crises, acute drug overdoses-intentional/non-intentional, and medication desensitization. With specialty therapies that may include: Induced hypothermia, CRRT/CVVH, IL-2 infusions, rapid infusion for emergent fluid or blood replacement, and flolan/remodulin infusions. The MICU unit culture is one of teamwork and comradery. We are a strong team dedicated to the finest quality ICU care for our patients and their families, and we strive for the highest ratings for customer satisfaction. Job Summary: The Charge Nurse is a Registered Nurse with unit lead responsibilities for patient flow and adjustment of unit staffing to meet the dynamic needs of the patients. The Charge Nurse will use the nursing process to make ongoing evaluations of patients\' acuity, assessments of the staff nurses workload, and anticipate fluctuations in admissions, discharges and transfers. The facilitation of patient flow includes triaging and prioritizing admissions and overseeing the care coordination of patients being discharged/transferred. Daily nurse staffing includes employing effective decision-making behaviors that are used to safely balance changes in patient acuity and census with the availability, experience and competency of the staff nurses, to ensure safe and adequate staffing for all shifts. The Charge Nurse will demonstrate resourcefulness, tactful communication, flexibility, adaptability, decisiveness and awareness of the global needs of the hospital. The Charge Nurse will be a clinical leader and resource on the unit, collaborating with the interdisciplinary team to facilitate patient care stay progression and unit goals. The Charge Nurse will assume a patient assignment as determined by the needs of the unit. As appropriate and/or delegated by the Nurse... For full info follow application link. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer who values and maintains an environment that attracts, recruits, engages and retains a diverse workforce. As a federal contractor/subcontractor, we take affirmative action in employment based on race, sex, disability and status as a protected veteran. We welcome protected veterans to share their priority consideration status with us at 262-439-1961. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/8E5A78FEA0FA4D04