RN-CCU

*** RN-CCU [ 9336 ]***

Description

As a Registered Nurse at Exempla Lutheran Medical Center, you'll be joining a team dedicated to delivering the best possible healthcare for our patients, through safe, supportive practices. The best people, the best hospitals - they go together. Our Place

The Registered Nurse opening is in our Critical Care Unit (CCU) of the Critical Care Department . This newly remodeled, staff-designed 12-bed unit provides care to adults and adolescents (13 and over) of complex cardiac, cardiac surgical and potentially unstable patients in critical or acute stages of cardiac illness. Here at the CCU our nurse-patient ratio is 1:1 or 2. Our staff provides care using state-of-the-art monitoring devices and communications. Your Position

To fulfill this vital role as a CCU Registered Nurse, you'll work alongside other highly experienced CCU staff including clinical supervisors and clinical nurse specialists. You'll gain significant experience and skill-set abilities through various procedures including sedation, ventilator management, cardiac monitoring, PA catheters, arterial lines, ICP monitoring, pain assessment and patient care documentation. We'll value your input through our clinical practice committees and other unit "best practice" efforts.

Like you, we value safety and support. As a newly hired Registered Nurse, you'll be precepted by unit-experienced staff and surrounded by a mentoring environment combined with an operational "what's best for the patient" attitude.

Like you, our staff also cherishes the balance between work and family life, and thus features self-scheduling blocks when possible. Our Requirements

* Current Colorado Registered Nurse licensure
* Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification
* Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification
* Preferred : 1 to 2 years critical care or telemetry step-down experience at a regional or urban hospital
Your Decision

If the above job description and work environment sounds like a place you'd consider, we invite you to apply today . Come join our family of service heroes at Exempla Lutheran Medical Center . As a large community hospital and medical center, our employees and community-based physicians have teamed up to deliver quality healthcare for our patients and to the community we serve. Both Exempla Lutheran Medical Center and Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital were selected "Best of the 100 Top Benchmark Hospitals" by Solucient - the only Colorado Hospitals so honored. 7p-7a

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