ممرضات التمريض القلبي جراحة وحدة العناية المركزة (CSICU)

Responsible to provide critical care to patients with potentially life-threatening heart conditions. They must observe changes in their patients, analyze charts, change bandages, and communicate effectively with doctors and health care professionals. CVICU nurses are pivotal members of emergency medical care teams and must be able to use their skills to prevent disease, help patients recover from surgery, and stabilize critically injured patients.
Education / Qualification Required:
• BS Degree in Nursing
• Associate Degree/Diploma in Nursing
Experience:
• Minimum Two (2) years of clinical experience in post-operative cardiac surgical critical care (Adult/Pads)
• Minimum four (4) years of experience with Associate Degree/Diploma in Nursing
License:
Current and clean license to practice as a Registered Nurse
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
• Provides total patient care as assigned according to the core standards of patient care and established policies and evidence-based practices.
• Assumes accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care as well as discharge planning for each patient.
• Contributes to decreasing the length of stay/waiting time as per unit specific goal. Works in collaboration with Case Management to achieve goals.
• Documents all relevant information correctly, appropriately, and in a timely manner.
• Reports equipment failures, safety and security issues, and/or reduction of supply inventory to Head Nurse or designee.
• Demonstrates collaborative multi-disciplinary partnerships working towards the achievements of constant improvement in quality patient care.
• Acts as an advocate for patients and families.
• Identifies ideas that will improve the quality of patient care and issues that will negatively affect patient care outcomes, using the professional practice framework.
• Promotes a safe environment and safe patient care by embracing a safety culture and identifying areas of risk to head nurse or designee.
• Complies with policies for personal and patient safety and for the prevention of healthcare associated infections.
• Contributes to the achievement of cost efficiency savings on unit.
• Maintains an awareness of resource utilization, exercising care in the ordering and use of staff, equipment, and materials.
• Contributes to the achievement of clinical quality outcome indicators and patient satisfaction.
• Leads unit based Performance Improvement activities as assigned.
• Participates in new staff/nursing student orientation aimed at developing competence and performance.
• Assists in maintaining a suitable learning environment and acts as a preceptor/mentor in the supervision and teaching of nursing students and new staff to develop their competence.
• Demonstrates trans cultural principles in nursing practice.
• Contributes to special projects/assignments linked to nursing strategic priorities and professional practice model as assigned.
• Assists in promoting and sharing knowledge via mentorship in line with relevant research and evidence based practice.
• Follows all Hospital related policies and procedures.
• Participates in self and other s education, training and development, as applicable.