Nurse RN Pediatric Cardiac ICU FT

Location: Gainesville, FL
FTE: Full-Time (0.9 FTE)

The Registered Professional Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing safe, compassionate, and evidence-based nursing care while promoting optimal patient outcomes. Key responsibilities include:

• Patient Assessment: Identify alterations in health and assess the patient's responses to actual and potential health problems.

• Care Planning & Intervention: Develop and implement individualized nursing interventions based on nursing theory and concepts from nursing, the arts, and sciences.

• Evaluation: Evaluate the effectiveness of nursing interventions and modify the plan of care as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes.

• Patient & Family Engagement: Whenever possible, actively involve the patient, family members, and significant others in assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation.

• Leadership & Supervision: Supervise and direct care provided by Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) and Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAPs).

• Delegation: Appropriately assign and delegate patient care responsibilities to qualified members of the healthcare team.

• Care Coordination: Collaborate and coordinate care with other professional disciplines to ensure comprehensive and effective patient care.

• Professional Practice: Participate in unit-based activities that promote a positive, collaborative, and professional work environment.

• Patient Advocacy: Advocate for patients while providing care that reflects their individual needs, preferences, and goals.

• Commitment to Excellence: Provide and coordinate care in support of the organization's mission of excellent patient care and nursing's vision of establishing a new standard of excellence in autonomous, accountable, and innovative nursing practice.

The Registered Professional Nurse plays a vital role in fostering a climate of trust, collaboration, accountability, and patient-centered care while working to achieve the highest possible standards of nursing excellence.

• Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred at the time of hire.
• Professional Certification: Professional nursing board certification preferred at the time of hire.
• BSN Requirement: Nurses hired after April 30, 2014 who do not have a BSN are required to obtain a BSN within three years of hire.
• Board Certification Requirement: Nurses hired after June 30, 2011 who do not hold a professional nursing board certification are required to obtain certification within two years of hire, or by the certification eligibility date for certifications requiring more than two years of experience.

• Registered Nurse (RN) License: Current, unrestricted RN license in the State of Florida.