Job Description

Registered Nurse (RN) | Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Location: Rapid City, SD
Agency: GQR Healthcare
Pay: $1,950 per week
Shift Information: Nights - 3 days x 12 hours
Contract Duration: 13 Weeks
Start Date: ASAP

About the Position

• General Information
  • Beds: 15 bed Pediatric Unit; 5 Bed PICU
  • Experience required: 1.5 years general nursing experience (system requirement)
  • Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes, only if greater than 2 years of experience (system requirement)
• Patient Types:
  • Will work through both Gen Peds and PICU
  • Pediatrics: Patients 0-18 years of age and adult overflow (stable medical – s/p appendectomy, s/p cholecystectomy, cellulitis, etc.). The diagnosis of these patients varies from respiratory illness, diabetes, septicemia, cellulitis, hyperbilirubinemia, neglect/abuse, mental health, trauma, neurology, and general surgeries. The general surgeries may include ear/nose/throat, gastrointestinal, urological, orthopedics, neurosurgery, and trauma.
  • Advanced Care Pediatrics: Patients 0-18 years of age requiring critical or intensive care services. The most common disease entities you may care for in our Advanced Care Pediatrics Unit include but are not limited to:?acute and chronic respiratory insufficiency, circulatory failure, infectious diseases leading to major organ system dysfunction, endocrine and metabolic disorders, neurologic diseases, toxic ingestions/exposures, trauma, hematologic and oncologic disease.
• Patient Ratios:
  • RN –
    • General Pediatrics - 1:5
    • Advanced Care Pediatrics: 1:1-2
• Required Certifications:
  • RN: BLS, PALS, NIHSS
    • NRP is not  required
• Required Education:
  • Completion of a nursing education program that is approved by a board of nursing; Registered Nurse (RN) - South Dakota Board of Nursing
• Skills required:
  • Physical assessment of patients, ages 0 – Adult
  • Evaluate patient symptoms and associated vital signs
  • Administer medications as prescribed
  • Educate patients and families on plan of care
  • Proficient use of EPIC charting system
  • PICU experience – ability to titrate drips and care for the mechanically ventilated patient.
• Support on the Unit:
  • CNA (Ratio: 1:5)
  • Charge nurse: 1 charge nurse covers both units – free floating
  • Phlebotomy? RNs and Nurse Aids draw their own labs
  • IV/VAT Team? RNs start their own IVs and have Ultrasound available for difficult IVs.
  • Resource Nurse: Nurse Clinician/Nurse Educator
  • Case Management and Social Work
  • RT: Yes
  • Hospitalist: Yes, with Pediatric APP support
  • Additional Support: Pediatric Pharmacy, Pediatric Social Work and Case Management
• Charting System/Equipment:
  • EPIC
  • Omnicell
• Floating: If yes, where?
  • NICU – 30 bed – feeder/growers – 1:3 ratios
• Orientation: (facility and unit)
  • 1 day facility orientation to include online and in person training
  • 2 days unit orientation with preceptor
• Scheduling:
  • Weekend rotation: Every other
  • Will they be on call? If so, what is that schedule? May be placed on low census/on call
  • Holiday Expectations: All
  • Approval of time off? Only if pre-approved
• Other notes:
  • Culture: At home feeling, traveler friendly, Learn and Grow culture
  • Scrub Color: Navy
  • Free Parking? Yes, in parking garage 

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