Description
Care Partner
SURGICAL ICU
SIGN-ON BONUS for qualified candidates!
Your Role :
Assist with the delivery of patient care and maintenance of unit environmental standards under the supervision of a licensed nurse.
For more information regarding the physical requirements and environmental conditions for this job, please click here .
Position Qualifications:
Required:
- Have graduated from a NATS training program; or
- Have previous CNA experience; or
- Have completed a semester of clinical training in an accredited Nursing program
Position Shift:
- This is a 12-hour shift, 36 hours per week, day shift position. The schedule is made for six weeks and we offer self-scheduling.
Department/Unit Summary:
Visit Us!
http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/vumc.php?site=vanderbilt-nursing&doc=41776
The SICU unit specializes in caring for a critically ill patient population that may include liver, kidney, or pancreas transplants; as well as head, neck, thoracic, urologic, and GI surgical patients. Our primary focus is to provide our diverse patient population with excellent care related to any elective, urgent, or emergent major surgical intervention, as well as procedures that negatively impact normal hemodynamic stability. This is typically the immediate post-operative phase, but may also include the diagnostic, pre-operative, and extended post-operative phases of care. Our nurses work closely with the SICU physicians and nurse practitioners to provide care for patients with multiple system organ dysfunctions, ventilators, vasoactive drips and other therapies to ensure optimal sedation, analgesia, cardiac, and hemodynamic function. Our nursing team assists in coordinating the care between the multiple disciplines and physician teams to provide optimal outcomes for our critically ill patients. We pride ourselves on providing excellent patient care, with a focus on reducing the number of hospital-acquired infections from ventilators, central venous catheters, and urinary catheters.
Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:
Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded and your abilities challenged. It is a place where your diversity -- of culture, thinking, learning and leading -- is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt's mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.
VUMC Recent Accomplishments
Because we are committed to providing the best in patient care, education and research, we are proud of our recent accomplishments:
o US News & World Report: #1 Hospital in Tennessee, #1 Health Care Provider in Nashville, #1 Audiology ( Bill Wilkerson Center ), 9 adult and 9 pediatric clinical specialties ranked among the nation's best, #15 Education and Training
o Truven Health Analytics: among the top 100 hospitals in the US
o Becker's Hospital Review: one of the "100 Greatest Hospitals in America"
o The Leapfrog Group: grade "A" in Hospital Safety Score
o National Institutes of Health: among the top 10 grant awardees for medical research in the US
o American Association for the Advancement of Science: 12 faculty members elected fellows in 2014
o Magnet Recognition Program: Vanderbilt nurses are the only group honored in Tennessee
o Nashville Business Journal: Middle Tennessee's healthiest employer
o American Hospital Association: among the 100 "Most Wired" medical systems in the US
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