Per Diem Registered Nurse - Trauma ICU

Salary: $62.99 Hourly

Location : Las Vegas, NV

Job Type: Per Diem

Job Number: 24-PDRNTICU2

Department: TICU - 6060

Opening Date: 07/01/2024

Closing Date: 7/8/2024 5:00 PM Pacific

Position Summary

As an academic medical center with a rich history of providing life-saving treatment in Southern Nevada, UMC serves as the anchor hospital of the Las Vegas Medical District, offering Nevada's highest level of care to promote successful medical outcomes for patients.
We are home to Nevada's ONLY Level I Trauma Center, Designated Pediatric Trauma Center, Burn Care Center, and Transplant Center. We are a Pathway Designated facility by ANCC, and we are on our journey to Magnet status.
• PER DIEM OPENINGS*

Position Summary:
Provides care to acutely and critically ill patients, in a highly technical and ongoing monitoring environment. These patients are facing life-threatening problems with varying needs, which require extensive medication protocols and therapies. Provides direct and individualized nursing care to patients based on the application of scientific nursing principles.

Job Requirement

Education/Experience:
Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and meets the requirements as specified in the Nursing Administrative Policy # PP-101.
One (1) year current critical care experience.

Licensing/Certification Requirements:
Current License by the Nevada State Board of Nursing to Practice as a Registered Nurse, and meets the requirements as specified in the Nursing Administrative Policy# PP-101.

Current BLS and ACLS at hire, TNCC and ABLS within 12 months of hire.
Additional and/or Preferred Position Requirements

PREFERENCES WILL BE GIVEN TO APPLICANTS WHO DOCUMENT THE FOLLOWING: Minimum of two (2) years of recent ICU experience in a similar facility.
Trauma experience a plus

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Physical Requirements

Knowledge of:
Nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation and coordination of patient care); anatomy and physiology; standards of care; disease process; medical equipment; patient care plan development; patient evaluation and assessment techniques; body mechanics used with ambulating, transferring and repositioning patients; how to use general office equipment including, but not limited to: facsimiles, copiers, telephones and computers; pharmacology and medication administration; Nurse Practice Act; department and hospital safety practice and procedures; patient rights; age-specific patient care practices; infection control policies and practices; handling, storage, use and disposal of hazardous materials; department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures.
Skill in:
Implementing nursing process including assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation; working with high risk or critically ill patients; performing invasive nursing procedures associated with area of specialty; using computers and related software applications; communicating with a wide variety of people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties; efficient, effective and safe use of equipment.
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions :
Mobility to work in a typical clinical setting and use standard equipment, including stamina to remain standing and/or walk for extended periods of time, and strength to examine and treat varied patients, vision to read printed materials and a VDT screen, and hearing and speech to communicate effectively in person and over the telephone. Strength and agility to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.

MPUMCLV

Per Diem and Temporary Employees are not eligible to receive benefits.

01

I understand that I must FULLY complete the application including my education and work experience and that all answers to the experience questions below must be supported by documented work history . Incomplete applications or applications missing relevant work history information (including current UMC employment if applicable) will not be considered. Yes
No

02

Are you a current UMC employee? Yes
No but I am a former UMC employee

03

Have you completed a formal Critical Care Class? Yes

04

If yes, please document where you completed the Critical Care Class, when it was completed and the lenght of the class. If no, please indicate where and how you received your critical care training.

05

Have you documented a minimum of one (1) year recent (within the past 5 years) RN Critical Care experience in a similar facility? Yes

06

Have you documented RN experience in a Trauma unit? Yes

07

Please indicate all of the life support certifications you currently hold. AHA Healthcare Provider
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course
Trauma Nurse Core Curriculum
Advanced Burn Life Support
Neonatal Resuscitation Protocol

08

I understand that I must FULLY document my experience in the work history portion of the application and that all answers to the experience questions below must be supported by documented work history. Incomplete applications or applications missing relevant work history information (including current UMC employment if applicable) will not be considered. Yes

Required Question