Experienced Registered Nurse (RN) - Shock Trauma Center Critical Care

Company: University of Maryland Medical System
Location: Parkville
Posted on: January 14, 2021

Job Description:

What You Will Do:

University of Maryland Medical Center

R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
Registered Nurse (RN) Critical Care - Critical Care Resuscitation Unit (CCRU)
Full time Rotating


Advancing the practice of nursing, every day

The world renowned R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center provides challenging care of the most critically ill patients in Maryland.
The Critical Care Resuscitation Unit (CCRU) at the University of Maryland Medical Center R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center is a one of a kind unit which specializes in resuscitation of the adult critically-ill, non-trauma patient being transferred from outside facilities for tertiary care. Using a collaborative team approach, this unit facilitates rapid access to a wide range of services such as neurology, stroke neurology, neurosurgery, cardiac surgery, cardiology, acute care emergency surgery, vascular, soft tissue, and transplant.
As a nurse in the CCRU, you will provide care to critically ill, non-trauma, medical and surgical patients who need immediate resuscitation and stabilization. Patients commonly seen but are not limited to neurological, surgical, medical and/or cardiac emergencies, aortic dissection, septic shock and multi-system organ failure.
The collaborative team approach supports rapid clinical evaluation, diagnostic imaging, and resuscitative interventions. Management of resuscitative interventions such as invasive hemodynamic monitoring, continuous renal replacement therapy, extra ventricular drains (EVD), intra-aortic balloon counter pulsation devices (IABP), extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), and resuscitative endovascular occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) are common when providing nursing care for patients in the CCRU.
The University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), a designated Magnet facility, we are a team. Nurses and doctors, specialists and therapists, work shoulder-to-shoulder to give our patients the care they deserve. We take time to celebrate each other's contributions and treat each other with respect by valuing each other's ideas and opinions. Ultimately, we support each other's growth. Together, we form a world-class team dedicated to furthering the practice of patient care.

UMMC offers...

• A competitive wage scale
• Up to $10,000 a year for your graduate degree at the University of Maryland School of Nursing
• An achievable professional advancement model
• Reimbursement for continuing education and certification
• A full benefit package including Health, Vision, Dental, PTO, retirement contribution, and more!
  
  What You Need to Be Successful:
  
  Qualifications include:
  -RN with minimum of 3-5 yrs. current Critical Care experience in at least a 12-16 bed Surgical, Neuro, Medical, Trauma or Cardiac ICU required. -Invasive monitoring experience required.
  
  -Both BLS and ACLS required
  
  Note: not able to consider ER experience as a replacement for ICU experience.
  
  Note: not able to consider Nursing Graduate/RNs for this unit
  
  -Graduation from an accredited school of nursing, with a Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred
  
  -Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of Maryland, or eligible to practice due to compact state
  requirements outlined by the Maryland Board of Nursing
  
  We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Associated topics: bsn, care unit, hospice, infusion, intensive, nurse clinical, nurse rn, recovery, registered nurse, surgery

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