RN - Registered Nurse - Trauma Burn ICU - Multiple Shifts
UAB Medicine
Description
Position Overview
Pay range: $30.00 - $48.00 / hour
Shifts: full-time and part-time AM and PM, weekends AM and PM, flexi/PRN
Schedules: 7 a.m.-7 p.m., 7 p.m.-7 a.m.
Benefits and perks available for eligible positions include: robust educational assistance programs, generous paid time off, employee assistance and wellness programs, paid parental leave, qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program, plus more.
Job Highlights
The Trauma Burn Intensive Care Unit is a 28-bed intensive care unit designed to provide critical care for patients suffering traumatic injury at Alabama’s only Level 1 Trauma Center, as verified by the American College of Surgeons. Our nurses provide specialized care for these patients who are critically ill and at a higher risk for life-threatening health problems. Patients on this unit may have intra-abdominal injuries, orthopedic fractures, head, neck, or face injuries, blunt and penetrating injuries, chest trauma, pulmonary injuries, or need management of complex wounds. These types of injuries can be obtained from a variety of scenarios, such as motor vehicle collisions, falls, thermal, electrical, or chemical burns, or inhalation.
Job Description
To utilize the nursing process to care and/or counsel individuals in the promotion and maintenance of
health and the prevention of illness and injury. Using a systematic critical-thinking approach to guide data
gathering, assessment, nursing judgment, intervention and evaluation of human responses to actual and
potential health problems through activities such as health teaching, health counseling and the provision
of care supportive and restorative of life and supportive of a peaceful death. To identify patient needs
using the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) Synergy Model. To delegate, coordinate
and manage all aspects of nursing care provided to the patient, their family and our community in a timely
and cost-effective manner. To deliver patient care in collaboration with the patient, their family and all
members of the health care team and with the knowledge of a licensed physician, psychologist, podiatrist,
and/or dentist.
Qualifications
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