Registered Nurse II - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

• Contribute to Magnet re-designation
• Demonstrate critical thinking skills by problem solving appropriately during patient care
• Communicate to reflect development of plan of care and ability to advocate to meet patients’ needs
• Independently initiate escalation of issues utilizing chain of command
• Demonstrate proper use of the currently identified hand off processes
• Demonstrate a collegial and respectful relationship with ancillary staff
• Participate in implementing change and support management decisions
• Role model behavior that reflects empathy, concern and a desire to help others
• Independently maintain regulatory requirements e.g. license, BLS
• Plan for attendance at mandatory education and professional activities to enhance nursing practice
• Demonstrate professional review of peers through timely participation in evaluations
• Seek out opportunities to participate in enhancing departmental goals by ensuring adherence to national safety standards and service excellence standards
• support advancement of education and certification as well
• Collaborate with members of the healthcare team and role model professional behavior and teamwork with coworkers
• Utilize resources as needed and know when to escalate to next level
• Utilize assessment data gathered from patient and family to ensure completion of data base and plan of care within identified timeframes
• Demonstrate clinical skills with complex patients that reflect analysis of patient status and appropriate interventions
• Role model skill in prioritization and organization for complex patient with rapidly changing needs
• Documentation exemplifies adherence to the highest standards of practice
• Anticipate and proactively plan for educational needs verified with patient and family throughout the hospital/outpatient stay and prior to discharge
• Role model organizational skills, adjust for changes and is able to complete assignment on time
• Demonstrate caring in all encounters with patient and family
• Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance
• Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation
• Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation
• Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication
• Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers
• Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance
• Identify ways to improve operations through quality improvement and assist in implementation of solutions
• Identify self learning needs and take initiative to meet those needs
• Ensure care is based on evidence with the literature and benchmarking
• Partner in the mission and upholds the core principles of the organization
• Committed to diversity and recognizes value of cultural ethnic differences
• Demonstrate personal and professional integrity
• Maintain confidentiality at all times
• Anticipate and responds to customer needs
• follows up until needs are met
• Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior
• Partner with all team members to achieve goals
• Receptive to others’ ideas and opinions
• Contribute to a positive work environment
• Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change
• Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes
• Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment
• Use resources efficiently
• Search for less costly ways of doing things

• ADN Required, BSN Preferred
• 1 year RN experience (Required)
• Registered Nurse licensed in the District of Columbia, Maryland or Virginia dependent upon location of practice
• Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• The licensed Registered Nurse will successfully complete the hospital and nursing orientation at Children’s National
• Keep knowledge base current with new information or changes in specialty area

$15,000 Sign-on Bonus