RN - ICU

Company: KurzSolutions
Location: Salem
Posted on: May 28, 2023

Job Description:

Job Description
Shop, Play, Eat, and Honor our Veterans in Salem
The Community - Salem, Virgini
Established as early as 1802, Salem, VA has truly earned it's mark as being considered an all-American community. Occurrences from one of its earliest settlers, famed pioneer and patriot Andrew Lewis, to being the host of the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, the NCAA Division III football championship, since 1993. For the last two centuries, the City of Salem has remained a remarkable place to call home. Retaining its old-fashioned, small-town community feel while providing residents some of the highest quality schools, facilities and services in Virginia. Enjoy the expanded recreation and leisure opportunities for all with the Moyer Sports Complex, the Salem Recreation Center, and the expansions of longwood Park and Lake Springs.
Regional Airport: Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport. Distance: 12.1 miles. Includes flights from United, American Airlines, Allegiant, and Delta. 12+ direct flights per day.
Explore Salem - here
Salem VA Medical Center
At the VA Salem Medical Center, our health care teams are deeply experienced and guided by the needs of Veterans, their families and their caregivers. Our facility provides routine care management to urgent care for our veterans. Since 1934 the VAMC in Salem has been improving the health and wellness of the men and women who have so proudly served our country from every branch in the United States military. Our health care services have been provided to more than 112,500 veterans living in a 26-county area of southwestern Virginia.
1970 Roanoke Blvd, Salem, VA 24153.
Facility Facts and Specifics
The Salem VA Medical Center provides comprehensive health care, which includes addiction and substance abuse care, blind and low vision rehabilitation, COVID-19 vaccines, cardiology, caregiver support, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology/oncology, homeless Veteran care, infectious disease, LGBTQ+ Veteran care, mental health care, nephrology, neurology, ophthalmology, optometry, otolaryngology, palliative and hospice care, patient advocates, pharmacy, podiatry, primary care, pulmonary medicine, radiology, rehabilitation and extended care, returning service member care, rheumatology, sleep medicine, social work, spinal cord injury and disorders, suicide prevention, urgent care, urology, vocational rehabilitation and employment programs, whole health and women Veteran care.
Requirements (Duties include but are not limited to)

• Providing professional nursing care principles, practices and procedures required to assess needs of patients.
• Knowledge of pharmaceuticals, their desired effects, side effects, and complications of their use; recognizing adverse signs and symptoms which are not always apparent and to react promptly in emergency situations including the implementation of life saving procedures.
• Providing counseling, guidance and health instruction to patients; and
• Identifying disease entities in order to recognize complications and therapeutic interventions required.
• Provide professional nursing duties according to established professional nursing principles, practices, and procedures in an ICU setting, assessing patient's physical, emotional, spiritual and socio-cultural needs.
• Demonstrate skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patient served; provides preoperative and post-operative nursing care to patients. Qualifications
  • Candidates must possess a bachelor's degree in Nursing and eligibility under the Superior Academic Achievement provision -OR- Possess of a bachelor's degree in Nursing and at least one full year of professional nursing experience-OR- Possess a diploma or associate degree in professional nursing
  • Must possess a current, valid, unrestricted nursing license in a state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a Territory of the United States.
  • Must have a minimum of 12 months experience in an intensive care environment during the last 36 months
  • Current Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) as approved by the American Heart Association (AHA) is mandatory for all specialties.
  • Evidence of current immunizations is required Terms: 13-week contracts with extensions.
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