What are the responsibilities and job description for the Registered Nurse (RN) - ICU position at Phoenixville Hospital - Tower Health?
Job Summary
Work Schedule: FT Nights 7P-730A; every 3rd weekend; holiday rotation
Qualifications
Education Requirements:
ICU: 24-bed Critical Care Unit ( ICU and PCU) providing specialized care to critically ill patients requiring advanced monitoring, complex treatments, and life-saving interventions.
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Overview
Tower Health, a regional healthcare system, serves communities across multiple counties in Pennsylvania. Its network includes Reading Hospital, Phoenixville Hospital, Pottstown Hospital, and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (in partnership with Drexel University). Committed to academic medicine and training, Tower Health offers various programs, including residency and fellowship programs, the Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health, and the Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences. Additionally, the system provides a wide range of healthcare services, such as Reading Hospital Rehabilitation at Wyomissing, home healthcare via Tower Health at Home, Tower Direct ambulance and emergency response, Tower Health Medical Group, Tower Health Providers (a clinically integrated network), and Tower Health Urgent Care facilities across its service area.
Work Schedule: FT Nights 7P-730A; every 3rd weekend; holiday rotation
- Evaluates assigned patients and plans, implements and documents nursing care.
- Deliver excellent nursing care through evaluations, planning, implementation, and documentation while serving a diverse patient population with complex concerns.
- Performs various patient tests and administers medications within the scope of practice of the registered nurse.
- Promotes patients' independence by establishing patient care goals and teaching patients and families to understand conditions, medications, and self-care skills.
- Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
- Shared Governance
- Automatically enrolled in Nurse Residency Program (New Grads only)
- Career Advancement Program
- Earned Time Off
- Enhanced Tuition Assistance
- Retirement Savings with Employer Match
- Tower Tuition Discount Program - Up to 50% off for Eligible Employees AND Qualified Family Member who attend credit courses at Drexel University
- and so much more!
Qualifications
Education Requirements:
- Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing
- 1 Year Critical Care Experience Preferred
- 1 year of Acute Care Experience Required
- PA Registered Nurse License
- BLS
- ACLS
ICU: 24-bed Critical Care Unit ( ICU and PCU) providing specialized care to critically ill patients requiring advanced monitoring, complex treatments, and life-saving interventions.
- Diverse patient population: Care for patients with sepsis, respiratory failure, cardiac emergencies, neurological conditions, multisystem organ failure, and other complex medical and surgical conditions.
- Advanced clinical experience: Develop skills in mechanical ventilation, hemodynamic monitoring, vasoactive and titratable medications, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), and advanced life-support interventions.
- Professional growth: Strengthen critical thinking, assessment, and decision-making skills while caring for high-acuity patients in a fast-paced critical care environment.
- Collaborative teamwork: Work closely with intensivists, advanced practice providers, respiratory therapists, pharmacy, PT/OT and other members of the interdisciplinary team.
- Supportive culture: Learn from experienced critical care nurses and a leadership team committed to mentoring, education, and staff development.
- Career advancement: Explore opportunities for specialty certifications, advanced critical care training, precepting, professional development, and continued career growth through our Clinical Ladder Program.
Discover why our hospital is a great place to work—take a virtual tour of our facility here: Phoenixville Hospital Tour
Click here to see all the awards, accreditations and associations who endorse Phoenixville Hospital as a quality healthcare provider. We are proud to offer the level of service they represent.
Overview
Tower Health, a regional healthcare system, serves communities across multiple counties in Pennsylvania. Its network includes Reading Hospital, Phoenixville Hospital, Pottstown Hospital, and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (in partnership with Drexel University). Committed to academic medicine and training, Tower Health offers various programs, including residency and fellowship programs, the Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health, and the Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences. Additionally, the system provides a wide range of healthcare services, such as Reading Hospital Rehabilitation at Wyomissing, home healthcare via Tower Health at Home, Tower Direct ambulance and emergency response, Tower Health Medical Group, Tower Health Providers (a clinically integrated network), and Tower Health Urgent Care facilities across its service area.