CRONA
0.9 FTE, 12 Hour Day Shifts
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford is the heart and soul of Stanford Children’s Health. Nationally ranked and internationally recognized, our 311-bed hospital is devoted entirely to pediatrics and obstetrics. Our six centers of excellence provide comprehensive services and deep expertise in key obstetric and pediatric areas: brain & behavior, cancer, heart, pregnancy & newborn, pulmonary and transplant. We also provide an additional, wide range of services for babies, kids and pregnant moms.
PICU
The Clinical Nurse is responsible for performing the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation) and delivering safe therapeutic nursing care in consultation/collaboration with interdisciplinary members of the patient care team. Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the ages of patients served on the assigned unit(s). Possesses the ability to assess and interpret appropriate data relative to age and to provide nursing care as needed as described in the unit’s policies and procedures: demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development through the life span; and possess an understanding of the range of treatments needed by patients. Our PICU Critical Care Services team works with specialists in all medical and surgical specialties to care for children with life-threatening conditions, post-transplant, and those requiring unusual forms of mechanical ventilation and/or therapy only available at very specialized(tertiary) care facilities, like ours.
Department Description
The PICU is a 24 bed unit devoted to caring for the immediate needs of critically ill infants, children and adolescents and their families. The PICU serves an extremely diverse patient population; many of which derive from our established solid organ transplant and neurosurgical programs. The PICU also cares for trauma patients and critically ill children with sepsis, respiratory failure and multi-system organ failure. Therapies provided include high frequency oscillator ventilation (HFOV), continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). The PICU is the primary Code Blue and Rapid Response Team as well as home to the Pediatric Critical Care Transport Team at Packard Children’s.
Schedule: 72 bi-weekly hours, 12-Hour, Day shifts, includes every other weekend.
Minimum Qualifications
Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities as well as possession of any required licenses or certifications is qualifying.
Education: Graduate from an accredited nursing program. Prefer BSN.
Experience: Minimum of 1 or more years of pediatric acute care experience.
Licensure/Certification: Current California RN License, Current AHA Healthcare Provider BCLS and PALS certification. CCRN/TNCC preferred.
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, LPCH does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or identity, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability. Women and men, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply.