Rapid Response RN/Clinical Resource Nurse

Join Our Team as a Clinical Resource Nurse - Rapid Response & Critical Care Liaison

Are you a highly skilled and motivated RN with a passion for critical care, clinical excellence, and mentorship? We are seeking a dynamic Clinical Resource Nurse to join our team and play a key role in advancing patient outcomes through expert clinical support, collaboration, and leadership during emergent situations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Emergency Response Leadership

• Act as a co-team leader during codes.

• Ensure accurate documentation and facilitate post-event debriefs with real-time coaching and feedback.

• Participate in mock codes to promote clinical readiness and continuous improvement.

• Sepsis & Code Blue Program Support

• Serve as a key member of the Code Blue and Sepsis Committees.

• Respond to Sepsis Alerts, ensuring timely completion of the Sepsis Bundle.

• Collaborate with primary teams to coordinate and facilitate care plans.

• Maintain and monitor Code Blue/RRT & Sepsis databases, identify trends, and report findings to Nursing Leadership.

• Conduct audits as needed to support performance improvement.

• Clinical Rounding & Patient Follow-Up

• Perform follow-up rounding on patients who experienced RRT activation within the past 12-24 hours to assess stability and clinical progress.

• Support safe transfers and stabilization of high-acuity ICU admissions and facilitate escalated transfers to higher levels of care.

• Expert Clinical Support & Mentorship

• Provide bedside support and guidance for procedures such as IV therapy, port access, EKG, blood cultures, chest tube set-up/maintenance, peritoneal dialysis (PD), and continuous bladder irrigation (CBI).

• Act as a clinical resource, coach, and mentor to nursing staff across units, promoting skill development and confidence.

• Collaborate with ICU team and Critical Care Charge RN as needed in a critical care clinician role.

• Consultative and Collaborative Role

• Offer clinical assessments and serve as a liaison between nursing staff and providers to enhance care outcomes.

• Assist in provider communication and follow-up to ensure seamless and timely patient care delivery.

Available Positions: Full-time: 7a-7p & 7p-7a

Qualifications

• BSN, MSN, or CNL from an accredited School of Nursing required.

• Minimum two years of ICU experience required.

• Active MD RN License or Active Compact State RN, BLS and ACLS required. TNCC strongly preferred.