Rapid Response (RN)

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 dynamicClinical Resource Nurseto 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.

• Ensureaccuratedocumentation andfacilitatepost-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, ensuringtimelycompletion of the Sepsis Bundle.

• Collaborate with primary teams to coordinate andfacilitatecare plans.

• Maintain andmonitorCode Blue/RRT & Sepsis databases,identifytrends, 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 andfacilitateescalated 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 withICUteam 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.

• Assistin provider communication and follow-up to ensure seamless andtimelypatient care delivery.

Available Positions: Full-time– 7:00am-7:00pm including rotating weekends and holidays

Nursing Benefits

• Nationally recognized nurse wellbeing resources
• Comprehensive health benefit plans
• Generous paid time off and flex scheduling options
• Retirement plans with match
• Tuition assistance to advance your education
• Systemwide referral bonus program-up to $6,000 for each RN and up to $4,000 for each LPN that joins MedStar Health
• Relocation assistance up to $5,000
• Free parking for associates

Qualifications

• ADN, BSN, MSN, or CNL from an accredited School of Nursing required.
• Minimumtwo years of ICU experience required.
• Active MD RN License or Active Compact State RN, BLS and ACLS required.TNCC strongly preferred

This position has a hiring range of
USD $36.00 – USD $54.97 /Yr.
MedStar Health is an Equal Opportunity (EO) Employer and assures equal opportunity for all applicants and employees. We hire people to work in different locations, and we comply with the federal, state and local laws governing each of those locations.