Rapid Response RN/Clinical Resource Nurse Job Listing at MedStar Medical Group in Olney, MD (Job ID req48854)

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General Summary of Position

Unit Highlights

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 

Key Responsibilities

As a Clinical Nurse, you will provide skilled, compassionate care to patients and families across a spectrum of needs—from routine to highly complex. You will assess evolving patient conditions, identify actual and potential health concerns, and develop appropriate care plans. Interventions may be delivered directly or coordinated through collaboration with other members of the nursing team

What We Offer

• Culture- Collaborative, inclusive, diverse, and supportive work environment.
• Career growth- Career mentoring to help you pursue your passions and gain skills to enhance your value.
• Wellbeing- Competitive salary and Total Rewards benefits to help keep you happy and healthy.
• Reputation- Regional & National recognition, advanced technology, and leading medical innovations.

Qualifications

• ADN, 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. 

This position has a hiring range of $36.00 - $54.97