Nurse on the Intensive Care Unit

We would love to get in touch with driven (BAZ) nurses who want to work on our Intensive Care units. For this, you do not need to be a fully qualified Intensive Care nurse; it is also possible to come to work within our intensive care with the EPA basic acute care (BAZ). When you are interested in working in our department, we cordially invite you to apply!

We are looking for nurses with a good clinical eye who have an affinity for the ICU patient and who want to make a difference for patients and their loved ones through person-centered care. This is in an academic setting where we work with the latest treatment methods and where you will come into contact with patients with highly complex and exceptional conditions. Driven nurses who want to develop continuously, professionally, and as human beings. And who want to be involved in nursing and medical innovation and in scientific research. You provide both short-term and long-term complex nursing care to stable ICU patients.

As a Nurse on the ICU, you work in a department with approximately 250 nurses. Within the ICU, we have 3 large teams led by 2 care managers and 8 team leaders. Additionally, we have a Medium Care, a Pediatric ICU, and a Radboudumc Expertise Center for Weaning from Ventilation within the department, which specializes in weaning from ventilation.

At our ICU, we work daily on improving care in a pleasant and collegial manner. The patient is central, whereby we involve the family in the treatment as an essential part of our care.

Our ambition is to be the leading national and international center for patients who are difficult to wean from mechanical ventilation. The care focuses on weaning patients from mechanical ventilation. An expertise team has been established to be able to guarantee this care. The care team uses innovative equipment and focuses on muscle function, mobilization, rehabilitation, and airway care. In this patient category, the focus lies less on the acute phase, but particularly on the rehabilitative phase.

At the Intensive Care, you work in the heart of acute, highly complex care. You treat seriously ill adults and children whose vital functions are threatened or have failed. You offer intensive monitoring and support in the ICUs, Medium Care, and High Care. In multidisciplinary teams, you combine high-tech care with teamwork, continuous development, and optimal attention to the most vulnerable patients.

You are driven to deliver professional nursing care. You have a proactive attitude and strive to optimize the well-being of patients and their loved ones, both physically and mentally. You reflect on your own actions and demonstrate clinical leadership. You work accurately and patiently. With your flexibility, capacity for empathy, and open, friendly attitude, you contribute to a relaxed atmosphere, both for patients and their loved ones and in collaboration with colleagues.

• Qualified mbo nurse and BIG-registered.
• At least one year of experience as a nurse in a clinical or extramural (acute) setting where procedures such as home ventilation with possible cannula care are applied.
• You work all requested shifts.
• In possession of or willing to obtain the EPA basic acute care (BAZ). This certificate is a requirement for working on an intensive care as a nurse. The EPA consists of four separate components AZ-FO-1 / AZ-FO-2 / AZ-FO-3 / AZ-FO-4 which together make up the entire basic acute care. Via the CZO website, you can find more information about the content of the basic acute care (BAZ)

• A Certificate of Conduct (VOG) is required for this position.
• In addition to the required EPA basic acute care (BAZ), it is also possible to obtain other separate EPAs that offer you the chance to grow in your profession and keep your workplace versatile and challenging. Some examples of suitable separate EPAs are:
  - AZ-FO-12 Providing care to a care recipient after cardio-surgical intervention
  - AZ-FO-5 Providing care to a care recipient with non-invasive ventilation (NIV)
  - AZ-FO-6 Providing care to the stable invasively ventilated care recipient