Neuro ICU - RN

Presbyterian System Services • Albuquerque, NM

5d • Onsite

About The Position

A Neuro ICU (Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit) nurse provides specialized, around-the-clock critical care for patients with severe brain, spine, and nervous system conditions. This is a full-time role with 1.00 FTE, working 12-hour day shifts. The position is non-exempt and is located at 1100 Central Ave SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106-4930.

Presbyterian Healthcare Services offers education and career development opportunities, including tuition and certification reimbursement and scholarships. Eligible positions may receive differentials for night and weekend shifts, higher education, certifications, and lead roles. The role includes malpractice liability insurance and access to loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department. Nurses use the EPIC electronic charting system and have access to a wearable staff-safety badge.

Presbyterian employees can participate in a wellness program that includes free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, and wellness challenges. Presbyterian Healthcare Services is a locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system founded in New Mexico in 1908. It operates nine hospitals, a statewide health plan, and a growing multi-specialty medical group. The organization has nearly 14,000 employees, including more than 1,600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses, and its health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide.

Requirements

• ADN, BSN, or MSN.
• New Mexico state or multistate license.
• BLS certification required at time of hire.

Responsibilities

• Perform detailed neurological assessments, including pupil response, movement, consciousness, and orientation, at intervals from every 15 minutes to every two hours using tools such as the Glasgow Coma Scale and NIH Stroke Scale.
• Monitor and maintain specialized devices, including external ventricular drains, lumbar drains, bolts, and subdural drains.
• Administer specialized medications and continuous infusions to manage cerebral perfusion pressure, blood pressure parameters, seizures, and sedation.
• Accompany unstable patients to CT or MRI scans, assist physicians with bedside procedures, and identify early signs of brain herniation or stroke extension.
• Manage patients’ broader critical-care needs, including ventilators, cardiac rhythms, renal function, skin integrity, and nutrition.
• Communicate frequently with families about changing prognoses, neurological changes, and complex care goals.

Benefits

• Education and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement and scholarship opportunities.
• Staff safety wearable badge for discreetly calling for help when safety is a concern.
• Differentials for night and weekend shifts, higher education, certifications, and various lead roles for eligible positions.
• Malpractice liability insurance.
• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department.
• Wellness program with free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, and wellness challenges.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree