Registered Nurse (RN) - Intensive Care

Advocate Health

1d•$38 - $57•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works in the 14-bed Intensive Care Unit at Aurora Medical Center-Summit, caring for trauma, surgical, cardiac, and neurological patients as part of a collaborative team of registered nurses, certified nursing assistants, and health unit coordinators. The role provides and coordinates comprehensive patient care through the nursing process, using evidence-based practice, clinical decision-making, compassion, and communication to deliver safe, therapeutic care in accordance with established standards, policies, and procedures. The nurse helps create the safest patient environment and the best patient experience across the continuum of care. The position is part-time at 0.6 FTE, working 24 hours per week on a 7 p.m.–7 a.m. night schedule. The schedule includes every third weekend and three holidays per year. ICU or stepdown experience is highly preferred; candidates with several years of RN experience and a passion for critical care may also be considered. Aurora Medical Center-Summit is a 117-bed facility with more than 260 nurses. It offers a collaborative workplace and services including 24/7 emergency care, a Level II Trauma Center, Brain & Spine Center, Bariatric Surgery, Stroke Care, Advanced Robotics, Women’s Services, and a Cancer Center. The organization describes opportunities for professional growth, development, and continuous learning, with a focus on work-life balance. The role requires frequent sitting, standing, walking, bending, squatting, reaching, twisting, and lifting. The nurse must safely lift up to 35 pounds, push or pull up to 30 pounds, and assist with 150-pound sliding transfers. The position also requires functional speech, vision, hearing, touch, and fine motor skills for clinical procedures; operation of equipment foot controls; and the ability to respond quickly to changing patient conditions and perform patient safety interventions, including verbal de-escalation and restraints when necessary. Exposure to blood, body fluids, communicable diseases, chemicals, and hazardous waste may occur, and appropriate protective equipment must be used. Physical Abilities Testing and additional department-specific requirements may apply.

Requirements

Completion of an accredited or approved program in nursing.
Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the teammate practices.
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), or obtain it within 6 months of hire.
National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certificate, or obtain it within 6 months of hire.
Safely lift up to 35 pounds, push or pull up to 30 pounds, and assist with 150-pound sliding transfers.
Functional speech, vision, hearing, touch, and fine motor skills for clinical procedures, and ability to operate equipment foot controls.
Ability to respond quickly to changing patient conditions and perform patient safety interventions.

Nice To Haves

ICU or stepdown experience is highly preferred; candidates with several years of RN experience and a passion for critical care may also be considered.
Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) certification is preferred and optional.

Responsibilities

Provide and coordinate comprehensive patient care through the nursing process.
Deliver safe, therapeutic care in accordance with established standards, policies, and procedures.
Use evidence-based practice, clinical decision-making, compassion, and communication in patient care.
Help create the safest patient environment and the best patient experience across the continuum of care.
Respond quickly to changing patient conditions and perform patient safety interventions, including verbal de-escalation and restraints when necessary.
Perform patient handling tasks, including pushing, pulling, and assisting with sliding transfers.
Use appropriate protective equipment when exposed to blood, body fluids, communicable diseases, chemicals, or hazardous waste.

Benefits

Paid Time Off programs
Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits
Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
Adoption assistance and paid parental leave
Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
Educational Assistance Program
Shift, on-call, and other premium pay based on teammate position
Incentive pay for select positions
Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
Career development programs