Registered Nurse RN - ICU

Saint Francis Hospital•Evanston, IL

17h•$35 - $54

About The Position

The Registered Nurse delivers safe patient care in the ICU using the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The RN provides direct patient care within the scope of practice and directs and guides patient and family teaching, as well as the activities of other nursing personnel, while maintaining ICU standards of care. The RN is directly responsible and accountable for care provided to assigned patients. The role includes communicating with physicians about changes in patients’ clinical conditions, including hemodynamic monitoring, diagnostic study results, abnormal results, and symptomatology. The RN must respond quickly and accurately to changes in a patient’s condition or response to treatment and maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.

Requirements

Current and valid state RN license.
Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain current.
Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation within 30 days of hire.
Current ACLS certificate within 30 days of hire and maintain current.
Minimum of one year as a staff RN in an acute care hospital; critical care experience preferred.

Nice To Haves

Completion of a Critical Care Course.
Critical Care RN (CCRN) certification.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
Critical care experience.

Responsibilities

Deliver safe patient care using assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Provide direct patient care within the scope of practice.
Direct and guide patient and family teaching and the activities of other nursing personnel while maintaining ICU standards of care.
Remain responsible and accountable for the care provided to assigned patients.
Communicate changes in patients’ clinical conditions to physicians, including hemodynamic monitoring, diagnostic study results, abnormal results, and symptomatology.
Respond quickly and accurately to changes in patients’ condition or response to treatment.
Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.