Registered Nurse - ICU
About The Position
The Registered Nurse in the ICU delivers safe patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The nurse provides direct care within the scope of practice, guides patient and family teaching, and directs the activities of other nursing personnel while maintaining ICU standards of care. The nurse is accountable for the care of assigned patients, communicates changes in clinical condition and diagnostic results to physicians, responds promptly and accurately to changes in condition or treatment response, and maintains patient privacy and confidentiality. This is a full-time night-shift position at Prime Healthcare St. Mary’s Hospital in Kankakee, Illinois. The schedule is 5 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., with rotating weekends and holidays and self-scheduling. A sign-on bonus of up to $10,000 is available to qualified candidates; eligibility and payout terms apply.
Requirements
- Current and valid state RN license.
- Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintained thereafter.
- Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation within 30 days of hire.
- Current ACLS certificate within 30 days of hire and maintained thereafter.
- 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 the nursing process of 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.
- Maintain standards of care in the ICU.
- Remain directly responsible and accountable for the care given to assigned patients.
- Communicate changes in patients’ clinical conditions, hemodynamic monitoring, diagnostic study results, abnormal results, and symptoms to physicians.
- Respond quickly and accurately to changes in patient condition or response to treatment.
- Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.
Benefits
- Sign-on bonus of up to $10,000 for qualified candidates, subject to eligibility and payout terms.
- Paid time off.
- 401K retirement plan.
- Medical coverage.
- Dental coverage.
- Vision coverage.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Voluntary benefit options.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
