Registered Nurse - ICU

Prime Healthcare • Weslaco, TX

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse in the Intensive Care Unit at Knapp Medical Center provides intensive care to patients with life-threatening conditions. The role requires advanced critical-care skills, sound and timely decision-making, and compassionate care. The nurse monitors vital signs and blood oxygen levels, administers IV fluids, and communicates with the medical team to adjust care plans. The position delivers safe patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, and includes direct patient care within the nurse’s scope of practice. The nurse guides patient and family teaching and the activities of other nursing personnel while maintaining ICU standards of care. The nurse is accountable for assigned patients, communicates changes in clinical condition to physicians—including hemodynamic monitoring, diagnostic results, abnormal findings, and symptoms—and responds promptly and accurately to changes in condition or treatment response. Patient privacy and confidentiality must be maintained.

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).
• Experience in the ICU, Emergency Room, Emergency Department, or another critical care area.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe patient care using the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Provide direct patient care within the scope of practice and maintain ICU standards of care.
• Monitor vital signs and blood oxygen levels and administer IV fluids.
• Guide patient and family teaching and the activities of other nursing personnel.
• Remain accountable for the care of assigned patients.
• Communicate changes in patients’ clinical conditions to physicians, including hemodynamic monitoring, diagnostic study results, abnormal results, and symptoms.
• Respond quickly and accurately to changes in patient condition or response to treatment.
• Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus available for qualified candidates; eligibility and payout terms apply.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance options.
• Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays.
• Bereavement leave, FMLA, and other leave options.
• Employer 401(k) options.
• Tuition reimbursement options.
• Life, disability, and other insurance options.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed