Registered Nurse - ICU
About The Position
The Registered Nurse in the Intensive Care Unit provides intensive care to patients with life-threatening conditions. The role requires advanced critical-care skills, prompt decision-making, and compassionate care. The nurse monitors vital signs and blood oxygen levels, administers IV fluids, and communicates with the medical team to support appropriate care plans. The Registered Nurse delivers safe patient care using the nursing process of 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 care provided to assigned patients and communicates clinical changes, hemodynamic monitoring information, diagnostic study results, abnormal findings, and symptoms to physicians. The nurse responds quickly and accurately to changes in a patient's condition or response to treatment and maintains patient privacy and confidentiality. This is a full-time, night-shift position at Knapp Medical Center in Weslaco, Texas, with 12-hour shifts. A $15,000 sign-on bonus is available to qualified candidates; eligibility and payout terms apply and are discussed during the interview process.
Requirements
- Current and valid state Registered Nurse (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 as a staff RN.
Responsibilities
- Provide safe direct patient care to assigned ICU patients using assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
- Provide intensive care to patients with life-threatening conditions within the scope of nursing practice.
- Monitor vital signs and blood oxygen levels and administer IV fluids.
- Communicate with the medical team to support modification of care plans as appropriate.
- Direct and guide patient and family teaching and the activities of other nursing personnel.
- Maintain ICU standards of care and patient privacy and confidentiality.
- Communicate changes in patients’ clinical conditions, hemodynamic monitoring information, diagnostic study results, abnormal results, and symptoms to physicians.
- Respond quickly and accurately to changes in patient condition or response to treatment.
Benefits
- Sign-on bonus of $15,000 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
