Registered Nurse - ICU

Prime Healthcare • Joliet, IL

24d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works in the ICU, covering the Medical/Surgical/Neuro ICU and cross-training to the CVICU. This full-time position is based at Prime Healthcare Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Illinois, and has a night schedule from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., with rotating weekends and holidays and self-scheduling.

The nurse delivers safe patient care using the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, and provides direct care within the scope of practice. The role includes guiding patient and family teaching and the activities of other nursing personnel while maintaining ICU standards of care. The nurse is accountable for care provided to assigned patients, communicates clinical changes and relevant monitoring or diagnostic findings to physicians, responds promptly and accurately to changes in patient condition or treatment response, and maintains patient privacy and confidentiality.

Requirements

• Current and valid state RN license.
• Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain it.
• Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation within 30 days of hire.
• Current ACLS certificate within 30 days of hire and maintain it.
• At least 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.
• Guide patient and family teaching and the activities of other nursing personnel while maintaining ICU standards of care.
• Remain accountable for the care provided to assigned patients.
• Communicate changes in patients’ clinical conditions to physicians, including hemodynamic monitoring information, 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 of up to $10,000 for qualified candidates; eligibility and payout terms apply.
• Paid time off.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Medical coverage.
• Dental coverage.
• Vision coverage.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Additional voluntary benefit options.

What This Job Offers

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