RN – Inpatient Hospitalist IMC (C2/6)
About The Position
UW Health is seeking a Registered Nurse to join its new 16-bed Hospitalist Intermediate Care Unit (IMC), opening in 2027 at University Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. The unit will provide comprehensive, high-acuity nursing care to adults with a wide range of medical diagnoses, complex comorbidities, or hemodynamic instability requiring increased support. It will bridge intensive and general care, serving patients stepping down from intensive care or needing a higher level of support during their hospital stay. Patient populations may include people with acute respiratory failure, sepsis, and severe multi-organ dysfunction. This is an opportunity to help create and shape a new care environment. Nurses will provide evidence-based care and collaborate across disciplines to support safe transitions between care levels, particularly for patients stepping down from critical care. The unit fosters critical thinking, evidence-based problem-solving, and ongoing learning to help nurses develop their clinical practice. Work schedules range from 0.6 to 0.9 FTE and include day/evening and evening/night shifts, with weekend and holiday rotation. Compensation includes a competitive starting rate, consideration of relevant work experience, and applicable shift and weekend differentials.
Requirements
- Meet the inpatient-unit experience requirement: six months of nursing experience or current participation in UW Health’s Nurse Residency Program with successful completion of the Nurse Residency Orientation on the unit or a similar unit.
- Hold a Registered Nurse license in Wisconsin or a license issued by a jurisdiction that has adopted the nurse licensure compact, upon hire.
- Hold a current CPR/BLS certification upon hire.
- Obtain ACLS within six months.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN).
- Relevant RN experience.
- Relevant certification.
Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive, high-acuity nursing care to adult patients with varied medical diagnoses, complex comorbidities, or hemodynamic instability.
- Care for patients with conditions such as acute respiratory failure, sepsis, and severe multi-organ dysfunction.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary colleagues to support safe transitions between care levels, particularly when patients step down from critical care.
- Deliver evidence-based care and use critical thinking and evidence-based problem-solving.
- Participate in ongoing learning and development of clinical skills and practice.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plans
- Two-week paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Full-time benefits eligibility for part-time work
- Flexible schedule and shift options
- Employee wellbeing resources supporting emotional, financial, and physical well-being
- Tuition benefits for coursework associated with career advancement
- Referral bonus for referring applicants to open, posted positions
- Shift differential
- Weekend differential
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Job Type
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