RN - ICU, Nights
About The Position
Join the close-knit ICU team at Piedmont Walton and care for a wide range of adult patients in an 8-bed intensive care unit. Nurses manage complex needs including mechanical ventilation, advanced airways, hemodynamic monitoring, vasoactive drips, and sedation. The unit uses a nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:2 based on acuity and emphasizes clinical excellence, critical thinking, prioritization, and teamwork. The team practices hourly rounding and bedside shift reporting and is rooted in professionalism and collaboration. The staff nurse provides nursing care to patients from birth through the lifecycle, using nursing processes to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care. The nurse works within organizational policies and procedures, demonstrates professional growth and accountability, maintains standards of practice, and coordinates the care activities of assigned staff to provide quality nursing care. This is a full-time night-shift position, 7 PM to 7 AM. A sign-on bonus is available, and an ICU specialty differential is provided.
Requirements
- Graduate from a recognized, accredited school of nursing.
- Current Georgia Registered Nurse license or NLC/eNLC multistate license.
- Basic Life Support (BCLS) certification.
- Critical Care: ACLS certification is required within 180 days; nurse residents and nurses new to the specialty may complete applicable certification within six months of start date.
- No experience is required; new graduates of a nursing program are eligible.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Nursing experience in a hospital setting preferred.
- Advanced certification in the field of specialty, if applicable.
Responsibilities
- Provide nursing care to patients throughout the lifecycle using nursing processes to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care.
- Manage complex ICU patient needs, including mechanical ventilation, advanced airways, hemodynamic monitoring, vasoactive drips, and sedation.
- Maintain standards of nursing practice and follow organizational policies and procedures.
- Coordinate patient care activities of assigned staff to provide quality nursing care.
- Demonstrate professional growth, accountability, critical thinking, prioritization, and teamwork.
- Participate in hourly rounding and bedside shift reporting.
Benefits
- Sign-on bonus available.
- ICU specialty differential provided.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
