RN - Intermediate ICU
About The Position
The Intermediate ICU RN provides clinical care and uses coordination skills for every patient served. This includes an understanding of the expected patients served in the unit'(s). Nursing care is delivered using the Eskenazi Health Model of Care-Synergy, the ability to coordinate with the patient and family/loved ones and other healthcare disciplines to ensure care is appropriate to meet patient care needs. Proactively contributes to Eskenazi Health's mission: Advocate, Care, Teach, and Serve with special emphasis on the vulnerable population of Marion County; models Eskenazi Health values. In addition to new employee and clinical core orientation, we ensure team members are provided a departmental orientation that is flexible based on YOUR needs. Better support for nurses means better care for patients. That is why Eskenazi Health is not only here for the community and our patients, we’re here for our nurses too.
Requirements
- Current Indiana license as a Registered Nurse
- RN degree from a nationally accredited college or university
- Current BLS certification; other certifications may be required in specific units to practice
- Minimum of 1-year clinical nursing experience as a Registered Nurse
Responsibilities
- caring for and monitoring high acuity patients whose acuity is a blend between progressive care and ICU in a 1:3 nurse to patient ratio
- Q1 hour vital signs/neuro checks
- elective cardioversion
- stable ventilator management
- arterial BP monitoring
- titrate various stable drips such as: low dose vasopressors (dopamine and levophed), intropes (milrinone and dobutamine), antihypertensives (Nitroglycerin, Nicardipine), Dexmed, Ativan, Narcan, , ketamine, lidocaine, Adenosine, Esmolol, Diltiazem, Amiodarone, epidurals, insulin and more.
Benefits
- Opportunities to take high acuity patients to further your knowledge and grow so that you have the option to transfer to other areas in the future if desired. (MICU, SICU, PACU, etc).
- Competitive compensation
- STUNNING benefits (retirement matching, tuition reimbursement, PTO, medical, dental, vision, and more!)
- Established shift differential, for eligible shift hours
- Weekend incentive pay
- Seven Major holidays paid at double time
- A culture of caring not only for patients/family members but also for our staff
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
