Rn Icu

Job Summary:

The Registered Nurse (ICU) provides expert nursing care in a fast-paced, acute care environment specializing in cardiovascular surgery, trauma, neurosurgery, and critical care interventions such as ventilator management and chest tube care. This role involves patient assessment, medication administration, treatment planning, and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality care. The nurse is expected to manage a 1:2 patient ratio and demonstrate seasoned travel nursing experience in ICU settings.

• Provide skilled nursing care to critically ill patients in ICU, including those with CV surgery, trauma, and neurosurgery needs.
• Manage ventilators, chest tubes, central venous lines (CVL), external ventricular drains (EVDs), and interpret laboratory results.
• Perform thorough patient assessments and develop individualized treatment plans.
• Administer medications and treatments as prescribed.
• Collaborate closely with interdisciplinary teams to ensure coordinated patient care.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation of patient care and clinical observations.
• Adhere to hospital policies, including uniform and dress code requirements.
• Support unit needs by floating between ICU and other critical care units as required.

• Active Registered Nurse license in the state of practice.
• Minimum of 2 years ICU nursing experience, including CV surgery, trauma, ventilators, chest tubes, CVL, EVDs, and neurosurgery.
• Strong clinical assessment, medication administration, and critical care skills.
• Ability to work effectively with a 1:2 patient ratio in a Level II Trauma Center environment.
• Excellent communication and interdisciplinary collaboration skills.
• Current BLS certification.
• Seasoned travel nurse experience in ICU settings.

• Experience interpreting complex lab results in critical care.
• Advanced certifications in critical care nursing (e.g., CCRN).
• Familiarity with hospital electronic medical record systems.

• Floating between multiple ICU and critical care units as needed.
• No on-call requirements.
• Weekend shifts required (approximately 6 per schedule).
• Dress code: Licensed nursing personnel must wear solid navy blue uniforms or scrubs; print tops are not permitted except in specified units.
• Free parking available in designated employee/visitor lots.

• Shifts include weekends as required, with no block scheduling.
• Shift assignments based on unit needs and patient care demands.
• 48-hour workweek approval is granted.