Registered Nurse; ICU

Job Overview

Registered Nurse (ICU) – 7am‑7:30pm, weekend and holiday rotation. Registered Nurses in the Intensive Care Unit are responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating individualized patient care delivery. These RN’s provide clinical leadership to the patient care team for the assigned shift.

• Analyzes assessment data to determine actual or potential diagnosis, problems, and issues.
• Assesses patients’ conditions and care delivery through direct observation, rounding, and data input from other team members.
• Collects pertinent data and information relative to the patient's health or the situation; recognizes normal and abnormal findings when gathering data.
• Coordinates bed and patient care assignments during shift and for the next shift to ensure consistency in care delivery.
• Documents and reports care delivered to physicians and other team members as needed.
• Enhances professional growth through classes related to communication, teaching, stress management, conflict resolution, and team building annually.
• Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes; reports data and outcomes to physicians and/or other disciplines.
• Implements care and supervises care delivered by other team members in alignment with the plan of care and approved safety and infection control standards.
• Provides leadership and supervision to health care team during assigned shift.
• Provides performance feedback to team members and inputs to Manager/Director regarding appraisals.
• Establishes effective working relationships with peers, physicians, and other members of the health care team; identifies and confers with appropriate resources regarding patient care decisions.
• Serves as strong, positive role model for other health care team members.
• Employs teaching strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
• Plays active role in developing a plan that prescribes strategies to attain expected, measurable outcomes; plans and evaluates care in collaboration with appropriate disciplines for assigned patients.
• In collaboration with Leader/Director, actively pursues required knowledge and skills through orientation activities, unit-based in‑service programs, reading current literature, and seeking new clinical learning opportunities.
• Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient or situation.

• Active RN licensure in the State of Illinois.
• ADN (Required).
• ACLS certification within 90 days of hire.
• BLS or CPR certification within 90 days of hire.
• Experience in an Intensive Care Unit preferred.

• Estimated compensation range: $39.12 – $60.64 per hour, based on experience.
• Generous tuition reimbursement program.
• On‑site classroom learning programs and internet courses are available.