Registered Nurse, ICU Night

Registered Nurse, ICU Night

Sign on Bonus Eligible $5,000

• Collaborate with Physicians to evaluate patient readiness for change in level of care.
• Responsible for the assessment, treatment care and education of patients.
• Care for ICU, Medical Surgical, and telemetry patients as necessary.
• Conduct risk assessment, prevention and treatment of pressure injury.
• Interpret and operate cardiac and other invasive and noninvasive monitors, recognize normal/abnormal rhythms/trends, and institute appropriate interventions.
• Care for patients with complex needs including hemodynamically compromised and mechanically ventilated patients.
• Initiate and maintain complex IV therapy, including thrombolytic administration, vasoactive medications, central IV catheters, dialysis catheters & arterial lines.
• Safe use of less invasive, life supporting modalities i.e. BiPAP, ETCO2, arterial pressure‑based CO/CI & SVO2 monitor, core temperature monitors.
• Care for patients with IV lines, arterial lines, central lines, ports, chest tubes, pleural catheters, tracheostomy tubes and endotracheal tubes.
• Maintain and care of patients with an ostomy/ileostomy and urostomy.
• Care for, assess and monitor patients with Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) and epidural catheters.
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of chemotherapeutic/immunotherapeutic agents.
• Work 3 12's, 7:00p-7:30a.

• 1 year experience in ICU/Inpatient.
• Associate Degree in Nursing or equivalent.
• Arizona Registered Nurse License or a Registered Nurse License from a Compact State.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification from an approved American Heart Association (AHA) training site; certification required upon hire.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Certification within 30 days of hire; renewal every two years.
• Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Fundamentals of Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Administration Card within 6 months of hire; renewal every two years.

Benefits Information.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.