Registered Nurse, ICU

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with Physicians to evaluate patient readiness for change in level of care.
• Responsible for assessment, treatment care, and education of patients.
• Cares 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 and arterial lines.
• Safe use of less invasive, life-supporting modalities such as 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.
• Must be able to work 3 12-hour shifts, 7:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m.

• 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, American Safety & Health Institute, or Red Cross, required upon hire.
• Within 30 days from hire, if the current certification does not meet guidelines, acquire and attend an onsite initial BLS course; renewal required every two years.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Certification within 30 days from hire; renewal required every two years.
• Must obtain AHA ACLS cards before providing ACLS for patients independently.
• Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Fundamentals of Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Administration Card within 6 months of hire; renewal required every two years.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.