Registered Nurse; RN II - Cardiac Intensive Care Unit; CICU- PRN

Job Description

Registered Nurse (RN) II – Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) – PRN – )

Children’s National Hospital is the region’s leading provider of critical care for seriously ill and injured infants and children. We offer the only Level IV Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and specialized Cardiac ICU (CICU) in the greater Washington, DC area.

In our state‑of‑the‑art CICU, our team of pediatric heart specialists is dedicated to saving and improving the lives of our most vulnerable patients. The 26‑bed unit integrates the latest technology in a family‑friendly environment, and is supported by a multidisciplinary team that includes dedicated pharmacists, respiratory therapists, social workers, nurses, and physicians from anesthesiology, critical care medicine, cardiology, and cardiac surgery.

Children’s CICU is home to an Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) center of excellence for ECMO services in children, and includes VAD (ventricular assist device) and heart transplant programs. The Telehealth Command Center uses cutting‑edge technology to keep continuous watch over the most fragile patients and to help monitor, predict, and prevent major events such as cardiac arrest.

Minimum Education: BSN from an approved school of nursing (preferred).

Minimum

Work Experience:

1 year RN experience (required).

Required Licenses and

Certifications:

Registered Nurse in District of Columbia (or Maryland/Virginia, depending on location); CPR.

Required Skills/Knowledge: Successful completion of hospital and nursing orientation at Children’s National; keep knowledge base current with new information or changes in specialty area.

• Transformational Leadership: Contribute to Magnet re‑designation, demonstrate critical thinking, communicate plan of care, initiate escalation, use hand‑off processes, maintain collegial relations, support management decisions, role‑model empathy.
• Structural Empowerment: Maintain regulatory requirements, plan for mandatory education, participate in peer evaluations, enhance departmental goals, collaborate with healthcare team.
• Exemplary Professional Practice: Utilize assessment data, demonstrate clinical skills with complex patients, prioritize and organize care, adhere to documentation standards, plan education needs, promote factual communication, demonstrate caring and compassion.
• Safety: Speak up against unsafe behaviors, validate decision information, act on uncertainty, communicate clearly, promote safety, practice continuous quality checks.

• Organizational Accountabilities – New Knowledge, Innovations, and Improvements: Identify operational improvements, pursue self‑learning, base care on evidence.
• Organizational Commitment/Identification: Partner in mission, support diversity, uphold integrity, maintain confidentiality.
• Customer Service: Anticipate and respond to customer needs.
• Teamwork/Communication: Demonstrate respectful collaboration, partner with team members, be receptive to ideas.
• Performance Improvement/Problem‑solving: Contribute to positive work environment, be flexible, identify process improvements, use sound judgment.
• Cost Management/Financial Responsibility: Use resources efficiently, seek cost‑saving solutions.

District of Columbia – Washington

CN Hospital (Main Campus) 111 Michigan Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20010

Position Status: R (Regular) – O – PRN |

Shift: Rotating |

Work Schedule:

12

May 22, 2026 3:12:09 PM

Full‑Time Salary Range: 68,806.4 – 125,174.4

Children’s National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The “Know Your Rights” poster and pay transparency policy are available here:
Know Your Rights Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster.

Children’s National Hospital maintains a drug‑free workplace. All staff are expected to abstain from illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances. Recreational or medical marijuana is legal in the District of Columbia, but the hospital policy prohibits recreational or prescribed marijuana use.