RN - ICU

Profession: Nursing

Specialty: Intensive Care Unit

Duration: 13 weeks

Shift: Day

Hours per Shift: 12 Hours (07:00 - 19:30)

Experience: Minimum 2 years required

License: MO or compact license required

Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIH required

Must-Have:

• Medical Intensive Care Unit experience
• Surgical Intensive Care Unit experience
• Interpretation and management of dysrhythmias
• Management of patients with multisystem organ dysfunction/failure
• Ability to perform 12 lead EKG/ECG
• Central Venous Pressure Monitoring (CVP) experience
• Pulmonary Artery Line/Swan Ganz monitoring experience
• Experience with chronic/acute renal failure
• Arterial line management experience
• Blood product administration experience
• Central line care/management experience
• PICC line management experience
• Starting and maintaining IV therapy
• Continuous IV sedation management
• Emergency medications administration
• Titration of cardiac and vasoactive drips
• Acute Stroke management experience
• Assistance with management of BiPAP
• Ventilated patient care experience
• Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) interpretation experience
• Infection prevention and isolation precautions
• Phlebotomy skills
• Management of surgical wounds with drains

Description:

The position requires a Registered Nurse in the Intensive Care Unit.

The RN will provide care to patients with complex medical needs.

The patient population includes those with respiratory failure, acute chest pain, strokes, cardiac arrest, multi-organ failure, and sepsis.

The unit provides pre and post-operative care for cardiac, thoracic, and abdominal surgeries.

Special procedures and diagnostics will be part of the clinical responsibilities.

The RN will be expected to float within the service line as needed.

Multiple interdisciplinary support services are available.

The RN should have strong cardiac knowledge.

Experience with various medical equipment is required.

This role involves working collaboratively as part of a healthcare team.