Intensive Care Nurse

Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse – Junior Level

Department: Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Job Type: Full-time

Level: Junior (1–2 years’ experience)

The Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse – Junior Level provides direct, high-acuity nursing care to critically ill adult patients in a hospital ICU setting. This role is ideal for early-career critical care nurses with 1–2 years of experience who want to strengthen assessment, ventilator, and hemodynamic skills in a collaborative ICU team environment.

• Provide direct nursing care to critically ill patients, including continuous monitoring, timely interventions, and frequent reassessment.
• Perform comprehensive and focused assessments, monitor vital signs and hemodynamic parameters, and recognize early signs of deterioration.
• Administer medications, titrate IV drips as ordered, and manage IV therapy safely and accurately.
• Assist with or manage ventilator care in collaboration with respiratory therapy, including monitoring settings, alarms, and patient response.
• Support ICU procedures by preparing equipment, assisting physicians or intensivists, and monitoring patients during bedside interventions.
• Maintain detailed, timely documentation in the EMR, including assessments, interventions, responses, and care plans.
• Collaborate with physicians, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and other team members to develop and implement individualized plans of care.
• Participate in emergency responses (e.g., codes, rapid responses), following ACLS protocols and unit guidelines.

• Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) required.
• Current Arizona Registered Nurse (RN) license, or compact license with Arizona eligibility.
• 1–2 years of RN experience; prior ICU or high-acuity acute care experience strongly preferred.
• Current BLS and ACLS certifications; PALS preferred per patient population and facility policy.
• Foundational critical care skills including patient assessment, IV therapy, and use of common ICU equipment and monitors.
• Effective communication, teamwork, and organizational skills with a commitment to learning and professional growth in critical care.

• Critical care nursing assessment and monitoring for unstable and complex patients.
• Basic ventilator and hemodynamic monitoring in collaboration with the ICU team.
• Safe medication administration, IV therapy, and early titration of ordered drips within competency and protocol.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and patient/family advocacy in high-stress situations.
• Time management, prioritization, and adaptability in a fast-paced ICU environment.

Seniority level: Entry level