ICU NURSE FT

Job Title: Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse (ICU RN) Junior Level
Location: Sierra Vista Arizona
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.

• Associates 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