ICU

Registered Nurse In AICU

Indiana University Health is looking for passionate, experienced nurses to join our team and collaborate with top medical professionals. At IU Health, you will develop your career in significant ways, advancing healthcare and delivering the highest level of patient care. Being an IU Health nurse means building a professional nursing career designed by a culture that accepts your outstanding strengths and supports your personal and professional goals. If you are seeking an organization where you can develop clinical expertise, explore diverse career opportunities, embrace learning, cultivate new relationships, and fuel your spirit of inquiry, apply today.

The Registered Nurse in AICU creates, nurtures, and sustains a healthy work environment with a focus on the patient. Our staff members take ownership of decisions in which top quality outcomes are achieved. The AICU is a mixed specialty unit with a variety of surgical, medical, and cardiac critically ill patients. On this 12-bed Adult ICU, experienced Registered Nurses care for a diverse and clinically complex population, including patients with respiratory failure, ARDS, sepsis and shock, DKA, heart and renal failure, STEMIs, strokes, and complex ENT and high-risk surgical cases. Nurses regularly manage mechanically ventilated patients, titrate multiple high-risk IV drips (vasoactive, sedative, insulin, and cardiac infusions), and gain exposure to advanced therapies such as CRRT and invasive hemodynamic monitoring.

Registered nurses on the AICU practice with a high level of autonomy while collaborating closely with intensivists, hospitalists, PT/OT, case management, and patient and family liaisons to deliver evidence-based, multidisciplinary critical care. The unit supports a broad range of acuity, allowing ICU nurses to apply and maintain advanced critical care skills while caring for both high-acuity and medically complex patients across cardiac, medical, and surgical populations. As a smaller unit, Registered Nurses on the AICU benefit from strong interdisciplinary teamwork and accessible leadership that understands the demands of ICU practice and supports professional growth, flexibility, and work-life balance.

Shifts: Full-time NIGHT shift available; every 3rd weekend, holiday rotation.

Nursing skills gained on this unit:

• Critical care assessment skills
• Training for CRRT, IABP, manual proning, Targeted Temperature Management (TTM), hemodynamic monitoring, and ventilator management
• Assist with bedside procedures, such as central line and arterial line placement, bronchoscopy, intubation, chest tube insertion, and thoracentesis
• Fostering support for patients and families during critical illness

Unit Successes/Designations:

• Multiple DAISY Award nominees and winners
• Multiple RNs with CCRN certification

Unit Culture Highlights:

• Creates an environment for learning by encouraging questions and growth
• Fosters an inclusive environment, with compassion for our team and patients, to provide excellence in care
• Active and involved Professional Governance at a unit and house wide level

Qualifications:

• Requires Associates of Nursing (ASN); Bachelor of Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• Education: The Registered Nurse (RN) must have graduated from a nationally accredited nursing program.
• Exceptions: Candidates who have not graduated from a nationally accredited program may be considered if they possess more than two years of acute care experience. Such exceptions are subject to review and approval by the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO).
• Requires an active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of Indiana or an active Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) RN license.
• Requires Basic Life Support certification through the AHA.
• Other Advanced Life Support certifications may be required per unit/department specialty according to patient care policies.

Why Join IU Health?

As Indiana’s largest and most comprehensive healthcare system, and the number 1 ranked healthcare system in Indiana, we offer:

• A supportive and collaborative work environment that is patient centered.
• Referral Bonus eligible
• Competitive benefits.
• 401(K) retirement savings with employer match.
• Employer paid medical leave.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Student loan forgiveness IU Health qualifies under the public service loan forgiveness program.
• Employee Assistance Program Counseling at no cost to you.
• Healthy Results - Participation in our team member wellness programs award points that contribute toward a biweekly financial incentive in your paycheck. The more you participate, the more you earn.
• Our culture of compassion allows for a holistic delivery of care that is individualized based on our patients and their families needs. At IU Health, every team member is a caregiver. This care does not stop with our patients, it also extends to one another and our community through service projects, health initiatives and wellness education.