RN - ICU

ICU RN

As an ICU RN, you will provide high-acuity, patient-centered care to critically ill patients using the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care throughout each shift. This role requires rapid clinical judgment, effective prioritization, and efficient coordination of complex nursing interventions while collaborating with the interdisciplinary team to deliver safe, high-quality critical care within a standards-based framework.

How you grow, learn and thrive matters here:

• Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
• Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
• Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (for eligible positions)
• Malpractice liability insurance
• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department
• EPIC electronic charting system

Type of Opportunity: Full time

FTE: 0.90

Job Exempt: No

Work Shift: 12 Hour Days (United States of America)

Responsibilities:

• Provides direct patient care by assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating, and documenting care for critically ill patients.
• Performs ongoing clinical assessments, monitors patient status, and utilizes evidence-based protocols and standards of care to guide treatment.
• Administers medications, treatments, and advanced nursing interventions as prescribed, documenting care according to policy.
• Collaborates with patients, families, physicians, and the interdisciplinary care team to coordinate care and support optimal patient outcomes.
• Identifies and addresses patient and family education, discharge planning, and care transition needs throughout hospitalization.
• Responds effectively in emergency and rapidly changing clinical situations, utilizing sound clinical judgment and critical thinking.
• Delegates patient care responsibilities appropriately and provides clinical supervision to LPNs and non-licensed assistive personnel.
• Assists with procedures and advanced critical care treatments while maintaining competency in ICU equipment, technology, and required clinical skills.
• Supports orientation and development of new staff and students while serving as a clinical resource and professional role model.
• Demonstrates leadership, supports shared governance, and participates in charge or other leadership responsibilities as needed.

Qualifications:

• Degree from an accredited nursing program
• Minimum ADN preparation required.
• Current New Mexico RN license or eligibility through a Compact State RN license.
• BLS (required for all RN roles)

Presbyterian Healthcare Services