RN - ICU

ICU Registered Nurse (RN)This position is within a 30-bed Intensive Care Unit encompassing both Neuro ICU and Surgical ICU specialties. The facility is recognized as a comprehensive stroke center.Key ResponsibilitiesProvide critical care to patients in the Neuro and Surgical Intensive Care Unit.Manage patients undergoing various procedures including CRRT, CABG, stroke interventions, and TNK therapies.Assist in bedside procedures such as intubation/extubation, central line placement, arterial line placement, chest tube insertion, thoracentesis, transesophageal echocardiograms (TEEs), and cardioversions.Utilize advanced monitoring techniques, including interpretation of invasive hemodynamic values (e.g., CO, CI, SVV, CVP, SvO2).Administer care to patients requiring mechanical ventilation and various oxygen delivery methods, along with multiple vasoactive medications.Manage critical patients with conditions such as sepsis, GI bleed, COPD, CHF, and DKA.QualificationsPrevious experience in a critical care environment is essential.Certification in Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS).Must be willing to work every other weekend and every other holiday; flexibility to cover shifts as needed.Experience in managing patients undergoing general surgical procedures, neurosurgical interventions, and interventional radiology procedures.Preferred experience includes managing patients on assist devices (IABP, Impella, CRRT), and open-heart surgeries.Ability to maintain and initiate paralytics with monitoring protocols (TOF/BIS).Floating between units may be required in the event of a low census in the ICU, and there are no requests for time off during holidays. This position entails night shifts, specifically from Friday at 7 PM to Monday at 7 AM.Client Details City Chicago State IL