ICU Registered Nurse Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a ICU Registered Nurse to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- All Novant Health team members are responsible for fostering a safe patient environment driven by the principles of “First Do No Harm”;
- Our team members are part of an environment that fosters team work, team member engagement and community involvement;
- The successful team member has a commitment to leveraging diversity and inclusion in support of quality care;
- Provides respiratory and ventilator management and monitoring for patients;
- Instructs and educates patients and families;
- Administers prescribed medications, changes dressings, cleans wounds, monitors vital signs;
- Orients and mentors new staff members;
- Carries out physician orders;
- Assesses and coordinates patient’s discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team;
- Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required;
- Provides age and culturally appropriate care;
- Communicates and works effectively with other staff and other departments;
- Establishes nursing diagnoses based on results of assessments and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team;
- Medication administration;
- Pain management.
Requirements:
- FL RN license and/or approved multistate license;
- Familiarity with medical terminology;
- NIHSS Certification for Neuro ICU;
- Valid and up to date BLS/CPR/TB;
- Ability to build rapport with patients;
- Compassionate and caring demeanor;
- Previous experience in ICU preferred;
- Current ASLS;
- Previous experience in acute critical care preferred;
- VA or Compact State License;
- Must live more than 50 miles from facility;
- BLS, ACLS and NIHSS;
- CCRN – Preferred;
- 2+yrs of ICU RN experience;
- ACLS required within 90 days of hire.