ICU RN - Step Down Unit

ICU RN (Step Down Unit)

ICU RN needed at a top healthcare facility in Southern CT!

Schedule

7:00 PM - 8:00 AM, 3 days per week (rotating weekends and holidays)

Job Description

• 12-bed Intermediate Care Unit
• Duties include closely monitoring high acuity patients with various diagnoses, caring for patients with a tracheostomy requiring ventilator assistance, managing titratable medication drips per hospital policy, caring for CIWA patients, and caring for patients post-surgery, post-stroke, as well as other various cardiac/thoracic procedures.
• The nurse/patient ratio averages 1:3

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing
• Valid license as Registered Nurse in Connecticut
• Minimum of 2 years recent acute nursing experience required; critical care highly preferred
• Previous experience on a Cardiology or Med-Surg unit with high acuity surgical patients desired
• BSN strongly preferred
• BLS certification required