ICU RN — Critical Care & Life-Saving Expert

City of Hope; Goodyear (AZ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Hope in Goodyear, AZ is seeking an experienced ICU Registered Nurse to provide direct patient care for critically ill adults. You will collaborate with physicians and multidisciplinary teams to evaluate readiness for changes in care level and deliver comprehensive assessment, treatment, and education for ICU, telemetry and med-surg patients.

The ideal candidate has 1 year of ICU/inpatient experience, an AZ RN license (or compact state), and current BLS; ACLS within 30 days of hire and

Qualifications

• 1 year ICU/inpatient experience
• Arizona RN license (or compact state)
• BLS certification required on hire (AHA/other approved)
• ACLS certification required within 30 days of hire and renewed every 2 years
• ONS Fundamentals of Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Administration Card within 6 months of hire

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with Physicians to evaluate patient readiness for changes in level of care.
• Responsible for the assessment, treatment care and education of ICU, Medical Surgical, and telemetry patients as necessary.
• Ability to conduct risk assessment, prevention and treatment of pressure injury.
• Interpret and operate cardiac and other invasive and noninvasive monitors, recognize rhythms/trends, and institute interventions.
• Care for patients with complex needs including hemodynamically compromised and mechanically ventilated patients.
• Initiate and maintain complex IV therapy, including thrombolytic administration, vasoactive meds, central lines, dialysis catheters, arterial lines.
• Safe use of life-support modalities (BiPAP, ETCO2, arterial-line monitoring).
• Care for patients with IV lines, arterial lines, central lines, ports, chest tubes, and endotracheal tubes.
• Maintenance and care of ostomies/urostomy as applicable.
• Care for patients with PCA and epidural catheters.
• Demonstrates knowledge of chemotherapeutic/immunotherapeutic agents.
• Must be able to work 3 12s, 7:00a-7:30p

Skills

ICU experience

Patient assessment

Telemetry monitoring

Education

Associate Degree in Nursing

Arizona RN License or Compact State License

Tools

Cardiac monitors

Invasive monitoring

Noninvasive monitoring

Job description

City of Hope in Goodyear, AZ is seeking an experienced ICU Registered Nurse to provide direct patient care for critically ill adults. You will collaborate with physicians and multidisciplinary teams to evaluate readiness for changes in care level and deliver comprehensive assessment, treatment, and education for ICU, telemetry and med-surg patients.

The ideal candidate has 1 year of ICU/inpatient experience, an AZ RN license (or compact state), and current BLS; ACLS within 30 days of hire and