Pediatric Registered Nurse PICU

Intermountain Healthcare Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits eligible

Job summary

Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, seeks a Registered Nurse to join the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). This full-time role features 12-hour shifts with a roughly 50/50 day/night schedule, supporting critically ill children and families in a Magnet-designated center.

You will work with a collaborative team to deliver high-acuity pediatric care, engage in ongoing education, and contribute to evidence-based practice in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in state of practice.
• BSN from an accredited institution; degree verified or obtained within four years.
• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.

Responsibilities

• Assess: Performs comprehensive assessment of physical, social, and psychological status.
• Plan: Develops an individualized care plan with patient, family and team involvement.
• Implement: Coordinates care with the interdisciplinary team and documents promptly.
• Evaluate: Reviews outcomes and updates the plan as needed.
• Professionalism: Maintains licensure, ethics, and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Patient Care Delivery

Nursing Fundamentals

Interdisciplinary Teams

Documentation

Professional Etiquette

Accountability

Patient Care Coordination

Communication

Patient Evaluation

Critical Thinking

Full time schedule

Start Date 1/4/2027

Benefits eligible

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN)

Job description

Job Description: The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members.

Join Our Pediatric ICU Team at Primary Children's Hospital

Are you ready to make a difference in the lives of critically ill children and their families? At Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, we're looking for passionate, driven, and compassionate nurses to join our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) -a nationally recognized, Magnet-designated Level I Pediatric Trauma Center serving the Intermountain West.

Why Choose Us?

Our 28-bed PICU is a fast-paced, highly specialized environment where we care for infants, children, and teens facing the most complex and critical health challenges-from trauma and transplants to ECMO and respiratory failure. Our reach spans across Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Nevada, Idaho, and beyond-making us a vital lifeline for families across the region.

What Makes Our PICU Special?

• Unmatched Acuity & Autonomy : With an average nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:1.2, you'll have the time and support to provide truly individualized, high-quality care.
• Collaborative Excellence : Work side-by-side with a world-class team of physicians, advanced practice providers, respiratory therapists, and critical care techs who value your voice and expertise.
• A Culture of Learning : Our robust education program spans 3-5 years and includes didactic learning, research, projects, and both oral and written evaluations. You'll gain advanced knowledge in neurotrauma, respiratory, cardiovascular, and metabolic care-setting you apart as a leader in pediatric critical care.

Conditions We Treat Include:

• Multiple trauma
• Complex surgical recovery
• Pre- and post-solid organ transplants
• Respiratory failure (Jet, Oscillator, VDR)
• Metabolic disorders
• Multi-organ system failure
• Sepsis
• ECMO (VA and VV)
• CRRT

Who We're Looking For:

We're seeking nurses who thrive in high-acuity settings and are committed to lifelong learning. If you're looking for a place where your skills will grow and your contributions will matter-this is it.

Essential Functions

• Assess: Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate). Seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others.
• Plan: Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care. Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop plan of care including needed education. Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (i.e., teaching, referrals, and follow-up).
• Implement: Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration as appropriate. Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure provisions. Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources.
• Evaluate: Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient, and family satisfaction. Revises plan of care as indicated and reassesses changes as appropriate.
• Professionalism: Promotes nursing profession and participate in development of others. Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice, complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications of care delivery.

Skills

• Patient Care Delivery
• Nursing Fundamentals
• Interdisciplinary Teams
• Documentations
• Professional Etiquette
• Accountability
• Patient Care Coordination
• Communication
• Patient Evaluation
• Critical Thinking
• Full time, 36 hours a week, 12 hour shifts ( Days and nights, approximately 50/50 )
• Start Date: 1/4/2027
• Benefits eligible

Minimum Qualifications

• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in state of practice. Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment.
• Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN). Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified or obtain within four (4) years of their hire date.
• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.

Preferred Qualifications

• One or more years of RN work experience (if you are applying and have 12 months of less of RN work experience, please apply on new grad posting)
• Pediatric RN work experience
• Critical Care RN work experience