*$ REGISTERED NURSE - ICU - Full Time - Days

Sierra View Medical Center; Porterville (CA); On-site; USD 67,502 - 93,676; Full time

Job summary

Sierra View Medical Center in Porterville, CA, is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Intensive Care Unit. The role requires delivering advanced patient care in a high-acuity environment, following the Nursing Process and unit protocols.

Responsibilities include critical care assessments, medication administration, collaboration with the care team, and ensuring accurate documentation while meeting Joint Commission standards. On-site, full-time days, with holiday coverage as needed.

Qualifications

• Must have current licensure as a Registered Nurse in California.
• ACLS certification obtained within six months of assignment.
• BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Assess and care for patients across ages using the Nursing Process.
• Safely administer medications and operate related equipment.
• Collaborate with physicians and healthcare teams to provide holistic care.
• Maintain documentation to hospital policies and standards.
• Prepare ICU patients for life-threatening events and respond to emergencies.
• Participate in shift huddles and on-site staffing.

Skills

RN licensure CA

ACLS

BLS

Job description

*$ REGISTERED NURSE - ICU - Full Time - Days

Job Category: RN - Bedside

Requisition Number: REGIS001945

Shift: 6:45m - 7:15pm

Hourly Range: $48.80 USD to $68.31 USD

Posted: July 13, 2026

Full-Time

On-site

Locations

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Description

The patient population served can be all patients, including geriatric, adult, adolescent, pediatric, and newborn. This also includes services which affect facility staff, physicians, visitors, vendors, and the general public.

Under the general direction of the Unit Director, Clinical Manager, and Charge Nurse, the RN independently provides holistic, individualized care using the Nursing Process for patients routinely seen on the unit. The RN demonstrates an advanced level of clinical competency, nursing judgment, teaching skills, and a commitment to improving the quality of patient care. The RN independently performs general and unit-specific clinical skills and contributes to the Sierra View Medical Center Department of Patient Care Services and nursing profession in a positive manner.

Responsibility includes assessment, treatment or care appropriate to the ages of the patients served, obtaining and interpreting information to meet patient needs, and applying knowledge of growth and development for all patient groups.

Must be able to work normal/scheduled working hours, including holidays, call-backs, weeknights, weekends, and on-call. May be required to participate in emergencies and community disasters during scheduled and unscheduled hours, and as a designated disaster service worker, assist in times of need per the California Emergency Services Act.

Employee must recognize the affirmative duty to report perceived misconduct, including potential violations of laws, regulations, policies, or this organization’s standards/code of conduct.

Should work well under pressure, meet multiple deadlines, and demonstrate cooperative behavior with colleagues and supervisors.

Education & Training & Experience: Must have current licensure as a Registered Nurse in California, BLS certification obtained within orientation or prior to hands‑on patient care, and ACLS certification obtained within six months of assignment. Must be able to read and interpret safety rules, operating instructions, and procedure manuals, write routine reports and correspondence, calculate medications for the patient population served, and use common sense to carry out written, oral, or diagrammatic instructions.

Must possess basic computer skills and the ability to recognize patient education needs, seeking necessary educational opportunities to ensure quality and safe patient care.

Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

1. Assess, treat and/or care appropriately for the ages of the patients served; obtain and interpret information in terms of patient needs; possess knowledge of growth and development across all patient groups.
2. Utilize holistic assessment skills, recognizing subtle, covert, or abnormal signs and symptoms that involve patient, significant other, discharge needs, psychosocial needs, biophysical needs, environmental needs, and teaching needs.
3. Identify nursing diagnoses and interdependent nursing problems, selecting applicable nursing care standards to guide patient care.
4. Ensure the Care Plan is specific and unique to the individual patient, using Interdependent Nursing Standards and the discharge needs of complex/multi‑system patients.
5. Safely perform nursing care per established clinical policy, procedure, and standards, including safe medication administration, troubleshooting equipment, and demonstrating clinical problem solving.
6. Ensure nursing care aligns with the established Nursing Plan of Care, the Medical Plan of Care, and the ages of the patients served.
7. Evaluate and communicate the effectiveness of the Plan of Care through exchange reports, making recommendations for future care consistent with current documentation.
8. Communicate evaluation of or changes in patient status with supportive data to the physician or healthcare team as appropriate.
9. Adhere to the Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals for Hospitals as defined by scope of practice.
10. Document compliance with established hospital policies and procedures.
11. Demonstrate knowledge of role by adherence to NPSGs as it relates to area of practice.
12. Understand the use, actions, and interactions of drugs used in combination for patients with multi‑system problems.
13. Complete required unit specific performance criteria checklist.
14. Demonstrate proper Infection Prevention skills, including standardized protocols related to central lines and indwelling Foley catheters.
15. Report quality or risk‑management issues through appropriate lines of authority.
16. Maintain knowledge of healthcare trends affecting clinical practice of nursing on the unit.
17. Adhere to standards of documentation as evidenced by individual chart review and no letters of education in file.
18. Uphold all aspects of the Nursing Practice Act as defined by the California Board of Registered Nursing.
19. Provide evidence of adherence to all nine ANA Code of Ethics for the nursing profession.

Intensive Care Unit Specific Duties/Responsibilities:

1. On the shift assigned, perform the role of ICU RN per Sierra View Medical Center and Critical Care Services policies and procedures.
2. Maintain certification by the American Heart Association in Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
3. Successfully complete a class in basic arrhythmia recognition and maintain competency.
4. Initiate appropriate measures to support patient survivability and maintain functionality during life‑threatening events.
5. Communicate patient needs with other care providers effectively and timely.
6. Demonstrate knowledge of chain of command for effective issue resolution at SVMC.
7. Ensure ICU rooms are set up properly to receive critically ill patients efficiently.
8. Demonstrate ability to care for the ICU patient population by passing annual unit‑specific competencies.
9. Be prepared for shift huddle, be on site, and arrive to work on time.

Licenses & Certifications

Required:

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (BLS)

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