RN - ICU

Cynet HealthStaff; Macon (GA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Cynet HealthStaff seeks an ICU RN for a 13-week assignment in a 14-bed ICU. Responsibilities include ventilator management, invasive line care, and complex medication administration. The role emphasizes teamwork with respiratory therapists and intensivists, with an emphasis on patient safety in a high-acuity environment.

The candidate must hold an RN license and demonstrate at least 2 years of ICU experience, with NIHSS, BLS, and ACLS certifications required and CCRN preferred.

Qualifications

• Active RN license required for the state.
• NIHSS, BLS, and ACLS required; CCRN preferred.
• Minimum 2 years ICU RN experience.
• Trach care, chest tube management, and IV drip management with insulin/heparin.
• Ability to manage vasoactive medications and invasive lines.

Responsibilities

• Deliver care in a 14-bed ICU, typically 1:1 to 1:2 nurse-to-patient ratio.
• Manage ventilator support and complex airway devices.
• Monitor and administer vasoactive infusions and advanced therapies.
• Coordinate with respiratory therapists, hospitalists and intensivists 24/7.

Skills

ICU Nursing

Trach care

Chest tube management

PIV starts

Glucommander

Insulin drips

Heparin drips

Vasoactive meds

Invasive line monitoring

Ventilator management

Education

RN License

NIHSS Certification

BLS Certification

ACLS Certification

CCRN (preferred)

Tools

EPIC EMR

Job description

RN - ICU

Profession: RN

Specialty: ICU

Duration: 13 weeks

Shift: 12-hour Night Shift

Hours per Shift: 36

Experience: Minimum of 2 years ICU RN experience required

License: RN License

Certifications: NIHSS, BLS, ACLS required; CCRN preferred

Must-Have:

• Trach care and chest tube management
• PIV starts
• Glucommander
• Insulin drips and heparin drips
• Management of vasoactive medications
• Monitoring and management of invasive lines (arterial lines, central venous lines, pulse oximetry, intracranial pressure monitoring)
• Assistance and management of bedside procedures (chest tube placement/management, tracheostomy, PEG tube placement)
• Ventilator support management

Description:This position is for an ICU RN in a 14-bed medical intensive care unit.The unit provides care for patients with a variety of conditions such as respiratory failure, renal failure, sepsis, GI bleed, DKA, hypotension, hypertension, stroke, pneumonia, cancer, ARDS, and overdoses.Chronic ventilators and chronic tracheostomy patients are common on the unit.The RN to patient ratio is typically 1:1 to 1:2, with the possibility of 1:3 in rare cases.Certified nursing assistants assist with vital signs, glucose checks, bathing, feeding, ambulating, turning, hourly rounding, and transportation of patients.There is a unit secretary available during key hours, with a house-wide call secretary during the night shift.The nursing team has access to respiratory therapists, hospitalists, and intensivists 24/7.Telemetry monitoring is managed by a central telemetry unit.The electronic medical record system used is EPIC, with various medical equipment available for patient care.The department maintains a collaborative and busy environment where teamwork is essential.