RN – Medical ICU (MICU)

Specialty: Medical ICU (MICU)
Facility: TXAUS Seton Northwest – 30003
State License: TX
Certs/Licenses: Nursys, License/Certificate Verification
Years of Experience: 2 years
Shift: 06:45 PM-07:15 AM
Guaranteed Hours:
Description: Specialty: ICUFacility: TXAUS Seton Northwest – 30003State License: TXCerts/Licenses: Nursys, License/Certificate VerificationYears of Experience: 2 yearsShift: 06:45 PM-07:15 AMGuaranteed Hours: Description: Required Experience: Minimum of one year of ICU experience.Summary: The ICU RN provides comprehensive, evidence-based nursing care to critically ill adult patients requiring continuous monitoring, advanced interventions, and complex clinical decision-making. The RN functions as a patient advocate, clinical expert, and collaborative team member within a fast-paced, high-acuity environment.Key Responsibilities:- Provide direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures, and protocols.- Care for critically ill adult patients, including those requiring mechanical ventilation, vasoactive infusions, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, and post-operative or post-procedural critical care.- Perform ongoing, detailed patient assessments and reassessments.- Interpret and respond to cardiac rhythms, lab results, arterial blood gases, and hemodynamic data.- Titrate medications per provider orders and unit protocols.- Identify subtle changes in patient condition and initiate timely interventions.- Manage emergency situations, including codes, rapid deterioration, and complex procedures.Ideal Candidate Profile:Good communication, proactive nature, strong initiative, integrity, responsibility, commitment to patient and family advocacy, problem-solving skills, good teamwork, and a foundational knowledge of pathophysiology.BLS, ACLS, NIH required.Unit Description: ICU is 8 beds 2:1 ratioWill float to IMC which is 6 beds 3:1 ratioCharge Nurse out of numbers most of the time and covers both ICU/IMC, CRT and Code’s in house.Patient population:ICU: medical, CHF, cardiac, sepsis, septic shock, ARDs, renal failure, etoh withdrawal, GI bleeds, suicide, COPD, pancreatitis, respiratory failure, vents, bipaps, trachs, CRRT.ASNW ICU/IMC is a nurse driven unit, no physician residents to think for you and Critical Care Physicians are not in house 24/7. It is an open ICU/IMC unit where Internal Medicine Physicians admit all critical patients then consult the Critical Care Physician and other specialty physicians if needed. Critical Care physicians round daily on patients and are always available by phone.All staff communicate via Voalte phone, so all multidisciplinary team members, physicians, dieticians, social workers are linked to the nurse and patient for communication and questions. Professional:Signed Assignment Agreement – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False Professional:Ascension Resume – For Submission:True; For Onboard:False; Optional:False License:Nursys – For Submission:True; For Onboard:False; Optional:False License:License/Certificate Verification – For Submission:True; For Onboard:False; Optional:False Checklist/Testing:Ascension Specialty Exam – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False Personal Health History:Ascension Color Vision – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False Checklist/Testing:Ascension Core Competencies – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False Checklist/Testing:Ascension EKG Exam – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False Checklist/Testing:Ascension Unit Specific Checklist – For Submission:False; For Onboard:False; Optional:True Professional:Ascension Onboarding Requirements Education Attestation – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False Professional:Ascension Nursing Contract Worker Onboarding – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False Professional:Ascension Nova StatStrip – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False Checklist/Testing:Ascension Cerner Test-Out – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False Personal Health History:MMR – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False Personal Health History:Fit Test – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False Personal Health History:Hepatitis B – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False Personal Health History:Influenza Vaccine – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False Personal Health History:Positive PPD- Negative Chest X-Ray and Annual TB Questionnaire – For Submission:False; For Onboard:False; Optional:True Personal Health History:Health Statement – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False Professional:Driver’s License/State ID – For Submission:True; For Onboard:False; Optional:False Personal Health History:2 Step PPD OR IGRA (Quantiferon/Tspot) – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False Personal Health History:Varicella – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False Personal Health History:Tdap – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False Professional:Ascension Profile – For Submission:True; For Onboard:False; Optional:False Professional:Ascension 2 Professional References – For Submission:True; For Onboard:False; Optional:False Professional:Ascension Criminal Background Check Results – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False Professional:Ascension EPLS – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False Checklist/Testing:Ascension Skills Checklist – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False Personal Health History:Ascension 12 Panel Drug Screen – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False Professional:Ascension Education Verification – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False Professional:Ascension Confirmation of Assignment – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False Professional:Ascension Employment Verification – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False Professional:Hiring Manager Evaluation – For Submission:False; For Onboard:False; Optional:True Professional:Ascension Name Change Document – For Submission:False; For Onboard:False; Optional:True Professional:Ascension Badge Photo – For Submission:False; For Onboard:False; Optional:True Certifications: BLS – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False ACLS – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False NIH Certification – For Submission:False; For Onboard:True; Optional:False