Job Description

Location: Healthcare Facilities Across NJ, NY & Upstate NY

Shift: Rotational Shift

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Nurse provides life-saving interventions for critically ill patients requiring intensive monitoring and advanced medical care. The ICU Nurse will work a rotational schedule, ensuring seamless patient care across both day and night shifts.

• Assess and monitor unstable patients requiring continuous critical care.
• Administer medications, fluids, and advanced therapies, including vasopressors and sedation protocols.
• Manage ventilators, central lines, arterial lines, and other ICU-specific equipment.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to optimize patient outcomes.
• Provide real-time responses to patient emergencies, including resuscitation and code situations.
• Educate patients and families on critical care interventions, prognosis, and discharge planning.
• Maintain compliance with hospital policies, safety protocols, and infection control standards.
• Accurately document all patient interactions, assessments, and interventions.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• Minimum of 2 years of ICU experience in a major acute care hospital.
• Expertise in managing high-acuity patients, mechanical ventilation, and emergency response.

• Required Education: Associate Degree in Nursing (ASN).
• Preferred Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).

• Basic Life Support (BLS) – American Heart Association (AHA)
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) – AHA
• Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) Certification (Preferred)
• New Jersey State Professional Registered Nurse license or multi-state compact license

• Location: Healthcare facilities across New Jersey
• Hours: 36 hours per week (3 x 12-hour shifts)
• Duration: 13 Weeks
• Shift Availability: Rotational Shift
• Requirements: Every other weekend, holiday shifts required, no on-call

• English (Speak, Read, Write)

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