ICU RN - Step Down Unit

ICU RN (Step Down Unit) Needed

Schedule: 7:00pm-8:00am, 3 days per week (rotating weekends and holidays)

Job Summary:

• 12-bed Intermediate Care Unit
• Duties include closely monitoring high acuity patients with various diagnoses, caring for patients with a tracheostomy requiring ventilator assistance, managing titratable medication drips per hospital policy, caring for CIWA patients, and caring for patients post-surgery, post stroke, as well as other various cardiac/thoracic procedures.
• The nurse/patient ratio averages 1:3

Minimum Requirements:

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing
• Valid license as Registered Nurse in Connecticut
• Minimum of 2 years recent acute nursing experience required; critical care highly preferred
• Previous experience on a Cardiology or Med-Surg unit with high acuity surgical patients desired <...