Registered Nurse ICU

Job Title

Registered Nurse (RN) – ICU / Progressive Care

Location

Fort Wayne, IN

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Three 12-hour shifts per week | Day Shift | Traditional weekday plus weekend rotation

Key Responsibilities

• Provide direct care to critically ill and progressive care patients, including those with diagnoses such as sepsis, respiratory failure, renal failure, myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, and pneumonia

• Manage ventilated patients and initiate and titrate IV drips including vasopressors, sedation, and paralytics

• Assist with intubations and line placement while continuously monitoring critically ill patients

• Care for patients across a mixed-acuity unit serving both ICU-level and progressive care patients, with patient ratios of 1:2–1:3 for ICU and 1:3–1:4 for progressive care

• Float to other ICU, progressive care, and medical-surgical units as needed, maintaining a maximum 1:3 patient ratio

• Utilize unit equipment including cardiac monitors, an electronic medical records system, medication dispensing systems, EKG machines, and dopplers

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 1.5 years of ICU nursing experience

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of Indiana

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification – American Heart Association only

• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification – American Heart Association only

• Strong critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and flexibility to care for both ICU and progressive care patient populations

• Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment

Preferred Experience / Skills

• Minimum of 2 years of ICU experience preferred

• Prior travel nursing experience preferred

• Experience in a Level 1 or Level 2 facility preferred

Why Join Us

• Work in a large, well-established acute care environment with a structured orientation and onboarding program to support your transition onto the unit

• Gain diverse clinical experience across ICU, progressive care, and medical-surgical patient populations within a single assignment