ICU Nurse Job Description
ICU Nurse Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective ICU nurse job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included ICU nurse job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
ICU Nurse Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for ICU Nurse
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BCLS, ACLS, BLS, CPR, AHA, PALS, TNCC, ALS, NIH, IAPB
Education for ICU Nurse
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the ICU nurse job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Nursing, Education, Science, Associates, School of Nursing, Graduate, Nursing Program, English, Department of Education, Nursing Education
Skills for ICU Nurse
Desired skills for ICU nurse include:
Desired experience for ICU nurse includes:
ICU Nurse Examples
ICU Nurse Job Description
- Take a patient care assignment when required/ needed
- Mentor staff in professional growth and development
- Maintain an organized and systematic orientation program in collaboration with managers
- Maintain current certifications related to life support and specialty as appropriate
- Report evaluation and research results within the hospital setting and to others outside the medical center as appropriate
- A minimum of 3 years of recent nursing experience in acute care nursing
- Obtain ACLS certification within first year required
- Professional Certification in specialty area by recognized national nursing organization within 1 year of hire required
- Provide high quality nursing care to hospitalized patients in the ICU • Perform all aspects of general and critical care nursing • Assist with prioritizing and organizing patient treatments and procedures • Update clinicians and staff on patient status and progression • Teach fourth year veterinary students and nursing students • Assist with training and mentoring of junior nursing staff
- Plan and provide individual goal directed nursing care that promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety and rights of the individual, family and community
- 5 years recent experience in ICU
- Previous experience as a licensed Nurse Practitioner desired
- Advance Practice Nurse license with nurse practitioner certification
- Travel to other sites may be required
- Requires BSN, Master's Degree preferred
- Current Colorado RN license/ Current RN license from a participating state in National Licensure Compact Current
ICU Nurse Job Description
- Provides such additional care as required to meet the personal primary needs and comfort of assigned patient based on skill, ability, limitations of scope of practice and patient acuity
- Orders, stocks and replenishes supplies and equipment as necessary, identifies and reports problems with supplies or equipment
- Receives report and continuously communicates with the RN throughout the shift
- Seeks knowledge in relation to patient’s condition, disease entity or treatment and reflects this is patient care
- SJRN
- Communicate and collaborate with members of the healthcare team to ensure optimal patient outcomes and continuity of care
- Performs physical exams, collects and documents data, orders and schedules laboratory studies and professional consultations, makes and confirms diagnoses, prescribes appropriate interventions and medications and provides direct patient care services under the general supervision of the supervising physician
- Perform therapeutic or diagnostic procedures based upon patient clinical status to include performance of procedures to include central lines, arterial lines, temporary hemodialysis catheters, paracentesis, thoracentesis, pigtails catheters, intubation, cardioversion, and lumbar puncture
- Provide first contact for critical care consultations in select cases outside of the ICU service
- Assess patient for change in status and institute appropriate interventions, compatible with their training, and initiate necessary emergency interventions to stabilize patient
- ACLS upon Hire for experienced ICU RN’s or within 90 days for RN’s new to the ICU
- TNCC within 12 months for all Charge Nurses in the ICU
- CCRN within 24 months of hire for experienced ICU RN’s, within 36 months of hire for RN’s new to ICU
- Masters Degree in Nursing (MSN), education, or allied health field
- Basic Life Support (BLS) instructor certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)
- Operate monitoring equipment for ICP Monitoring
ICU Nurse Job Description
- Providing pre and post-operation care
- Responsible for total patient care including taking vital signs, treating and dressing wounds, setting and administering medication
- Assisting the physician with procedures and treatments
- Monitoring and administering medication and intravenous infusions
- Maintaining the patient’s clinical records
- Responsible for the maintenance of the medical equipment in the Intensive Care Unit
- Managing the stock within the Intensive Care Unit including resupply requests
- Rhythm and 12 lead ECG interpretation
- Cardiac Pacing (permanent, external, transvenous)
- Customizes/edits/reviews patient alarms/information
- Trouble shoots poor waveforms and equipment problems
- Assigns transmitters when necessary
- Notifies supervisor/biomedical of equipment failure/problem
ICU Nurse Job Description
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required, Master's Degree in Nursing or related field preferred
- 3-5 years of Registered Nurse experience in Critical Care (MICU/SICU) division is required
- Leadership and/or collaborative experience preferred
- Board Certification in area of Specialty preferred (or acquire certification within the first year of employment)
- ACLS due within 6 months of hire
- One year ICU/CCU RN experience
- Blood culture, T&C specimens
- Current American Heart Association BLS, ACLS, and/or required specialty training or course completion (current upon hire) as required by specialty
- Associates Degree, Bachelors Degree or Masters Degree in Nursing required
- 3 years experience as a RN in an acute care facility preferred
- 3 years experience in nursing with proven clinical and leadership abilities preferred
- At least one (1) year of experience in area of specialty preferred
ICU Nurse Job Description
- Completed AHA ACLS Provider Course required upon hire for experienced ICU nurses
- AHA ACLS required within 6 months of employment for non-experienced ICU nurses
- TNCC required within 18 months of employment
- Two (2) years of experience in Acute Care, Long Term Acute Care (LTAC), or Critical Care
- Associates (ADN)or Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited nursing program
- One (1) or more years of experience in Acute Care, Long Term Acute Care (LTAC), or Critical Care nursing
- PALS required within 6 month of hire/transfer
- All RN’s must complete general nursing orientation, department-specific nursing orientation, education, and competencies with demonstrated proficiency upon hire, when duties are modified and as applicable annually thereafter
- EKG exam for experienced RNs hired for Critical Care
- All non-experienced RNs will complete a full EKG class
- Current Utah RN or RN license in a compact state
- 1 or more years recent clinical experience as an RN preferred