ICU Registered Nurse

Location : 4700 Waters Avenue, Savannah, GA 31404

ICU Registered Nurse

Memorial Health University Medical Center

Full-Time Nights >

12 Hour Shifts / Weekend Rotation

has provided quality healthcare services since 1955, giving patients access to highly-trained physicians and advanced technology.

Our 600+ bed hospital is one of the region's leading acute care facilities that serves 35 counties across southeast Georgia and southern South Carolina.

Located in Savannah, Georgia, we are a regional referral center for heart care, cancer care, trauma care, children's care, high-risk pregnancies and high-risk newborn care.

Our hospital includes the region's only Level I trauma center and children's hospital , as well as the Savannah campus of Mercer University School of Medicine.

Job Summary and Qualifications

In collaboration with the patient, the patients family, and other members of the health care team, the Critical Care Registered Nurse is responsible for assessing, evaluating, planning, implementing, and coordinating a treatment plan and achieving the goals of the nursing department.

You serve as a key position of the interdependent team, and hold responsibility for achieving positive patient and department outcomes.

This is a full-time, night shift position in our 26-bed, state of the art Medical ICU.

What you will do in this role :

• You will understand patients with critical illness and vent management. You will have the ability to respond to Code Blue within the facility and initiate protocol, special procedures and cardiac monitoring
• You will manage efficient flow of patients including screening, preparation for exam, providing general nursing care, and arranging or testing and admissions
• You will instruct patients and families regarding medications and treatment instructions
• You will maintain and review patients records including posting tests and examination results
• You will administer medications in accordance with physician orders
• You will check rooms daily for necessary supplies
• You will respond to and refer incoming telephone calls (may include phone triage when needed)

What qualifications you may need :

• Must be a graduate from an accredited school of Nursing : Associate's Degree in Nursing or higher is required
• Must be licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state which you practice and / or hold an active Compact / Multi-State RN license
• A current American Heart Association (AHA) or client Basic Life Support (BLS) Health Care Provider is required
• A current American Heart Association (AHA) or client Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Health Care Provider is preferred and required to be obtained within 6 months of hire / transfer date
• Prior ICU nursing experience is strongly preferred.

Relocation : Case by Case Basis

Sign-On Bonus : Case by Case Basis