Registered Nurse (RN) - Intensive Care Unit
Job Description
Full-Time Day/Night Rotation \u007C Bethesda, Maryland
We are seeking one experienced Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse to provide safe, high-acuity patient care at the NIH Clinical Center. This full-time contract opportunity may lead to long-term or permanent employment based on performance and continued staffing needs.
Schedule
Full-time, 36 hours per week
Rotating day and night shifts
Weekend and holiday coverage required as needed
Minimum Qualifications
Active, valid, and unrestricted RN license issued by at least one U.S. state, territory, or commonwealth
Associate degree, nursing diploma, or bachelor’s degree in Nursing from an accredited institution
Successful completion of the NCLEX-RN
Two to three years of current critical-care nursing experience in an acute-care hospital
Current Basic Life Support certification
Current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certification
Demonstrated current competency in intensive-care nursing
Effective English communication skills
Computer literacy and proficiency with electronic clinical documentation
U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident/Green Card status
Preferred Qualification
Current Critical Care Registered Nurse certification
Primary Responsibilities
Assess, plan, deliver, and evaluate nursing care for critically ill patients
Perform comprehensive and ongoing critical-care assessments
Continuously monitor patients and promptly respond to changes in condition
Manage patients requiring advanced monitoring, complex medication regimens, and life-support therapies
Administer medications, titratable infusions, blood products, and treatments as ordered and within the RN’s authorized scope of practice
Monitor and interpret cardiac rhythms, laboratory findings, hemodynamic data, and other clinical information
Recognize emergencies and initiate appropriate interventions, including ACLS protocols
Operate critical-care equipment safely and verify alarms and safety settings
Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential clinical documentation
Educate and support patients and their families
Collaborate with physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and other members of the interdisciplinary team
Follow NIH clinical protocols, infection-control practices, patient-safety requirements, and professional standards
Participate in required orientation, training, and competency activities
Float to another critical-care or patient-care area when needed, provided the assignment is within the RN’s demonstrated competency and scope of practice
Additional Requirements
Selected candidates must satisfy NIH credentialing, health, immunization, security, fingerprinting, background-investigation, and facility-access requirements. All required licenses, certifications, competencies, and health documentation must remain current throughout the assignment.
Ideal Candidate
The successful candidate will be clinically confident, calm under pressure, and skilled at recognizing subtle changes in critically ill patients while collaborating effectively with the interdisciplinary care team.
