Registered Nurse - RN, Hours Per Week, Intensive Care Unit
$35.79/hr+ $10,000 sign-on bonus
Mid
Bachelor's, Associate's
West Burlington, IA, USA
In Person
Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryNursing & Frontline Patient Care
About the job
Requirements
- An Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) is required.
- A bachelor’s degree in nursing or another related field is preferred.
- Hospital-based nursing or health care experience within the last five years is preferred.
- A Registered Nurse license from the Iowa Board of Nursing is required.
- MOAB certification is required within one year of hire for inpatient units.
- For applicable units, Basic Dysrhythmia certification is required within six months of hire.
- For applicable units, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certification is required within one year of hire.
- For applicable units, NIHSS and eight hours of primary stroke education are required within 90 days of hire.
- For applicable units, Patient Advanced Life Support certification is required within one year of hire.
- For applicable units, HERT, TNCC, Quality Indicators Online Certification, NRP, fetal monitoring, STABLE, and other unit-specific certifications must be completed within the stated post-hire timeframes.
- Knowledge of the English language, including vocabulary, spelling, composition, and grammar.
- Knowledge of diagnosing and treating human injuries, diseases, and deformities, including symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health care.
- Knowledge of customer and personal service principles, including customer needs assessment, service quality standards, and customer satisfaction evaluation.
- Knowledge of human behavior and performance, individual differences, learning and motivation, psychological research methods, and behavioral and affective disorder assessment and treatment.
- Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions.
- Knowledge of basic mathematics for calculating medication doses.
- Ability to recognize others’ reactions, listen actively, adjust actions to others’ actions, communicate information effectively, use logic and reasoning, understand written work documents, recognize problems, understand spoken information, draw conclusions from information, maintain steady hand and arm movement, sequence actions, and identify another person’s speech.
Responsibilities
- Deliver patient care using the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation in coordination with other health team members.
- Perform bedside shift reports at the beginning and end of shifts.
- Use policies and procedures to keep patients safe from falls and assist with wound prevention and hospital-acquired pressure injuries.
- Obtain comprehensive admission histories and perform physical assessments of patients.
- Differentiate normal and abnormal assessment findings, prioritize abnormalities, initiate appropriate responses, and document changes in patients’ physical and mental status.
- Anticipate actual or potential problems and health concerns and assess patients’ psychosocial, physiological, educational, learning, and discharge needs.
- Integrate diagnostic information into patient assessments and care planning.
- Formulate and modify individualized nursing diagnoses and plans of care, including discharge planning, based on standards, policies, ongoing assessments, and changes in patient status.
- Anticipate and manage changing situations.
- Administer prescribed treatments, medications, intravenous fluids, enteral feedings, and intravenous therapy according to hospital policies, and evaluate their effectiveness.
- Recognize and question unsafe, incorrect, or inadequate orders and intervene to clarify them.
- Teach patients information necessary to attain an optimal level of self-care.
- Evaluate patients’ responses to care and comprehension of education.
- Document all aspects of the nursing process and patient care clearly, concisely, legibly, and promptly in the medical record using accepted medical terminology and abbreviations.
- Involve patients and significant others in the nursing process, advocate for patients, respect patient rights and confidentiality, communicate clearly, and address ethical concerns.
- Communicate delays or wait times to patients and significant others.
- Use critical thinking and problem-solving to exercise sound judgment in emergency and complex patient-care situations.
- Use and troubleshoot appropriate equipment according to unit and organizational policies.
- Assess and monitor patient conditions, documenting and communicating results to physicians as appropriate.
- Answer patient calls and provide assistance or determine how to assist patients.
- Assemble equipment, perform procedures and treatments, and assist medical staff with procedures.
- Provide basic patient care, including dressing wounds, preventing and treating pressure ulcers, and performing catheterizations.
- Prepare patients for examinations, tests, and treatments and explain procedures.
- Collect and label blood, urine, and sputum specimens, perform routine laboratory tests such as blood glucose monitoring, and send specimens to the laboratory.
- Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes and confer with health care team members as necessary.
- Assist patients with bathing, dressing, personal hygiene, repositioning, standing, and walking.
- Measure and record vital signs, including height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiration, oxygen saturation, and pain.
- Provide patient and family education.
- Work with the health care team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.
- Participate in performance improvement, quality assurance, quality monitoring, and improvement activities.
- Delegate aspects of care to certified nursing assistants, patient service associates, and licensed practical nurses and oversee completion of delegated functions.
- Follow safety and evidence-based practices and prioritize assignments based on patient-care needs.
- Coordinate and oversee nursing care for assigned patients and access resources to plan and coordinate care.
- For acute care and telemetry units, monitor and interpret cardiac rhythms, administer medications and treatments including intravenous medications and non-titrating drips, care for pre- and post-surgical patients and chronic tracheostomy patients, manage wound vacuums, and report patient results.
- For cardiac care units, monitor cardiovascular status and operate and maintain advanced cardiac monitoring equipment.
- For intensive care units, care for patients with cardiac, vascular, hemodynamic, endocrine, renal, pulmonary, trauma, and other severe medical conditions, including patients receiving multiple infusions, continuous renal replacement therapy, Impella support, ventilation, and other monitoring devices.
- For inpatient dialysis, prepare and maintain dialysis equipment, administer dialysis treatments, assess patient responses, and report condition changes to providers.
- For surgical services, circulate procedures, provide instrumentation, assist surgeons and anesthesia providers, and perform on-call responsibilities.
- For post-anesthesia care, provide immediate post-anesthesia care and safely transition patients to less acute care settings.
- For emergency departments, triage patients, provide emergency support measures, update providers and families, and report patient results.
- For behavioral health, assess patient needs, develop individualized care plans, administer medications, monitor side effects, and facilitate individual and group therapy sessions.
- For nursing informatics, implement, support, and maintain electronic medical record systems and modules, ensure documentation compliance, educate staff, monitor adherence to regulations, and provide project support.
- For women’s and family care, assess and monitor mothers and fetuses through pregnancy, labor, and delivery.
- For inpatient rehabilitation, document the necessity of 24-hour nursing care and functions supporting ongoing inpatient stays.
Desired Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree in nursing or another related field.
- Hospital-based nursing or health care experience within the last five years.
About the company
Great River Health operates a regional health care system serving southeast Iowa, parts of Illinois and Missouri, with hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, medical equipment, and rehabilitation services. It delivers coordinated care through hospitals and clinics, offering primary, specialty, urgent, and convenient care, plus therapy and home health within the same system. It combines hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, and supplies across a large geographic area to enable smooth patient transitions and a consistent care experience under one umbrella. Its goal is to provide high-quality, accessible health care close to home.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
West Burlington, Iowa
Founded
1895
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What believers are saying
- Alexander’s permanent CEO appointment on September 14, 2026, reduces interim leadership uncertainty.
- The new West Burlington mental health therapy clinic opened June 8, 2026, expanding access and referrals.
- The October 8, 2026 career-exploration event supports recruiting for nursing, radiology, and respiratory therapy.
What critics are saying
- Great River Health ends Fort Madison inpatient labor and delivery by December 31, 2026, shrinking community trust.
- McCoy resigned July 23, 2026, and leadership continuity now depends on Alexander’s dual CEO-CFO load.
- Epic’s $35 million rollout temporarily pressures cash, execution, and charge-capture timelines through 2027.
What makes Great River Health unique
- Great River Health runs southeast Iowa’s integrated hospital-clinic network across Burlington, Fort Madison, and Mount Pleasant.
- Jeremy Alexander led Epic transition planning, signaling operational discipline and tighter revenue-cycle control.
- The June 2026 MyChart launch improves patient retention, scheduling, and cross-system record access.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
- Paid Time Off
- Education Assistance Program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Discounted cafeteria meals
- Paid Parental Leave
- Disability Insurance
- Life Insurance