Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit
SHIRO APPS
City of Utica, NYPosted April 2, 2026
ContractOn-siteMid-level
Required Skills
ICUNeuroMedicalSurgicalTraumaCardiothoracicStrokeSepsisRespiratoryCHFPost-operativeVentilatorsIABPCRRTVentriculostomyICPTemperature-managementCritical-careMedicationsInfusionsCollaborationDocumentationFloat
Work Authorization
US CitizenGreen Card
- The Registered Nurse (RN) – ICU provides specialized nursing care to critically ill patients requiring advanced monitoring and life-support interventions. The RN performs comprehensive patient assessments, manages complex equipment and therapies, and collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality critical care.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct nursing care to critically ill patients in the ICU, including neuro/medical, surgical/trauma, and cardiothoracic settings.
- Monitor and manage patients with stroke, sepsis, altered mental status, respiratory failure, congestive heart failure, trauma, and post-operative complications.
- Operate and monitor advanced life-support equipment such as ventilators, intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABP), CRRT systems, ventriculostomy devices, ICP monitoring systems, and targeted temperature management devices.
- Administer and titrate critical care medications and infusions, monitoring patient responses.
- Collaborate with physicians, advanced practice providers, and interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement patient care plans.
- Maintain accurate clinical documentation and communicate patient status changes promptly.
- Float to other units as required, excluding Behavioral Health and Emergency Department unless holding patients.
Requirements
- Minimum 2 years of ICU experience (ICU, SICU, CTICU, Trauma ICU, Medical ICU, or Neuro ICU).
Experience with Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) using Prismaflex, PRISMA, or NxStage required.
- Cardiac and heart surgery experience highly preferred.
- Charge nurse experience preferred.
- Prior travel nursing experience required.
- Ability to manage high-acuity patients using advanced critical care equipment and therapies.
Skills checklist matching the ICU specialty required at submission.
- Valid driver’s license with address matching submission demographics required.
- RTO must be included at time of submission.
Experience using EPIC electronic medical records system required.
- Local candidates within 75 miles considered.