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Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse

Baptist Health is seeking skilled Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurses to provide critical care to patients with serious illnesses or injuries. Our ICU teams deliver timely, complex, and intensive care in a specialized environment that demands advanced clinical expertise and a low nurse-to-patient ratio. Be part of a highly trained team dedicated to stabilizing and supporting patients when it matters most.

With five hospital locations and a variety of flexible schedules, Baptist Health offers opportunities that fit your lifestyle and career goals. We take the time to personally match you with the facility and team that align with your experience, values, and aspirations.

Enjoy comprehensive benefits starting on day one, designed to support you at every stage of life, including:

• Student loan repayment
• Tuition reimbursement
• Family care support, including backup elder care, backup childcare, and pet care
• And more! Learn about the benefits we offer here

Baptist Health is a not-for-profit, faith-based health system with 1,700 beds across five hospitals, multiple outpatient centers, and physician offices. It operates Alabama's largest primary care network, with 70 clinics spanning four counties. Supported by a team of 2,600 employed and affiliated physicians and over 7,000 team members, Baptist Health is committed to delivering high-quality, compassionate care to the communities it serves.

Baptist Health is now part of Orlando Health, marking an exciting new chapter in delivering exceptional care to our communities. Orlando Health is a private, not-for-profit healthcare organization with a century-long legacy of providing expert, compassionate care to diverse populations. With physicians in more than 100 specialties, award-winning hospitals, standalone emergency departments, urgent care centers, and more, Orlando Health draws patients from across the state, region, and nation.

Together, we're building a stronger, more connected future in healthcareright here at home.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities for Intensive Care Unit Include, But Not Limited To:

• Delivers expert care for high-acuity patients, performing complex assessments and rapid clinical interventions.
• Anticipates and responds to changing conditions using data-driven, evidence-based judgment.
• Operates and interprets advanced monitoring equipment, including ICP, CVP, PA pressures, cardiac monitors, and ventilators.
• Recognizes critical changes and initiates emergency actions or notifies physicians promptly.
• Develops, updates, and evaluates individualized care plans.
• Advocates for patients and families while providing culturally sensitive, age-appropriate care.
• Serves as preceptor, charge nurse, educator, or clinical resource as needed.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to support effective unit function.
• Coordinates and delegates patient care appropriately.
• Documents assessments, treatments, medications, and education accurately and per regulatory standards.
• Demonstrates competency in all required nursing skills and equipment.
• Prioritizes care, resolves problems, and communicates essential patient information clearly.
• Supports onboarding of new staff and students.
• Maintains compliance with attendance and organizational policies.

Qualifications

Education/Training

• Graduate of an approved school of nursing.
• Meets all mandatory, developmental, and performance competency requirements for Baptist Health/Orlando Health and unit/department.

Licensure/Certification

• Maintains current State of Alabama RN license or valid eNLC multistate RN license
• Maintains current BLS/Healthcare Provider certification.
• ACLS, NRP, PALS, TNCC are required for certain areas.
• NRP required for Neonatal Intensive care Unit (NICU).

Experience

• 1 year experience required unless approved by AVP level or above.

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