Registered Nurse Cardiovascular ICU

About the Role

As a Registered Nurse (RN) in the Medical Surgical and Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit, you will deliver compassionate, high-quality care that impacts patient well-being and recovery. This unit provides ICU-level care in 24 large private rooms equipped with full monitoring capabilities, ventilators, and pumps, ensuring a healing environment with 1:1 or 1:2 patient-to-nurse ratios. You will leverage expertise to perform critical assessments, skilled procedures, and implement individualized care plans while collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to achieve optimal patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to departmental and hospital policies, including safety, risk management, and regulatory standards.
• Stay current with trends, developments, and regulatory requirements impacting nursing practice.
• Administer and document medications (topical, oral, intramuscular, subcutaneous, and intravenous) as ordered by healthcare practitioners.
• Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, behavioral, developmental, and spiritual needs; gather relevant data and implement interventions.
• Plan and provide holistic, professional nursing care within scope of practice; evaluate outcomes and adjust care as needed.
• Prepare patients for discharge and coordinate post-discharge needs.
• Demonstrate cultural sensitivity and competence in communication and care delivery.
• Apply knowledge and skills specific to the patient populations served in the ICU.
• Engage in professional growth and meet mandatory requirements by stated deadlines.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing (required upon hire).
• One of the following:
  • 1–2 years of med/surg experience and successful completion of a critical care residency program, or
  • New graduate with completion of a senior practicum in critical care, ED, or PACU and successful completion of a critical care residency program.
• Active Washington State Registered Nurse license (required upon hire).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification (required upon hire).
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification (required within 6 months of hire).

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• One year of related work experience in an acute care setting.
• Previous PCU/ICU experience.
• Critical RN certification (Adult/Neonatal/Pediatric/Acute).
• Certified Neuroscience RN (CNRN).

About the Organization

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health has provided exceptional healthcare since 1891, evolving through strategic partnerships to serve the Puget Sound region. Committed to healing the whole person—body, mind, and spirit—we offer a full spectrum of services, from routine wellness to complex disease management, grounded in research and education. Our network includes 10 hospitals and nearly 300 care sites, delivering top-quality, professional healthcare in modern, well-equipped facilities.

Pay

$48.36 – $85.71 per hour.