Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit, $25000 Bonus, FT, 7P-7:30A, Specialized

Sign-on bonus available with experience. Baptist Health is the region’s largest not-for-profit healthcare organization, with 12 hospitals, over 29,000 employees, 4,500 physicians, and 200 outpatient centers, urgent care facilities, and physician practices across Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. With internationally renowned centers of excellence in cancer, cardiovascular care, orthopedics and sports medicine, and neurosciences, Baptist Health is supported by philanthropy and driven by its faith-based mission of medical excellence. For 25 years, we’ve been named one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, and in the 2024-2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospital Rankings, Baptist Health was the most awarded healthcare system in South Florida, earning 45 high-performing honors.

About the Role

The Direct Patient Care Registered Nurse (DPC RN) is a licensed professional who demonstrates proficiency and mastery of core competencies: assessment, technical skills, communication, critical thinking, interpersonal skills, planning, intervention, evaluation, flexibility, organizational skills, professional accountability, leadership, and service. This role delivers patient-family centered care in a culturally competent manner, utilizing and promoting evidence-based practice standards of quality, safety, and service.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive patient assessments.
• Demonstrate technical skills in patient care.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, and healthcare teams.
• Apply critical thinking in clinical decision-making.
• Plan, implement, and evaluate patient care interventions.
• Exhibit flexibility and organizational skills in a dynamic healthcare environment.
• Uphold professional accountability and leadership in nursing practice.
• Provide culturally competent, patient-family centered care.
• Adhere to evidence-based practice standards for quality, safety, and service.

Requirements

• Associate’s degree in Nursing (required).
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (preferred or required for certain hire dates).
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification.
• Additional certifications may be required based on department standards (e.g., PALS, NRP, ONS-Chemotherapy/Biotherapy Provider Card).
• 7 months to 1 year of experience as a Critical Care Nurse in a hospital environment.

Additional Qualifications

• RNs hired prior to 2/1/2012 (South), 10/1/2017 (Bethesda), 10/1/2023 (Boca), or 7/1/2018 (Fishermen’s) are not required to have a BSN for non-leadership roles.
• RNs hired after these dates with an Associate’s degree must complete a BSN within 3 years of hire.
• RN must complete a preceptor class within twelve months of being deemed competent for independent practice.