ICU RN

SUMMARY:

* Job Title: ICU RN
* Profession: Registered Nurse
* Specialty: RN - Intensive Care Unit
* Job Type: Contract / Travel
* Location: Great Falls, MT
* Start Date: Jul 02, 2026
* Duration: 13 weeks
* Shift: Nights
* Rate: $2,434/36 hours

REQUIREMENTS:

* Recent Open Heart Recovery Nurse Experience Required. Trained to take care of immediate post operative open heart patient required- first day.
* Education: High School Diploma or equivalent And Degree from an Accredited Nursing Program
* Knowledge: Advanced Nursing Principles and Procedures; Critical care, CVICU, and open heart experience preferred.
* Skills: Use of basic office equipment, use of multiple IV pumps, ability to operate advanced medical equipment, including A- lines, invasive lines, chest tubes, patients requiring noninvasive and invasive ventilatory support, basic cardiac telemetry and EKG interpretation.
* Recent Critical Care
* Current State of Montana RN Licensure, BLS, ACLS, PALS certification required
* 2+ years of experience

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Provide care to the hemodynamically stable or predictably unstable patients in a cardiac medical surgical unit.
* Provide physical, emotional, spiritual and cultural support to the patient.
* Care for anticipated patient populations including pediatrics, pre and post PCI care, pacemaker, revascularization, carotid endarterectomy, thoracotomy, CHF, COPD, DKA, renal failure, DVT, PE, sepsis and a broad scope of surgical services.
* Expect patients in relative stability while recognizing diagnoses may require skilled assessment and intervention tools for potential deteriorating conditions.
* Required to operate advanced medical equipment including use of central lines including chest tubes, nasogastric tubes, continuous bladder irrigation, A-lines, multiple IV’s and patients requiring short term Ventilation Support.
* As well as care for general medical and surgical patients on the in-patient unit.
* Has ability to assess and implement established policies and procedures with minimal supervision.
* Acts as a clinical leader and assists with precepting staff.
* Provides direct care for patients in the Hospital from admission to discharge in all aspects of care including discharge planning.