ICU Registered Nurse
Petoskey, MI
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Registered Nurse (RN) – Intensive Care Unit (ICU) – Days

Location: Petoskey, Michigan
Employment Type: Temporary
Contract Length: 8 weeks

Job Summary

• Provide nursing care on the Cardiovascular Unit (CVU), caring for patients undergoing procedures such as PTCA, stents, TAVR, MitraClip, bi-ventricular pacemakers, and open heart surgery post-op care (18-24 hours).
• Manage patients with congestive heart failure and electrophysiology studies.
• Participate in clinical trials managed by the research department.
• Work in a unit recognized with a Silver Beacon Award and designated as a Top 50 Heart Hospital.

Shift Details

• Dayshift
• 12-hour shifts

Required Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (RN) license valid in Michigan (LARA and Nursys verification required).
• Minimum 1 year of ICU experience (floating experience does not count).
• EKG experience required.
• Must be willing to float to similar units such as Neuro, CVICU, and Trauma.
• Completion of a skills checklist within one year of application for RN specialties is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing ventilators.
• Experience with CRRT and balloon pumps.

Additional Information

• Strict 3-strike attendance policy: termination after 3 absences or being more than 20 minutes late without valid documented reasons (e.g., communicable disease or hospitalization). Policy effective starting 6/1/2024.
• EMR system used: Cerner.
• Dress code: Navy blue scrubs.
• Full-time employees of the facility are not eligible for contract hire within six months of employment.
• Local travel policy applies for those living within 35 miles of the facility.

Facility Overview

• 202-bed regional hospital serving northern Lower Michigan and eastern Upper Peninsula.
• Over 230 physicians covering nearly all medical and surgical specialties.
• Emphasis on cardiology, cancer, orthopedics, and neurosciences.