Travel Nurse RN - PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care
Park Ridge, IL
GHR Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse (PICU RN)

The PICU RN provides complex, continuous nursing care to critically ill infants, children, and adolescents in a high acuity pediatric intensive care setting. This role supports advanced monitoring, life sustaining therapies, and close collaboration with pediatric intensivists and the interdisciplinary team.

Responsibilities
• Perform comprehensive pediatric assessments, monitor hemodynamics, ventilators, and invasive lines, and respond promptly to changes in patient condition
• Titrate vasoactive and sedation infusions per protocol, administer medications and blood products safely, and coordinate labs, imaging, and procedures
• Participate in pediatric codes and rapid responses, support families with clear communication and education, and document all care accurately in the EMR

Requirements
• Active RN license in the state of practice or compact
• Minimum 2 years of recent PICU or high acuity pediatric critical care experience
• Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications
• Strong pediatric critical care assessment skills, advanced cardiac monitoring knowledge, and comfort caring for ventilated and high acuity pediatric patients