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ICU (Intensive Care Unit) RN - Quincy, Illinois

Contract Details

Length: 13 weeks
Shift: 3 shifts of 12 hours starting at 7 AM
Scheduling: Schedules out 6 weeks in advance; block scheduling not guaranteed but can be discussed with leadership
Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend (Saturday and Sunday for both shifts)
Holiday Requirement: Included in holiday rotation with core staff
Call/Standby: None
Floating: May float occasionally to PCU or CVICU, mostly as help-all roles

Experience & Licensure

Required Specialty Experience: At least 1 year of critical care experience (ICU/CCU)
Prior Travel Experience: Not specified as required
Licensure: Active Illinois RN license required
Trauma Experience: Must have experience in Level I or Level II Trauma center
Facility Size Experience: Experience working in hospitals with 300+ beds preferred

Certifications

Required: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS
Preferred: PALS

Unit Information

Unit: ICU (2nd floor MICU and some SICU)
Beds: 16
Nurse-to-Patient Ratio: 1:2
Charge Nurse: Day shift usually a staff nurse; night shift sometimes house supervisor who takes a smaller assignment
Nurse Aids: Yes, present on unit
Hospitalists/Intensivists: 24/7 coverage by intensivists and hospitalists (MD & NP)
Respiratory Therapist: Assigned 24/7 to ICU/PCU
Respiratory Equipment: Full range including vents, CPAP, BiPAP
Telemetry: Tele monitor tech monitors; RNs interpret strips (Draeger monitors)

Patient Types & Procedures

Common diagnoses and patient types include:
- CRRT (prismaflex), rotaprone, TTM (Arctic Sun)
- Mass transfusions, train of 4 monitoring, frequent paralysis
- ECMO at times, 24-hour EEG monitoring, EVD, LP drain
- Neurosurgery patients, MTP, trauma cases (drownings, tractor rollovers, fractures, MVAs), spinal injuries, sepsis, DKA, post-surgical recovery, COVID, post-heart cath care
- Bedside procedures such as tracheostomies, chest tube insertion, bronchoscopies, arterial line insertion
- Organ recovery (procurement only, no transplants)

Skills & Responsibilities

Experience preferred in pulling sheaths and CRRT
Must be able to titrate drips (e.g., Precedex, pressors, antiarrhythmics, sedation, common ICU drips)
RNs interpret telemetry strips
Dress code: Black scrubs
Orientation: 1-12 hour shift on unit of hire plus a 12-14 hour first day for computer-based modules and general orientation

This position is ideal for ICU RNs with critical care experience, trauma center exposure, and comfort managing complex patients and procedures in a busy Level I/II trauma hospital setting.

Facility

Blessing Hospital

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Short Term Acute Care
307 beds

ADDRESSBroadway at Eleventh and Fourteenth StreetsQuincy, IL 62305

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Quincy, IL

About

Quincy is steeped in a rich history, revealed in its more than 3,600 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. The magnificent East End downtown is where movers and shakers lived during the 19th century, while the architecture in the South Side German Historic District sports an evident German influence. Perched atop bluffs along the Mississippi River in western Illinois, only the water separated it from the former slave state of Missouri on the other side. In the 1830s, Quincy was an essential link in the Underground Railroad and a pivotal city on the issue of slavery. Learn more at the History Museum on the Square, set within a Romanesque-Revival-style building that once served as the Quincy Public Library. At the riverfront Clat Adams Bicentennial Park, locals and visitors enjoy a series of outdoor concerts and 4th of July fireworks each summer.

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