Job Title: Registered Nurse – Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Location: Fort Walton Beach, FL
Job Type: Full-Time (Permanent)
Shift & Schedule: Night Shift | 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM | 12-hour shifts | Rotating Weekends
Position Overview
We are seeking a clinically skilled and compassionate ICU Registered Nurse to provide high-acuity care to critically ill patients. The RN will perform complex clinical procedures, monitor patient conditions, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to support patient stabilization and recovery.
Key Responsibilities
Coordinate and deliver high-quality, patient-centered critical care in accordance with ICU standards of practice and Florida state nursing regulations.
Perform complex invasive/non-invasive procedures, continuous hemodynamic monitoring, and provider-ordered interventions, documenting all care administration thoroughly and promptly in the electronic medical record.
Educate patients, families, and caregivers on critical medical conditions, current status, treatment plans, medications, potential side effects, and post-discharge follow-up measures by translating complex medical terminology into clear language.
Provide guidance on non-medicinal recovery and wellness measures, including healthy diet, exercise, disease prevention, and lifestyle modifications, to prepare patients and families for future self-management.
Champion evidence-based practices and continuous process improvement initiatives to meet and exceed critical care quality benchmarks.
Collaborate across a multidisciplinary care team to evaluate, customize, and execute holistic patient treatment plans that promote stabilization and recovery.
Required Qualifications
Education: Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) required; Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
Licensure: Active Registered Nurse (RN) license (Florida State RN license or valid Multi-State/Compact RN license).
Experience: 1+ year of acute care ICU experience preferred. Candidates with strong acute care Emergency Department (ED) or Surgical Floor RN backgrounds will also be considered.
Certifications:
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS) within 30 days of employment start date.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 90 days of employment start date.
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (CPI) within 90 days of employment start date.
Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) within 6 months of employment start date.
Benefits & Total Rewards
Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services, plus free counseling and wellbeing referral programs.
Financial & Retirement: 401(k) plan with 100% employer match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), FSAs, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, and financial wellbeing counseling.
Career & Education: Tuition reimbursement, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and an educational partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
Work-Life & Family Support: Generous Paid Time Off (PTO), paid family leave, short- and long-term disability coverage, fertility and family-building benefits, adoption assistance, life/auto/home/legal/identity theft insurance options, and consumer discounts.