Critical Care Stepdown Nurse

• Provide direct patient care, including medication administration, monitoring vital signs, and managing complex patient needs
• Collaborate effectively with physicians, other healthcare providers, and patients and their families
• Checking patients' health status daily and making note of any changes or concerns
• Caring for multiple patients throughout the same shift, often varying in age and condition
• Monitoring patients with life-saving medical equipment such as IVs, catheters, feeding tubes and ventilators
• Providing a comfortable and secure environment for the patient while acting as their advocate

• Registered Nurse license in good standing, State of Arkansas or compact state license required prior to start date
• 12 months of acute care experience is required (new graduates or nurses who have never worked in an acute care setting are hired through our residency training program)
• Previous step down and/or ICU experience strongly preferred
• BLS through the American Heart Association is required within 30 days
• ACLS through the American Heart Association is required within 90 days

Previous step down and/or ICU experience strongly preferred

• Sign on bonus up to $25,000 to hires who meet the eligibility requirements
• Additional pay for participation in clinical ladder
• Referral bonuses
• Excellent benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Relocation assistance