Registered Nurse (RN) – ICU | Critical Care | Step-Down – Multiple Shifts

Job title: Registered Nurse (RN) – ICU | Critical Care | Step-Down – Multiple Shifts

The Staff Pad is partnering with a leading healthcare system in Wausau, WI to hire Registered Nurses (RNs) for ICU, Critical Care and Step-Down/Progressive Care units.

$36–$51/Hour | Multiple Shifts | Full-Time, Part-Time & PRN

Whether you're an experienced ICU nurse, a Step-Down/Telemetry RN ready to advance, or a new graduate beginning your nursing career, this is an opportunity to build your clinical skills while caring for complex cardiac, critical-care and post-surgical patients.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• $36–$51 per hour

• Full-time, part-time and PRN/supplemental opportunities

• Multiple shifts available

• New graduate RNs encouraged to apply

• Opportunities to develop ICU, critical care, cardiac and progressive-care skills

• Exposure to complex cardiac and post-surgical patients

• Supportive leadership and an experienced interdisciplinary team

• Opportunities for career advancement and specialty development

• Potential pathways toward Charge RN and specialty nursing roles

• PTO starting day one

• Full benefits available to eligible employees

• Retirement plan with employer match

• Wellness programs for employees and families

• Opportunity to be part of the expansion of a new cardiac-focused tower

About the Units

These high-acuity units care for patients requiring close monitoring, advanced nursing interventions and specialized clinical care.

Depending on the unit, RNs may care for:

• Cardiac and cardiothoracic patients

• Post-surgical patients

• Telemetry and progressive-care patients

• Patients requiring higher-acuity monitoring

• Patients receiving IV drips and other advanced therapies

• Patients with chest tubes and central lines

• Complex admissions, discharges and transfers

What You'll Do

• Provide safe, compassionate nursing care to high-acuity patients

• Care for patients with drips, chest tubes, central lines and other specialized interventions

• Continuously assess patients and recognize changes in clinical condition

• Manage patients requiring advanced monitoring and therapies

• Collaborate with physicians and the interdisciplinary care team

• Coordinate admissions, discharges and patient transfers

• Educate patients and families throughout the care process

• Maintain accurate clinical documentation

• Promote patient safety and evidence-based nursing practice

• What We're Looking For

• ADN or BSN from an accredited nursing program

• Current RN license in Wisconsin or eligibility through a compact license,

• Completion of a Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)

• 3+ years practicing as an RN in a comparative setting for experienced nurses

• ICU, critical care, step-down, progressive care, telemetry or other high-acuity nursing experience

• Certification in specialty preferred

• BLS certification or ability to obtain within 90 days of hire

• ACLS, PALS or NRP preferred based on primary department

• Comfortable in a fast-paced, high-acuity environment

• New graduate RNs are encouraged to apply. Experienced nurses transitioning from Med-Surg, Telemetry, Step-Down, Progressive Care or other acute-care settings are also encouraged to apply.

• Grow Your Nursing Career

• Whether you're beginning your nursing career or ready to expand your critical-care skills, this opportunity offers exposure to complex patients, advanced cardiac care and an experienced clinical team, with opportunities to grow into future specialty and leadership roles.

• If you're an RN looking for competitive pay, career growth and the opportunity to care for complex patients in a collaborative environment, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today!