Registered Nurse (RN) Medical Intermediate Care Unit
Washington, DC
Posted Sep 4 · Not open to new grads
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Role
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 1+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
- Relocation
- Help offered
The median for nursing in District of Columbia is $42/hr, across 49 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
About this Job
Unit Highlights
Join the nursing team on MedStar Georgetown University Hospital’s Adult Medical Intermediate Care Unit (2North)! We emphasize teamwork, enjoy a fun work environment, and prioritize professional growth.
2 North is an 18-bed adult Medical Intermediate Care Unit with private rooms, which are outfitted with the latest GE beside physiological equipment to monitor continuous cardiac and pulse oximetry. The team utilizes innovative best-practice processes to provide expert care for acutely ill patients with diverse medical diagnoses. Other diagnoses on the unit include but are not limited to end-stage renal disease, liver failure, chest pain, cardiac arrhythmias, sepsis, CHF, COPD, and GI bleeds.
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Key Responsibilities
As a Clinical Nurse, you will provide skilled, compassionate care to patients and families across a spectrum of needs—from routine to highly complex. You will assess evolving patient conditions, identify actual and potential health concerns, and develop appropriate care plans. Interventions may be delivered directly or coordinated through collaboration with other members of the nursing team .
Nursing Benefits
- Nationally recognized nurse wellbeing resources
- Comprehensive health benefit plans
- Generous paid time off and flex scheduling options
- Retirement plans with match
- Tuition assistance to advance your education
- Systemwide referral bonus program—up to $6,000 for each RN and up to $4,000 for each LPN that joins MedStar Health
- Relocation assistance up to $5,000
- Free parking for associates
Qualifications
- ADN, BSN, MSN, or CNL from an accredited School of Nursing required.
- At least one year of acute care, hospital-based RN experience required.
- Telemetry experience required.
- IMC/PCU/Step-down experience preferred.
- Active DC RN License and Basic Life Support for Healthcare providers required (AHA or American Red Cross).
This position has a hiring range of : USD $42.00 - USD $69.43 /Hr.
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Requirements
- ADN, BSN, MSN, or CNL from an accredited School of Nursing required.
- At least one year of acute care, hospital-based RN experience required.
- Telemetry experience required.
- IMC/PCU/Step-down experience preferred.
- Active DC RN License and Basic Life Support for Healthcare providers required (AHA or American Red Cross).
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Referral program
- Free parking
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Relocation assistance
Place
- City
- Washington, DC
- Median rent
- $1,954/mo
- Local household income
- $109,870/yr
- Metro price level
- 9% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Washington area index 108.9, where 100 is the national average.
Washington, DC blends monumental grandeur with livable neighborhood charm. From the historic rowhouses of Capitol Hill to the wooded trails of Rock Creek Park, the nation's capital offers renowned hospital systems, free Smithsonian museums, and Metro access that connects the city to surrounding suburbs.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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You’re weighing MedStar Health from Leonardtown, at the rural southern Maryland edge of a system that runs from Baltimore and DC outward—about 8,000 nurses across 10 hospitals, home health, and ambulatory sites. If you’re new, the Nurse Residency Program (October…
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Telemetry is open from year one. One of the most open front doors in acute care; ACLS and rhythm.
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