Registered Nurse ICU
Wichita, Kansas
RN
Posted Aug 14
- Shift
- Nights
- Unit
- ICU
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- Nights
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
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About this role
Your future role at a glance
- Location: Wichita, KS
- Facility: Via Christi, St. Teresa
- Specialty: ICU
Schedule
Night l Full-time
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Via Christi associates are eligible for tuition discounts and priority placement in select healthcare programs through our academic partnership with Wichita State University.
How you'll make an impact in this role
Take ownership of implementing and evolving personalized care plans, ensuring every clinical intervention aligns with the patient’s unique needs. Meticulously monitor and communicate changes in patient condition, acting as the vital link between the bedside and the broader medical team, ensuring no detail is overlooked. Serve as the primary coordinator across all medical disciplines, harmonizing efforts between specialists, therapists, and physicians to deliver seamless, holistic care.
Interpret and carry out physician and nursing orders with a high degree of clinical expertise, maintaining the highest standards of safety and excellence. Participate in the discharge planning process, collaborating with the healthcare team to ensure patients and their families are prepared and supported for their journey home.
What minimum qualifications you'll need
Licensure / Certification / Registration
BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted. Advanced Life Support obtained within 6 Months (180 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted. Licensed Registered Nurse credentialed from the Kansas Board of Nursing required.
Education
Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing OR professional licensure at time of hire required.
Life at Ascension: Where purpose meets opportunity
Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. We empower our 97,000+ associates to bring their skills and expertise every day to reimagining healthcare, together. Recognized as one of the Best 150+ Places to Work in Healthcare and a Military-Friendly Gold Employer, you’ll find an inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.
Application details and notices
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Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) poster.
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Benefits
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Various health insurance options & wellness plans
- Retirement benefits including employer match plans
- Long-term & short-term disability
- Employee assistance programs (EAP)
- Parental leave & adoption assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Ways to give back to your community
Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance, location and salary range at the time of the offer.
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Requirements
- RN License
- Nursing
- Patient progress tracking
- RN License
- BLS Certification
- Nursing Diploma
- Disability insurance
- Critical & intensive care
- Mid-level
Benefits highlights
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Disability insurance
- Paid time off
- Adoption assistance
- Retirement plan
- Parental leave
- NPHPU
Place
- City
- Wichita, Kansas
- Median rent
- $975/mo
- Local household income
- $64,620/yr
- Metro price level
- 11% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Wichita area index 88.9, where 100 is the national average.
Wichita sits along the Arkansas River in south-central Kansas, offering a relaxed Midwestern pace with a strong healthcare presence. The city blends affordable suburban living with cultural amenities like the Delano District and Old Town. Nurses relocating here will find a welcoming community, manageable traffic, and a cost of living that typically stretches farther than larger metro areas.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities.
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Ascension is one of the nation's leading non-profit and Catholic health systems, with a Mission of delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. The organization has a national presence with hospitals…
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