The Neuroscience ICU Unit is state-of-the-art and the largest in the state of Virginia, equipped with 28 beds dedicated to providing outstanding neurocritical care service for a variety of diseases involving the nervous system (brain, spinal cord, and nerves). The NSICU is an essential component of VCU’s comprehensive stroke center and is the first and only comprehensive stroke center in Virginia. The NSICU has received the Beacon Award for critical care excellence from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses in 2010 and forward.

Come join this dynamic team!

Clinical Nurse I Job: Integrates technical skills and theoretical knowledge to meet the needs of the patient and family. This job assists the healthcare team with the prevention of illness and injury, maintenance of wellness, and provision of comfort. This job provides direction, education, and begins to acquire leadership skills at the unit level. This job delivers and accurately documents direct, age-specific care to a patient or group of patients based on medical orders and an integrated, multidisciplinary plan of care. This job also safely administers prescribed medications, identifying incompatibilities and/or interactions.

Clinical Nurse II Job: Demonstrates a mastery of clinical skills and begins to apply this knowledge to a specific patient population. This job assists the healthcare team with the prevention of illness and injury, maintenance of wellness, and provision of comfort. This job recognizes changes in patient situations and intervenes appropriately. This job mobilizes resources to meet the individualized needs of patients/families. This job provides direction, education, and assumes leadership responsibilities at the unit level. This job delivers and accurately documents direct, age-specific care to a patient or group of patients based on medical orders and an integrated, multidisciplinary plan of care. This job safely administers prescribed medications, identifying incompatibilities and/or interactions.

Clinical Nurse III Job: Demonstrates clinical knowledge at the unit level and begins to apply this knowledge to a specific patient population. This job assists the healthcare team with the prevention of illness and injury, maintenance of wellness, and provision of comfort. This job anticipates changes in patient situations and intervenes appropriately. This job provides direction, education, and serves as a role model in a clinical setting. This job delivers and accurately documents direct, age-specific care to a patient or group of patients based on medical orders and an integrated, multidisciplinary plan of care. This job safely administers prescribed medications, identifying incompatibilities and/or interactions.

Licensure, Certification, or Registration Requirements: For Hire (Clinical Nurse I, II, III): Current RN licensure in Virginia or eligible or compact state. For Continued Employment (Clinical Nurse I, II, III): Current RN licensure in Virginia, AHA BLS HCP Certification or equivalent.

Experience Required:

Clinical Nurse I: N/A
Clinical Nurse II: 12 to 24 months RN experience
Clinical Nurse III: 3 years of clinical experience

Experience Preferred:

Clinical Nurse I: Experience as an LPN, nursing assistant, or care partner in either an acute care setting or as applicable to the area of practice.
Clinical Nurse II, Clinical Nurse III: Academic Healthcare Experience; Experience with a similar patient population in either an acute care setting or as applicable to the area of practice.

Education/Training Required (Clinical Nurse I, II, III):

Diploma or Associates Degree from a professional nursing program recognized and/or approved by the corresponding state’s Board of Nursing.
All registered nurses without a Bachelor's degree in Nursing (or higher) will be required to enroll in an approved RN to BSN program within two years of their start date and to complete the program within five years of their start date unless grandfathered under previous requirements.

Education/Training Preferred (Clinical Nurse I, II, III):

Clinical Nurse I, II, III: Completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (or higher) from an accredited program.
Clinical Nurse III: Certification in a specialty area.

Independent Actions Required: Follows documented physician/licensed independent provider orders. Practices within the boundaries of the regulations governing the practice of nursing in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Practice is guided by the ANA Code of Ethics for Nursing and established national nursing practice standards. All practice is guided by and follows the VCUHS policies and procedures and established practice.

Supervisory Responsibilities (if applicable): Organizes work and delegates and supervises others (RN's, LPN's, Care Partners, Unit Secretaries, etc.) in carrying out assignments.

Additional Position Requirements: Clinicians work all three shifts, weekends, and holidays. Individual shift rotation and schedules will be established with your specific Nurse Manager/Practice Manager. Schedules, including requirements of shift rotations and hours of work may be adjusted as necessary to meet unit requirements and/or as needed.

Age-Specific Groups Served: As appropriate based on unit assignment.

Physical Requirements (includes use of assistance devices as appropriate):

Physical: Lifting 20-50 lbs.
Other: Exposure to potentially hazardous and infectious substances.
Activities: Prolonged standing, Prolonged sitting, Frequent bending, Walking (distance), Climbing (steps, ladder, other), Reaching (overhead, extensive, repetitive).
Mental/Sensory: Strong recall, Reasoning, Problem solving, Hearing, Speak clearly, Write legibly, Reading, Logical thinking.
Emotional: Fast-paced environment, Steady pace, Able to handle multiple priorities, Frequent and intense customer interactions, Noisy environment.

Varies by Need (United States of America) EEO Employer/Disabled/Protected Veteran/41 CFR 60-1.4.

Who We Are: Inventing better care, day by day by discovery. Sound outrageous? It absolutely is. Sound impossible? That’s never stopped us before. Sound like hard work, intense research, collaboration with experts around the world, sheer brainpower meets unrelenting willpower? That’s. Exactly. Right. We’ll do whatever it takes to offer the best in care and empower the best in quality of life. And it’s an approach that works — whether it’s a patient who undergoes a new, life-saving procedure or a clinical researcher who finds promise in a new cancer treatment, exciting new medicine is happening at VCU Health.

We have it all:

One college and four health sciences schools
An academic medical center
A Level I trauma center
One of only two NCI-designated cancer centers in Virginia
The region’s only full-service children’s hospital
More than 800 physicians in 200 specialties
With a community health center, dedicated research teams, facilities, and valued partners in every field.

Our medical teams are top-notch. And we’re not too shy to boast of internationally known physicians, some recognized as the best in the country, top-ranked local specialists, and all-around all-stars at every level. From our very first years to our most recent advancements, we are driven to learn more, dig deeper, teach passionately, and never rest in order to be a true leader in discovering what’s possible in health and recovery. We are a comprehensive system of care and a pioneer of health. Read VCU Health Year In Review for more about our accomplishments.