About this role
Unit Description:
Medical ICU (MICU) – Where Excellence Meets Compassion
Step into the heart of critical care at our 21-bed Medical/Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, where every shift is a chance to make a profound impact. As a MICU RN, you’ll be part of a high-performing, interdisciplinary team committed to delivering exceptional care rooted in the latest evidence-based practices.
Complex Care, Advanced Skills
In the MICU, you’ll care for some of the most critically ill patients in the region. Our diverse and high-acuity population includes individuals experiencing:
- Neurological emergencies: Stroke, Seizures, Guillain-Barré (GB), TNK, Thrombectomies
- Cardiac crises: Myocardial Infarction (MI), CHF, IABP, Impella, Cardiac Arrest, ECMO
- Pulmonary challenges: COPD, ILD, PNA, COVID ICU
- Severe infections: Sepsis, Septic Emboli
- Metabolic and toxicologic emergencies: DKA, Overdose (OD), Liver Failure, Renal Failure
- Gastrointestinal bleeding: GIB
- Advanced therapies: CRRT, CDT
- End-of-life (EOL) care: Compassionate, patient-centered support for patients and families
This environment demands sharp clinical judgment, rapid decision-making, and a deep commitment to continuous learning.
Teamwork That Transforms
Collaboration is our cornerstone. You’ll work side-by-side with:
- RNs, LNAs, RTs, PT/OTs, Unit Clerks
- Environmental Services, Interns, Residents, Fellows, and Attending Physicians
Together, we create a supportive, respectful environment focused on clinical excellence and compassionate care.
A Culture of Learning & Leadership
MICU nurses are lifelong learners and passionate educators. Whether you're pursuing your CCRN certification or advancing through our Clinical Advancement and Recognition Program (CARP), you’ll find mentorship, encouragement, and room to grow.
Innovation in Action
Be part of a unit that doesn’t just follow best practices—we help shape them. Nurses here actively contribute to quality improvement initiatives and research projects, driving innovation in critical care.
Experience:
Greater than one year of ICU experience required. Candidates with 2 years or more of ICU experience will be considered first.
On-call: Not required.
This is a bargaining union position.Other facts
About University of Vermont Health Network
Working together to better serve our communities makes us stronger, focused on collaboration instead of competition. As a team, The University of Vermont Health Network improves the lives of our patients by delivering outstanding care cost-effectively, as close to patients' homes as possible.
Our hospitals and physicians are bringing the best of community and academic medicine together, sharing their knowledge and resources to give patients access to leading-edge technology, advanced treatment options and the highest level of compassionate care are the heart and science of medicine.
The University of Vermont Health Network cares for communities on both sides of Lake Champlain, from the Adirondacks to the Green Mountains and beyond. Members include:
The University of Vermont Medical Center, formerly known as Fletcher Allen Health Care, and affiliated with the University of Vermont Colleges of Medicine and Nursing and Health Sciences
Alice Hyde Medical Center
Central Vermont Medical Center
Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital
Elizabethtown Community Hospital
Our network was created in October 2011 when Fletcher Allen in Burlington, Vermont, and Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin, Vermont, signed an affiliation agreement. In January 2013, New York partners Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh and Elizabethtown Community Hospital in Elizabethtown joined the affiliation. In 2016, Alice Hyde Medical Center joined. The network was originally called Fletcher Allen Partners.
What you'll do
- As a MICU RN, you will care for critically ill patients and be part of a high-performing interdisciplinary team. You will engage in complex care, advanced skills, and contribute to quality improvement initiatives.
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