Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Located in the Eccles Critical Care Pavilion, this state-of-the-art. 20-bed SICU is part of University Health Care's Level 1 trauma program and treats critical-diagnosis surgical patients. If you want to see and do it all in critical care nursing, this is the unit for you.
As an SICU nurse you will treat patients from a number of surgical areas, including:
- General Surgery
- Cardiothoracic surgery, including ventricular assist devices and intra-aortic balloon pumps
- Heart, kidney, liver, lung, and pancreas transplants
- Multiple trauma
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Vascular Surgery
Opportunities you will find as an SICU nurse:
- Becoming part of an amazing interdisciplinary team working to provide excellent patient care to critically ill patients
- Extensive unit-based educational opportunities in addition to hospital based courses
- Large variety of patients
- Evidence-based practice delivered by a skilled and compassionate team
If you are looking for a nursing career to be proud of, where you will never stop learning, join the SICU!
