Gillette Children's·Saint Paul, Minnesota
The Registered Nurse provides family-centered critical care to pediatric patients, managing complex conditions and stabilizing patients for recovery. They collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to implement individualized care plans and respond effectively to emergency situations.
We are currently hiring for a RN PICU. This is a 0.6 FTE - Straight Night. 12-hour shifts with every third weekend 12-hour shifts. Critical care experience required. Pediatric experience preferred. PALS, BLS required.
Join Gillette Children’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), where nurses deliver highly specialized, high-acuity care to patients from infancy through young adulthood. In this role, you’ll support children and teens who are critically ill, recovering from complex surgeries, or healing from traumatic injuries—playing a vital role in stabilizing patients and setting the foundation for long-term recovery and rehabilitation.
Our PICU combines advanced clinical care with a calm, healing environment designed for both patients and families. As an RN, you’ll collaborate closely with a skilled, multidisciplinary team of critical care experts to manage complex conditions such as brain and spinal cord injuries, respiratory complications, severe infections, and post-surgical recovery.
At Gillette, you’ll find more than just meaningful work—you’ll be part of a supportive, team-focused culture that values collaboration, professional growth, and continuous learning. With strong benefits and ongoing development opportunities, this is a place where you can build your career while making a profound difference in the lives of patients and families every day.
Purpose of position
This position exists to administer family-centered nursing care to patients, advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention, and/or provide skilled assistance in navigation of the health care system as appropriate to the developmental, cultural, emotional, and medical, surgical, or rehabilitative needs of the patient and their families. Specific duties are determined by the work setting or patient population served; however, in all positions, serving patients with challenging and complex conditions requires a concentration of specialized staff able to work in highly coordinated teams. We organize care around each patient’s condition which requires staff at multiple levels and across many departments to exhibit exceptional teamwork qualities including communicating efficiently and effectively and adopting the behaviors required for high functioning integrated teams.
Compensation & Benefits Information
The hourly wage for this opportunity is $43.28 - $73.97. Pay is dependent on several factors including relevant work experience, education, certification & licensure, and internal equity. Hourly pay is just one part of the compensation package for employees. Gillette supports career progression and offers a competitive benefits package that includes a retirement savings match, tuition and certification reimbursement, paid time off, and health and wellness benefits for .5 FTE and above. $1.75/weekend, $2.75/evening, $4.00/night differential is available for this position.
Core Responsibilities and Duties
Patient Care – Delivers patient care which optimizes the patient’s health status and outcomes through the use of the nursing process.
Demonstrates thorough assessments.
Creates individualized plans of care that are evidence-based.
Successfully implements interventions.
Effectively prioritizes and responds quickly to emergency situations to ensure immediate action is taken to stabilize patients.
Evaluates patient care based on best practices.
Communicates patient-related nursing data and information to enhance active and informed decision making by patients, families, nurse colleagues, and other healthcare providers.
Family centered care - Provides nursing care and health education reflecting specific patient, family, cultural and community needs.
Identifies the learning needs of the population served.
Implements an effective teaching plan.
Employs strategies to promote health in a safe environment.
Provides emotional support.
Seeks opportunity to evaluate effectiveness of health education as culturally and developmentally appropriate.
Autonomous Practice – Exercises independent judgment that influences care and demonstrates understanding of potential clinical implications.
Supervises, delegates, and provides care based on the abilities and limitations of care personnel and patient acuity.
Identifies and incorporates evidence-based improvements into own daily work.
Gillette Children's is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of an individual's race, color, creed, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation or gender identity, military status or any other class protected by federal, state or local laws.
Gillette Children’s is a global beacon of care for patients with brain, bone and movement conditions that start in childhood. Our research, treatment and supportive technologies enable every child to lead a full life defined by their dreams, not their diagnoses.
To learn more about working at Gillette Children's, please visit https://www.gillettechildrens.org/careers [https://www.gillettechildrens.org/careers].
Candidates must hold a current RN license, BLS certification, and PALS certification. Prior critical care experience is required, and a bachelor's degree in nursing is preferred.
Market context
Minnesota nursing openings often reflect steady demand in senior care settings, where employers look for RNs who can support older adults and work reliably across shifts. These roles are competitive because an accredited nursing degree, an unencumbered RN license, and prior senior-population experience are common screening points; a bachelor’s degree can strengthen candidacy. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits on this platform to save time, then confirm your license status and tailor your application to senior-care experience.
