Registered Nurse (RN) lead, Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

• .6fte, 3rd shift lead ICU support.

As an ICU Lead RN, you will coordinate daily patient care activities, workflow, and staffing to ensure safe, efficient unit operations. You will serve as both a clinical and administrative resource, providing direction to staff while maintaining accountability for unit performance.

You will oversee patient flow, resource allocation, and staffing adjustments to support procedures and optimize care delivery in a fast-paced ICU environment.

You will support direct patient care as needed by applying the nursing process—assessing patients, implementing care plans, and evaluating outcomes to ensure safe, high-quality care. You will promote a culture focused on patient safety, quality, and efficiency, including participating in patient rounding when appropriate.

You will coordinate communication across patients, families, physicians, and departments to ensure seamless, patient-centered care. This includes addressing service concerns and facilitating timely resolution.

You will provide leadership and guidance to staff through orientation, training, and day-to-day support. You will assign and monitor work, provide input on performance, and collaborate with leadership to address complex staffing or care issues.

You will assist with key operational and HR functions, including hiring support, employee relations, and team engagement, helping to maintain a positive and productive work environment.

You will manage staffing and scheduling needs, ensuring appropriate coverage and making adjustments to maintain efficiency and meet productivity expectations.

You will monitor quality of care and ensure compliance with organizational policies, nursing standards, and regulatory requirements.

You will contribute to operational planning, including budgeting support, maintaining adequate supplies and equipment, and partnering with vendors, educators, and leadership on new products, programs, and services.

Join our ICU team in Oshkosh in a leadership role that blends clinical expertise with operational oversight. This unit cares for critically ill patients and offers a highly collaborative environment where leaders play a key role in supporting frontline staff, driving workflow efficiency, and ensuring exceptional patient outcomes.

You’ll work closely with an experienced interdisciplinary team and unit leadership to foster a strong culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement. This is an excellent opportunity to grow your leadership skills while making a meaningful impact on both patient care and team development.

At Advocate Health, being a nurse means more than delivering exceptional clinical care—it means leading with purpose, compassion, and boldness. As part of our One Advocate Nurse community, you’ll join a unified team committed to lifting others up, embracing innovation, and creating inclusive spaces where everyone can thrive.

You’ll be empowered to think boldly, collaborate with humility, and drive change through fearless curiosity. Whether you're at the bedside, leading teams, or shaping care delivery, you’ll help define the future of health—because here, we’re redefining care for you, for us, for all.

Your feedback matters. Every nurse’s voice is vital in shaping our culture and improving care—we value your insights and experiences because they help us grow stronger together.

Apply now to join a team that’s redefining what nursing leadership can be.

• Strong clinical expertise in critical care
• Leadership, coaching, and team development capabilities
• Ability to manage workflow, staffing, and patient throughput
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Ability to prioritize and adapt in a high-acuity, fast-paced environment

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.