Registered Nurse Team Lead, ICU - Nights
Posted Sep 16, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
This ICU team lead role is on nights in Rockford. Tell me about your ICU and leadership experience.
What they are checking: Whether they have both deep critical care skill and real experience leading a team.
Tell me about a time you raised a safety concern to a physician overnight.
What they are checking: Whether they speak up clearly with facts even when it's uncomfortable.
How do you keep up your own bedside skills while leading?
What they are checking: Whether they stay clinically sharp, since an ICU lead often still takes patients.
What do you do to support your team's morale on nights?
What they are checking: Whether they notice burnout and take simple steps to support their staff.
What would you do
It's 1 a.m., two ICU nurses called in sick and the ED wants to send up a crashing patient. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they can juggle staffing, bed flow and safety and escalate to the house supervisor.
A newer ICU nurse is struggling with a patient on multiple drips. How do you help without taking over?
What they are checking: Whether they coach and support rather than either ignoring or replacing the nurse.
A family is upset at 3 a.m. about their loved one's care. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they listen, communicate honestly and bring in the right people.
About the work
How do you make ICU assignments on nights?
What they are checking: Whether they match patient acuity and nurse skill so the sickest patients get the right nurse.
Walk me through how you'd lead a code in the ICU when the physician hasn't arrived yet.
What they are checking: Whether they can organize roles and start ACLS steps calmly until help arrives.
How do you keep the team focused on prevention bundles like CLABSI and VAP at night?
What they are checking: Whether they hold staff to quality standards consistently, even on off-shifts.
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