Intensive Care nurse in training

As an Intensive Care nurse in training at Radboudumc, you will complete a training program of approximately 20 months, in which you combine both theory and practice. The first year begins with five teaching blocks at the Radboud Health Academy, in which you will learn about vital functions, cardiology, ventilation, and much more, among other things. Between the blocks, you will directly apply the learned theory in practice, concluding each module with a theoretical test or assignment.

You will work in an academic setting within a level-1 trauma center, where you provide care to patients with highly complex and exceptional conditions, who often cannot be treated further elsewhere. Through the latest treatment methods and continuous investments in medical innovation and scientific research, you can make a difference for patients and their families with us. In collaboration with experienced physicians, intensivists, and fellow nurses, you will learn from practice every day and will receive plenty of room to shape your own learning process.

As an ICU Nurse in training, you will work in a department with approximately 250 nurses. Within the ICU, we have 3 large teams led by 2 care managers and 8 team leaders. Additionally, within the department, we have a Medium Care unit, a Pediatric ICU, and a Radboudumc Expertise Center for Weaning from Ventilation, which specializes in weaning patients from mechanical ventilation. Furthermore, we have a specialized team that handles all ICU transports in the region with our MICU (Mobile Intensive Care Unit). And a specialized ECMO team that is trained to use an ECLS machine to temporarily take over the function of the patient's heart and/or lungs.

At our ICU, we work daily on improving care in a pleasant and collegial manner. The patient is central, whereby we involve the family in the treatment as an essential part of our care.

Regional ICU collaboration.
The ICU at Radboudumc collaborates with the ICUs of various other hospitals in the region in the areas of patient care & education. In this way, we collectively ensure that every patient receives the right care and we ensure that you, as an employee, are challenged through education and potential regional exchange.

At the Intensive Care, you work in the heart of acute, highly complex care. You treat seriously ill adults and children whose vital functions are threatened or have failed. You offer intensive monitoring and support in the ICUs, Medium Care, and High Care. In multidisciplinary teams, you combine high-tech care with teamwork, continuous development, and optimal attention to the most vulnerable patients.

You have at least a completed MBO nursing education with at least 1 year of hospital experience. You consciously choose training to become an ICU nurse in an academic setting and want to excel in our academic ICU care.

Furthermore, you recognize yourself in the following profile:

• You possess a broad clinical perspective and can switch effortlessly between different specialties. You consider it a valuable challenge to collaborate with various disciplines and to continuously deepen your knowledge in new aspects of nursing and medical care.
• It is important to know your own limits and to ask for help from others in time if you do not know something or do not know it sufficiently. Together, we strengthen each other as a team.
• You take initiative in your own development and demonstrate leadership. You feel responsible for both your own quality of work and for the quality of ICU care within your team and the region.
• You work all requested shifts.

• The training lasts 20 months, during which the minimum number of contract hours is 32.
• In 2026, there are still 2 training positions available that will be filled throughout the year.
• During the training, you will work day, evening, and night shifts.
• When you successfully complete the training, you will receive a permanent contract. If you have completed both the ICU training and the extra skills regarding performing tasks as the senior nurse on duty, you will be placed in scale 9aM.
• A Certificate of Conduct (VOG) is required for this position.