PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care

Opportunity:

RN - PICU

Job Details:

• Night shift position working 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM
• 36 hours per week, 13-week contract
• Weekend coverage required
• Patient ratio of 2:1 for days, nights, and weekends
• Must have at least 1 year of experience in a traveler setting - first time travelers will not be accepted
• Minimum 1 year of Pediatric ICU experience required
• Travel experience required
• Required certifications: BLS (AHA only), ACLS (AHA only), PALS - RQI certifications will not be accepted
• Must have both a Missouri or compact license and a Kansas License
• Charting system: Epic - experience required
• Trauma Level I experience required
• Scrub color: Any kid-friendly color or pattern
• Parking: Free with permit
• May float between the main Kansas City campus and the sister hospital located in Overland Park, KS approximately 12 miles southwest
• Medication/dosage pass/fail test given during the first week - 100% score required to pass with 3 attempts allowed
• Care for patients across age groups including neonates, infants, pediatrics, and adolescents
• Patient diagnoses include acute organ system failure, assisted ventilation, ARDS, brain injury, congenital heart disease, diabetic ketoacidosis, septic shock, solid organ transplantation, and more
• Required skills include care of ventilated patients, ICP monitoring, and interpretation and management of dysrhythmias
• Provide advanced illness management and family-centered, age-appropriate nursing care for critically ill patients
• Continuously monitor critically ill patients and respond to changes in clinical status
• Coordinate patient care with multidisciplinary team and advocate for complex needs of critically ill children