ICU - Intensive Care Unit

Opportunity:

RN - ICU

Job Details:

• Work 12-hour shifts from 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM or 6:30 PM to 6:30 AM
• Self-scheduling for core staff with travelers added in
• Every other weekend requirement
• Minimum of 2 holidays required during contract timeframe
• Must live outside 50-mile radius of facility
• Driver's license required at submittal to verify distance requirement
• Required certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
• Pass/fail exam on Wednesdays during orientation with 90% passing score required
• 1 shift of unit-specific orientation provided
• Nurse to patient ratio of 1:2-3 for adults in 33-bed unit with average daily census of 16
• Care for trauma, cardiac, overdose/substance abuse, sepsis, post-stent, pacemaker placement, stroke, vascular, renal failure, heart failure, and respiratory distress patients
• Required to titrate drips including cardiac drips, insulin, and sedation
• Must read, interpret, and document telemetry strips
• Float to PCU and occasionally MedSurg with same ratios (1:4 or 1:5)
• Handle equipment from nasal cannula to ventilators
• 30-minute response time required when called back from on-call status
• Use EPIC charting system
• Artificial nails prohibited - refusal to remove results in contract termination