ICU - Intensive Care Unit

Opportunity:

RN - ICU

Job Details:

• 12-hour shifts available as 3x12 (36 hours per week) or 4x12 (48 hours per week)
• Patient ratio of 1:2 (1.5:1 per unit details)
• Every other weekend required
• No on-call required
• Float required within service line to ICU units and down to med/surg as needed
• Minimum 2 years of ICU experience required; travel experience required
• First-time travelers not accepted
• Home address must be at least 75 miles from the facility
• Maximum 7 days of requested time off; no RTO allowed during first week of assignment
• Previous charge experience preferred
• Trauma Level I experience preferred; Trauma Level II experience required
• Epic charting experience required
• Scrub color: Navy
• Required certifications: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS; CPI and TNCC preferred
• Care for adult and geriatric patients with diagnoses including respiratory failure/ARDS, acute chest pain/cardiac/arrhythmias, stroke, cardiac arrest, DKA, multi-organ failure, and sepsis
• Manage pre and post-op cardiac, thoracic, and abdominal surgery patients
• Provide care for medicine and neuro-medicine overflow, pre- and post-transplant patients, and end-of-life/organ donation patients
• Strong cardiac knowledge required; travel RNs will not take fresh cardiac surgery cases but will be scheduled in the CTICU for coverage
• Required skills include: arterial line management, blood product administration, care of ventilated patients, central line care/management, central venous pressure monitoring, CRRT/CVVHD, CVA/acute stroke management, continuous IV sedation and paralytics, emergency medications, hemodynamic/invasive monitoring, interpretation of ABGs and dysrhythmias, management of dysrhythmias, management of patients with multisystem organ dysfunction/failure, PICC line management, phlebotomy, pulmonary artery line/Swan Ganz monitoring, starting and maintaining IVs, suctioning (ETT, NT), titrating cardiac and vasoactive drips, ventilator management, BiPAP/CPAP management, infection prevention, and isolation precautions/PPE
• Special equipment includes: IV pumps/titration, CRRT/dialysis, ventilator/BiPAP, hemodynamic/invasive monitoring, and defibrillator/crash cart