Description

American Traveler is seeking an experienced ICU RN with a minimum of 2 years of experience for a night shift travel contract, requiring Epic proficiency and hands-on ventilator and vasopressor management skills.

Details

• Hospital ICU setting serving an adult to geriatric patient population
• Nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:2–3
• High volume of ventilators and arterial lines (A-lines)
• Experience with titration of continuous infusions of sedation agents, pain medications, paralytic agents, and vasopressors required in this unit
• Agency RNs are not assigned CRRT patients unless competency on the Baxter PrisMax machine can be demonstrated
• Multidisciplinary morning rounds include intensivist, bedside RN, PharmD, RRT, OT/PT, dietitian, case manager, and wound care
• Bedside RN is responsible for patient transport (e.g., to CT), accompanied by a tech and RRT if patient is on a ventilator
• Night shift NPs serve as first call before the intensivist and handle central line/vascath/A-line placement, code attendance, ICU care issues, and ICU admissions from ETC
• Night shift schedule: 3x12-hour shifts, 19:00–07:00
• Every other weekend required
• Floating may be required within scope of practice, including to a sister campus
• No on-call requirements
• EMR: Epic (required); also uses Pyxis and SBAR
• Local candidates are accepted

Requirements

• Active GA or compact RN license required
• Current BLS and ACLS certifications required
• Minimum 2 years of ICU experience required
• Proficiency with Epic EMR required
• Experience with ventilator management and A-lines required
• Experience titrating continuous infusions of sedation agents, pain medications, paralytic agents, and vasopressors required
• Baxter PrisMax competency required to be assigned CRRT patients

Additional Information

• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• Navy blue scrubs required
• RTO maximum of 7 days; RTO cannot be requested during the first week of the assignment
• Holiday coverage policy: if one or two major holidays fall within the assignment period, travelers are expected to work all of them with no holiday RTO permitted; if three major holidays fall within the assignment period, travelers are expected to work two, with one holiday RTO request eligible for review
• Major holidays include: Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving/Black Friday (counts as one), Christmas Eve/Christmas Day (counts as one), and New Year's Eve/New Year's Day (counts as one)
• Travelers must have been away from all facilities within this health system for a minimum of one full year before returning as a travel nurse
• No schedule change requests or alternate shift requests are permitted; the posted night shift is firm
• RTO must be submitted at time of consideration