Description

American Traveler is hiring a night shift ICU RN with critical care experience for an acute care ICU requiring CRRT, vents, and vasoactive medication proficiency.

Details

• 18-bed ICU with all private rooms featuring negative pressure capability for COVID patients
• Typical patient ratios of 1:2, with 1:1 for CRRT/organ donation cases and possible stretch to 1:3 during overflow/stepdown, averaging a daily census of 13
• Patient population includes sepsis, PNA, COVID, CHF, COPD, DKA, OD, renal failure, neurosurgical cases (lumbar drains, ventriculostomies), general surgery, occasional MI, and vascular patients
• 12-hour night shifts from 1900-0730, with self-scheduling and block scheduling allowed as needs of the unit permit
• Every other weekend requirement, working either Fri/Sat/Sun or Sat/Sun/Mon depending on unit needs
• Rare call or standby requirement
• Required to float to Stepdown and MedSurg units as needed
• Uses Epic EMR system
• Phillips telemetry system used for cardiac monitoring, with ICU staff responsible for monitoring, interpretation, and admitting patients to the system
• Dedicated respiratory therapist in the ICU daily from 7a-7p, with RT covering all of critical care overnight
• Intensivist coverage 7a-7p daily with residents, and hospitalist overnight coverage from 6p-6a
• Pharmacist available on the unit daily from 0700-1630
• 1-2 PCTs on the unit depending on census and staffing

Requirements

• Active RN license (WV or Compact) required
• Current certifications: BLS (AHA), ACLS (AHA), and NIHSS
• Minimum 1 year of critical care experience required
• Prior travel nursing experience preferred
• Must be competent with CRRT, IABP, vents, post-code/therapeutic hypothermia care
• Skilled with vasoactive medications, sedation, and paralytics
• Responsible for titrating all critical care drips within ordered parameters
• Responsible for central line care and removal
• Unexpired copy of driver's license required for consideration

Additional Information

• Responsible for monitoring, interpreting, and admitting patients to telemetry system, with remote tele techs serving as backup monitoring
• Charge nurse carries an assignment on nights and weekends
• Must complete 2 shifts of general/floor orientation and Epic education before starting on the floor
• General education competencies must be completed prior to arrival on assignment
• Scrub color is royal blue, and scrub jackets are optional but must be actual scrub jackets (no hoodies or sweat-jackets)
• Holiday coverage may be required if permanent staff cannot cover unit needs
• Must reside outside a 50-mile radius of the facility to qualify as a traveler
• Returning travelers must have taken a 2-year break before reapplying to any WVU Medicine location
• Travelers are limited to working within WVU Medicine for no longer than one year cumulative before requiring a 2-year break