Travel Nurse (RN) - Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

References: At least one reference must be from the same unit/specialty as the job you're applying to.

Resume: Each employment history entry must include all the following: detailed duties, hospital size, unit size, trauma level (if applicable), patient ratio, teaching facility. Any employment gaps greater than 30 days must be explained.

Special Requests: Must take full 6 months off from any Sanford Health or Good Samaritan Society location as well. Must disclose previous employment on your resume or elsewhere within the submission for a DNU check. Previous Marshfield employment requires an end date at least 6 months before submission.

Required Skills/Experience: Must have experience with this patient population and high-acuity patients.

Preferred Skills/Experience: CRRT, IABP, Impella, and ECMO experience desired/helpful.

Unit Details: High-acuity tertiary care center. Nurse-patient ratios: 1:2, 1:1 for higher-acuity patients (e.g., CRRT, immediate post-op hearts, MTP, OPO), 1:3 for med-surg/floor-status patients. Patient population includes cardiovascular surgery (CABG, AVR, MVR, AAA), trauma, NSTEMI/STEMI, vascular surgery, neurosurgery, general surgery, orthopedic surgery, ENT surgery, and other surgical patients needing ICU care. All nurses care for POD 1 heart patients; immediate post-op heart patients are cared for 1:1 by specifically trained nurses. RNs titrate drips including epi, norepi, propofol, precedex, vaso, dobutamine, heparin, insulin, dopamine, neo, and milrinone. Equipment includes vents, BiPAP, and Vapotherm. No tele techs on the unit; RNs monitor their own telemetry, read and document rhythm strips, and use GE monitors.

Shift & Scheduling: 0700-1930 or 1900-0730; mostly days. Every other weekend and every other holiday; more if willing/able. Agency clinicians are scheduled to unit needs while accounting for approved RTO; manager will try to accommodate when possible. Call/standby only during scheduled shifts if low census.

Floating Requirements: If not needed in SICU for a scheduled shift, must be able to staff in MICU. If not needed in either SICU or MICU, must be able to work as a patient observer within the hospital (e.g., suicide direct observation or BiPAP safety).