Travel Nurse (RN) - 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:

Required Skills/Experience:

Required Skills (Core Competencies): IV therapy, Arterial line management, Blood Product Administration, Central line care/management, PICC line management, Assist with Chest Tube Insertion/Removal, Assist with management of BiPAP, Assist with management of CPAP, Care of Ventilated Patient, High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC), Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs), Suctioning (ETT, NT), Ventilator Management, Post Cardiac Surgery (Not directly from the OR), Pre/Post Cardiac Cath/intervention, Pulmonary Artery Line/Swan Ganz monitoring, Chronic/Acute Renal failure, CVVHD/CRRT, Continuous IV paralytics/Neuromuscular blockade, Continuous IV sedation, Emergency Medications, Procedural Sedation Administration/Monitoring, Titrate Cardiac drips, Titrate Vasoactive drips, Interpretation of dysrhythmias, Management of dysrhythmias, Management of patient with multisystem organ dysfunction/failure, Obtain 12 lead EKG/ECG, Infection Prevention, Isolation Precautions/ Use of PPE, IV insulin protocols

Preferred Skills (Advanced/Specialized): Starting and maintaining IVs, Care of the patient on ECMO, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), ECMO, Epicardial Pacing Wire Care and Management, Impella, Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump, Nurse driven ECMO protocols, Post Cardiac Surgery (directly from the OR), Sheath Removal, Transcatheter Aortic Valve implantation/Replacement (TAVI/TAVR), Valve Replacement/Repair, Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD/RVAD), FloTrac/Vigileo monitoring, Hypothermia protocol/Arctic Sun, Surgical Wounds with drains/Wound Vac

Preferred Skills/Experience: Previous Charge Experience

Procedures/Diagnostics/Treatments Performed on Unit:

Patient Diagnoses: CABG pre/post op, TAVR, CABG pre/postop, Cardiac Valve Surgery, Dissecting and Post-operative Aneurysms, Any other cardiac surgical procedure, VV & VA ECMO, Tandem heart, Impella, IABP, Thoracic aneurysm (requiring bypass), Thoracotomy, Post-operative patients requiring hemodynamic monitoring/ vent support, LVAD, Swan, s/p cardiac arrest, Pulmonary hypertension, Pericardial window

Special Procedures: Mostly cardiac surgical with a mix of cardiac medical patients. Many different bedside procedures done which will most likely resemble other like ICU's.

Types of Patients on Unit: Adults, Geriatrics

Equipment Used on Unit: Hemosphere's/ Accuman, impella's, CRRT, TVP's, ECMO, tandem, LVAD's, IABP, Swan, vent

Unit/Facility Details: Open Heart Intensive Care Unit (OHICU) is a 10-bed intensive care unit (ICU) that provides care to critically ill/postoperative cardiothoracic, cardiovascular, and general surgery patients 18 years and older.

Could care for COVID patients.

Proof of Identification: Drivers License/State ID

Special Requests: RTO: If you have more than 5 days of requested time off, time will be added at the end of the contract to ensure a full 13 weeks.

Block Schedules: No

Shift & Scheduling:

Weekend requirements: Every Other Weekend

Call requirements: n/a

Holiday requirements: As needed; no RTO between Christmas and New Years

Number of Weekend Shifts Per Contract: every other for duration of contract.

Floating Requirements: May float to all ICU floors and med surg floors if needed