Travel Nurse (RN) - Intermediate 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:

You must be able to complete labs within 48 hours of signing.

Required Skills/Experience: Telemetry and Neuro Stepdown experience required. Cardiac monitoring and emergency response: Interpretation of dysrhythmias, management of dysrhythmias, telemetry on-unit monitoring, use of rapid response teams. Cardiovascular: Post cardiac angiogram, post MI, pre/post cardiac cath, pre/post cardiac surgery, sheath removal, TR Band. Gastrointestinal: Feeding tube care and management. Genitourinary/Renal: Pre/post hemodialysis management, renal failure. IV therapy/Phlebotomy: Accessing ports, arterial line management, blood product administration, central line care/management, phlebotomy, peripheral line care/management, PICC line management, starting IVs. Medication: Heparin protocols, manage cardiac drips- no titration, manage vasoactive drips-no titration, PCA, procedural sedation administration, titrate cardiac drips, titrate vasoactive drips. Neurological/Psychiatric: Craniotomy, CVA, pre/post neurosurgery, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury. Orthopedics: Ortho trauma, peripheral nerve block catheters, total joint replacements. Plastic Surgery: Skin grafts, surgical drains. Respiratory: Care of ventilated patient, chest tubes-Emerson/Pleur-evac, external CPAP/BIPAP, high flow nasal cannula (HFNC), interpretation of ABGs, nasal cannula, oxygen face masks, portable oxygen tank, non-invasive airway management, tracheostomy management. Professional topics: Isolation precautions, wound care/wound vac. Must be able to take tracheostomies with ventilators.

Preferred Skills/Experience: Teaching hospital experience preferred.

Special Requests: References must cover at least 1 full year of relevant experience in specialty within the past 3 years. Open to accommodating block schedule? Discuss with manager. RTO Restrictions: Ideally no more than 5 days.

Unit Details: Adult patient population. Very fast-paced unit with high patient throughput and a free charge; the charge may take up to 4 patients if needed, but this does not happen often. Only dedicated IMC unit in the hospital; takes patients of all diagnoses and all patient types.

Shift & Scheduling: Every other weekend. No call.

Floating Requirements: Will float as needed.

Details:

• AUTO OFFER - NO INTERVIEW: This is an auto-offer position. You will likely not interview with the facility prior to receiving an offer. However, an interview can be arranged upon request. All time off requests must be submitted at application. Scheduling requests must be worked out with the manager directly upon starting the assignment. Any offers for this job will require a clear "Yes" or "No" response from the nurse within 24hrs or the offer must be declined.