Travel Nurse (RN) - Surgical Intensive Care Unit

An interview may not be available prior to offer.

Required Skills/Experience:
Must-have skills include CRRT, hemodynamic monitoring, chest tubes, ventilators, and various drains/surgical sites.

Preferred Skills/Experience:
3+ years of experience preferred.
Previous experience working in a very busy hospital preferred.

Special Requests:
Each employment history entry must include all the following: detailed duties, hospital size, unit size, trauma level (if applicable), patient ratio, and teaching facility.
At least one reference must be from the same unit/specialty as the job you're applying to.
Any employment gaps greater than 30 days must be explained.
Cannot apply to more than one job order on the same unit and shift at the facility.
Must disclose previous employment on your resume or elsewhere within the submission for a DNU check.
Daily parking costs $15+/day; monthly parking passes for on- and off-campus garages and lots range from $95 - $120.

Unit Details:
Nurse-to-patient ratios are 1:2, 1:3 depending on downgrade/acuity/emergency admit (infrequent when staffed).
Patients include liver/kidney transplant recipients; vascular surgeries such as endarterectomies and fem-pop bypasses; ENT cancer cases, facial flaps, throat cancer resections, and complicated throat/esophageal infections that compromise the airway; abdominal surgeries such as colectomies, exploratory laparotomies, abdominal aneurysm cases, mastectomies, and deep tissue flaps.
RNs are required to titrate drips.
Common titratable and/or set-rate drips include vasopressin, epinephrine, Levophed, heparin, dobutamine, dopamine, Versed, hydromorphone, fentanyl, ketamine, Nimbex, esmolol, and Cardene.
No monitor techs are present; RNs read their own strips on Philips monitors.
An intensivist is on the unit days and/or nights, and APPs are on the unit 24/7.
Respiratory therapy is available in the ICU 24/7; RNs generally troubleshoot ventilators but are not usually required to do more with them.

Shift & Scheduling:
Candidates must be flexible with scheduling; self-scheduling is not available, and schedules are based on unit needs.
Weekend requirement: 4-6 days in 6 weeks depending on coverage.
No routine call; standby may be flexed off if census is low and is required only if the unit closes for low census, which is not usually a problem and may occur once per year.

Floating Requirements:
First to float, then OT floats, followed by the remainder of staff.
Float to other ICUs within the hospital; skill set will be considered for the assignment.

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