Travel Nurse (RN) - Burn 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:

In order to receive travel rate, clinician’s claimed residence must match address on driver's license.

Driver's license is required for RN/LPN/PTs working on a compact license.

Ascension Health does not accept vaccine/TDAP declinations.

Required Credentials:

• Ascension Pharmacology exam required before start; minimum 80% score, 2 attempts allowed.
• Ascension Specialty exam required before start; minimum 80% or national benchmark passing score, 2 attempts allowed.
• Ascension Core Competencies required; minimum 80% or national benchmark passing score, 2 attempts allowed.
• Ascension EKG exam required; minimum 80% score, 2 attempts allowed.

Special Requests:

• Current Ascension employees cannot apply for travel roles.
• Candidates need to have employment separation for at least 6 months to be considered for a travel position.

Unit Details:

• Adult and pediatric burn trauma surgical ICU with primary RN care model.
• Patient population includes adult and pediatric burn trauma patients with flame, scald, electrical, chemical burns, inhalation injuries, necrotic ischemia, and necrotizing fasciitis throughout continuum of care.
• Nursing care ratios 1:2 for critical care patients.
• 1:1 nursing care support for burn trauma code 1 admissions and high acuity and post-operative patients.
• Needs include invasive hemodynamic monitoring (At least Q 1 hr), IV drip titration, nurse driven burn fluid resuscitation following Parkland formula, ventilator management, CVVH, Q 1 h pulse and flap doppler checks, initial debridement and dressing changes, conscious sedation, surgical recovery, epidural pumps.

Shift & Scheduling:

• Flexible contract hours: 36 or 48 per week.