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:

MICU

RTO must be listed at time of submission.

All positions at Providence Health & Services require that any and all lab items requested during onboarding be completed within 72 hours of signing a contract - no exceptions. This means candidates must be responsive and willing to go to a lab to complete health orders ASAP after signing. Failure to comply may lead to a pushed start or cancellation as assessed by the facility.

References must cover at least 1 full year of relevant experience in specialty within the past 3 years

Cannot have any hits/suspensions on license or any background hits from any point in the past.

-If you have a multistate/compact nursing license, you will be required to complete a one time 6 hour suicide prevention training according to the WA state regulations.

Previous Employment Requirements: Return Staff Policy: 3 month rule to return as traveler

Required Skills/Experience: Note: Manager will consider 1st time travelers but they will need great experience. Screen resumes for that and call this out upon submission.

IV therapy

Arterial line management Blood Product Administration Central line care/management PICC line management Starting and maintaining IVs Respiratory/Thoracic

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 Genitourinary/Renal

Chronic/Acute Renal failure Medications

Continuous IV sedation Procedural Sedation Administration Titrate Cardiac drips Titrate Vasoactive drips Neurological

CVA/Acute Stroke management Hypothermia protocol/Arctic Sun Professional Topics and Skills

Infection Prevention Isolation Precautions/ Use of PPE Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency response

Interpretation of dysrhythmias Management of dysrhythmias Management of patient with multisystem organ dysfunction/failure Endocrine/Metabolic

IV insulin protocols Cardiovascular

Pre/Post Cardiac Cath/intervention

Preferred Skills/Experience: Pulmonary Artery Line/Swan Ganz monitoring* Sheath Removal* Surgical Wounds with drains/Wound Vac* ICP monitoring* -Teaching Hospital Experience: Preferred

Required Credentials: Government-Issued Photo ID

Procedures/Diagnostics/Treatments Performed on Unit: -Medically complex, critically ill patients. Respiratory failure of various etiologies requiring noninvasive or mechanical ventilation, post CVL, cardiac arrest with TTM, multisystem organ failure, various shock states, CVA post TPa, COVID, ARDS, DKA, ETOH w/d.

Types of Patients on Unit: Adults, Geriatrics

Equipment Used on Unit: Zoll intravascular cooling catheter for TTM, Tortoise proning system, Phillips monitors, Drager ventilators, Zoll defibrillators and transport monitors.

Unit/Facility Details: -We are a high acuity, fast-paced MICU. Some frequently occurring procedures include- Bedside central and arterial line placements, chest tube placement, rapid sequence intubation, para and thoracentesis, code blue.

-The standard ratio is 2:1, however, if we have boarders waiting to transfer to an inpatient unit, that ratio could increase to 4:1 (boarders grouped together). -Parking Cost: Facility Paid

Shift & Scheduling: -Weekends Required: Yes -Call not required

Floating Requirements: Floating is not out of the question; travelers should be prepared to float down to tele units should census require it. Most units are fully staffed so floating would be rare but travelers should be prepared. -Candidates may be asked to float within hospital or to a sister hospital nearby.

Details:

• AUTO OFFER - NO INTERVIEW: Please request an interview for one match from this facility at a time. You will not interview with the hiring manager if the facility chooses to extend an offer to you for this position. 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.