Travel Nurse (RN) - Intensive Care Unit

$1,975/wk

Metairie, LA
Night
3 shifts x 12 hours
Start December 2nd · 13 wks
Contract Details
Job Type
Travel
Nurse/Patient
1/2-3
Shift Type
Night
Contract Date
12/02/2025 - 03/03/2026
Expected Length
13 weeks
Hours Per Shift
12
Shifts Per Week
3
Radius Rules
Candidates must live at least 75 miles away from this facility in order to be considered a traveler when applying for this role.
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Requirements
Experience
12 months of role experience is required with some in the last 12 months.
Travel experience is preferred from any number of months.
Must have at least 24 months of Intensive Care Unit experience.
3 months of experience with Epic is required from any number of months.
References
Candidates must provide 2 references from within the past 2 years in order to be considered for this role
License
Candidates must have a Louisiana license or compact license
Certifications
BLS (Required)
ACLS (Required)
CPI (Required)
NIHSS (Required)
Vaccinations
COVID vaccination required. Religious and medical declinations accepted.
Flu vaccination required. Religious, medical, and personal declinations accepted.
Proof of Identification
Proof of identification required
Additional Information

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: IV therapy, Arterial line management, Blood Product Administration, Central line care/management, PICC line management, Starting and maintaining IVs, Respiratory/Thoracic, 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, Cardiovascular, Genitourinary/Renal, Chronic/Acute Renal failure, Medications, Continuous IV sedation, Emergency Medications, Procedural Sedation Administration/Monitoring, Titrate Cardiac drips, Titrate Vasoactive drips, Neurological, Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency response, Interpretation of dysrhythmias, Management of dysrhythmias, Management of patient with multisystem organ dysfunction/failure, Gastrointestinal, GI surgery, Professional Topics and Skills, Infection Prevention, Isolation Precautions/PPE, Phlebotomy, Surgical Wounds with drains/Wound Vac, Endocrine/Metabolic, IV insulin protocols, Work Settings, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, and Burns.

Preferred Skills/Experience: Accessing/Managing Ports*, Assist with Chest Tube Insertion/Removal*, Care of the patient on ECMO*, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), ECMO, Impella*, Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP), Nurse driven ECMO protocols, Post Cardiac Surgery (directly from the OR), Post Cardiac Surgery (Not directly from the OR), Pre/Post Cardiac Cath/intervention*, Pulmonary Artery Line/Swan Ganz monitoring*, Sheath Removal*, Transcatheter Aortic Valve implantation/Replacement (TAVI/TAVR), Valve Replacement/Repair, Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD/RVAD), CVVHD/CRRT, Continuous IV paralytics/Neuromuscular blockade*, CVA/Acute Stroke management*, External ventricular drain (EVD), Hypothermia protocol/Arctic Sun, ICP monitoring*, Lumbar drains*, Post Craniotomy*, Post Neurosurgery management*, Spinal cord injury*, Traumatic Brain injury*, FloTrac/Vigileo monitoring*, Obtain 12 lead EKG/ECG*, Neuro Intensive Care Unit*, and Thermoregulation: hypothermia/hyperthermia*.

Unit/Facility Details: We may still have Covid-19 patients and all nurses are expected to be able to take care of any isolation patient. Please know your N95 Mask size. Nurses do all lab sticks, EKGs, and line starts.

Special Requests: You must be willing to float, work weekends, and generally just be very flexible.

Shift & Scheduling: Weekends Required: Yes, 4 weekend shifts per 4-week schedule Call Required: No.

Floating Requirements: Float Required: Yes, will float to all ICUs and may float to the ED or PACU to care for ICU patients in those areas. May occasionally float to MS/PCU units with 1:4 patient ratios. To other critical care, and stepdown with reduced ration of 1:3.

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