Contract Details
Travel Pay Breakdown
Benefits
Additional Information
Artificial nails are not allowed for any travelers. Failure to adhere could result in being sent home and/or terminated if policy is not followed.
If candidate worked a perm facility in the last 12 months, 1 reference must be from perm facility.
References: At least one reference must be from the same unit/specialty as the job you're applying to.
Special Requests:
Eligibility as Current/Previous Employee: cumulative experience applies for previous travelers.
Self-scheduling and block scheduling requests are allowed and often granted, but requests may be changed during the schedule balance period to meet the needs of the unit.
Required Skills/Experience:
Experience with >6-hour post-op open-heart patients required.
CRRT experience required.
Temporary pacemaker and post-permanent-pacemaker experience required.
Acute MI pre-/post-cath experience required.
Mediastinal and chest tube experience required.
Ventilator experience required.
Hypothermia protocol experience required.
Experience with the following drips required: Cardizem, Cordarone, Cardene, Nitroglycerin, Esmolol, Cleviprex, Milrinone, Dopamine, Dobutamine, Lasix, Bumex, Epinephrine, Levophed, Vasopressin, Insulin, Heparin, Aggrastat, Precedex, Propofol, Versed, and Fentanyl.
Arterial line experience required.
Preferred Skills/Experience:
Fresh open-heart experience preferred.
IABP/Impella experience preferred.
Hemodynamic monitoring/Swan-Ganz experience preferred.
Unit Details:
The unit has mixed-acuity patients, including step-down- and ICU-status patients.
Patient ratios are 1:1 for fresh hearts and devices, 1:2 for ICU-status patients, and 1:3 for step-down-status patients.
Common diagnoses and cases include atrial fibrillation, heart blocks, bradycardia, NSTEMI, STEMI, cardiac arrest, hyper/hypotension, pulmonary embolisms, cardiogenic shock, heart failure, heart surgery (CABG/valves), and thoracic surgery (VATS, lobectomy, etc.).
RNs titrate drips.
There is a rare possibility of working charge on night shift; night-shift charge nurses take assignments.
A hospitalist or intensivist is in house, and respiratory therapy is available in the ICU 24/7.
Respiratory equipment includes ventilators, trach-vent, BiPAP, CPAP, high-flow, and Trilogy.
Monitor techs watch monitors off unit; RNs address alarms and read their own strips q4. Philips monitors are used.
Shift & Scheduling:
Every other weekend.
Holiday coverage is as needed to fill the needs of the unit.
No call.
Floating Requirements:
Travelers float first. Floating is mainly to ACU and ICU, but may include Med-Surg and Tele with a maximum of 6 patients.
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.
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