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.
Eligibility as Current/Previous Employee: cumulative experience applies for previous travelers.
References: At least one reference must be from the same unit/specialty as the job you're applying to.
Required Skills/Experience:
Must have experience with >6 hr post-op open-heart patients.
Must have CRRT experience.
Must have temporary pacemaker and post-permanent-pacemaker experience.
Must have acute MI pre/post-cath experience.
Must have mediastinal/chest tube experience.
Must have ventilator experience.
Must have hypothermia protocol experience.
Must have experience with titratable and/or set-rate drips, including Cardizem, Cordarone, Cardene, Nitroglycerin, Esmolol, Cleviprex, Milrinone, Dopamine, Dobutamine, Lasix, Bumex, Epinephrine, Levophed, Vasopressin, Insulin, Heparin, Aggrastat, Precedex, Propofol, Versed, and Fentanyl.
Must have arterial line experience.
Preferred Skills/Experience:
Fresh open-heart experience preferred.
IABP/Impella experience preferred.
Hemodynamic monitoring/Swan-Ganz experience preferred.
Special Requests:
Self-scheduling and block-scheduling requests are allowed and often granted, but during the schedule balance period, requests may be changed to fill the needs of the unit.
Unit Details:
Patients have mixed acuity, including step-down and ICU status.
Patient cases include atrial fibrillation, heart blocks, bradycardia, NSTEMI, STEMI, cardiac arrest, hyper/hypotension, pulmonary embolisms, cardiogenic shock, heart surgery (CABG/valves), heart failure, and thoracic surgery (VATS, lobectomy, etc.).
RNs titrate drips.
Common titratable and/or set-rate drips include Cardizem, Cordarone, Cardene, Nitroglycerin, Esmolol, Cleviprex, Milrinone, Dopamine, Dobutamine, Lasix, Bumex, Epinephrine, Levophed, Vasopressin, Insulin, Heparin, Aggrastat, Precedex, Propofol, Versed, and Fentanyl.
Nurse-to-patient ratios are 1:1 for fresh hearts and devices, 1:2 for ICU status patients, and 1:3 for step-down status patients.
Respiratory equipment includes vents, trach-vent, BiPAP, CPAP, high-flow, and Trilogy.
Monitor technicians watch monitors off unit; RNs address alarms and read their own strips q4. Philips monitors are used.
A hospitalist or intensivist is in-house.
Respiratory therapy is in the ICU 24/7.
There is a rare potential to work charge on night shift; night-shift charge nurses take assignments.
Shift & Scheduling:
Every other weekend.
Holidays are as needed to fill the needs of the unit.
No call.
Floating Requirements:
Travelers float first. Floating is mainly to ACU and ICU, but travelers may also float to 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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