Travel Nurse (RN) - Intensive Care Unit

Required Skills/Experience:

• No first-time travelers.

Required Credentials:

• Cannot have hits on license or any background hits, regardless of how long ago.

Special Requests:

• Must disclose any previous employment with OSU on the resume or elsewhere within the submission for a DNU check.
• If you require an interview with the manager, please note it in your special requests.
• Each employment history entry must include detailed duties, hospital size, unit size, trauma level (if applicable), patient ratio, and whether it was a teaching facility.
• Any employment gaps greater than 30 days must be explained.
• At least one reference must be from the same unit/specialty as the job being applied to.
• All travelers must have one manager/supervisor reference from the most recent/current assignment.
• DON references are not accepted.
• The facility will call references directly to verify.
• No holiday RTO will be approved.
• Holiday call-ins will result in cancellation of contract.

Unit Details:

• High-acuity mixed medical-surgical and thoracic/cardiovascular ICU with respiratory failure, ARDS, CHF, COPD, post-STEMI, post-arrest, post-surgical, CABG, carotid, DKA, GI bleed, overdose, alcohol withdrawal, CVA with or without TNK, and renal failure. No trauma, hemorrhagic strokes, or neurosurgery.
• Travelers may be assigned IABP, Impella, CRRT, or open heart recovery if competency is established and verified.
• Nurses titrate drips including pressors, sedation, paralytics, insulin, and heparin.
• Dedicated ICU internal medicine team and RT coverage 24/7.
• Uses ventilators, BiPAP, high-flow nasal cannula, and Nihon Koden monitors.
• No monitor techs; nurses are responsible for all EKG monitoring, interpretation, and placing strips into the chart.
• VAD team is available for PICC placement and difficult IV sticks during weekday hours, but nurses are expected to attempt PIVs before requesting assistance.
• ICU nurses are expected to draw their own labs and perform EKGs.
• Support staff is available 24/7 but is not assigned to the ICU.

Shift & Scheduling:

• For the first schedule period of the contract, new travelers fill scheduling gaps to balance short shifts.
• Future scheduling is through the Oracle application and shifts are selected on a first-come, first-served basis, then balanced by the manager according to unit needs before posting.
• Set schedules and three-in-a-row are not guaranteed.
• Shift swaps are available through Oracle.
• Minimum of 6 weekend shifts within a 6-week schedule block.
• Holidays are worked at the manager's discretion based on unit needs.
• No call or standby requirements.

Floating Requirements:

• Travelers are first to float and may be assigned a patient team of up to 5 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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