Resume: Each employment history entry must include all the following: detailed duties, hospital size, unit size, trauma level (if applicable), patient ratio, teaching facility.
References: At least one reference must be from the same unit/specialty as the job you're applying to.

Preferred Skills/Experience:
Experience in a similar-sized or larger ICU and hospital preferred.

Special Requests:
Any employment gaps greater than 30 days must be explained.
The facility may make one-off exceptions if previously employed at the facility, but exceptions must be approved by St. Luke’s Health System.

Unit Details:
SICU and MICU are separate units but are staffed as a combined unit; neuro ICU patients are also cared for on the floor.
Common diagnoses and patient types include CABG, CVA, subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral brain hemorrhage, GI bleeds, DKA, STEMI, septic shock, overdose, respiratory failure, neurosurgery, and open-heart cases.
The unit sees ICU-type patients but not trauma, burn, or transplant patients.
Travelers do not need experience with open-heart cases.
Travelers do not need experience with CRRT, ECMO, or balloon pumps and will not receive these cases.
RNs are required to titrate drips. Common titratable and set-rate drips include dopamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, Cardene, nitroglycerin, Neo-Synephrine, vasopressin, diltiazem, insulin, and esmolol.
RNs monitor and read their own strips using Spacelabs.
Equipment includes ventilators, BiPAP, and CPAP.
Hospitalist and intensivist coverage is in-house.
Respiratory therapy is available in the ICU 24/7.

Shift & Scheduling:
Weekend requirements are every other weekend or half of the weekends.
Holidays are required if there is a need; the facility will try to accommodate requests.
No call or standby requirement.
Travel RNs are scheduled after the staff schedule to fill staffing needs.
The facility will try to group night shifts and accommodate self-scheduling requests.

Floating Requirements:
This position is first to float.
This position will float to other ICUs in the Valley, including Meridian Medical Center and Nampa Medical Center.
This position may float outside the ICU to be a 1:1 sitter.

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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