Required Skills/Experience:
Must have PICU and NICU experience and be comfortable with Acute Pediatrics and the Pediatric ED.
2 years PICU experience required.
Teaching hospital experience is required.

Preferred Skills/Experience:
Peds PACU experience highly preferred.
Level III NICU experience preferred.
Previous NICU/PICU float pool experience considered.
Previous Charge Experience: Preferred
Community hospital experience is preferred.

Required Credentials:
Infant-Driven Feeding Certificate required; may be pending at submission. Cost: $185.
Any hit on your license must be disclosed. Hits will be sent to UVA leadership for approval prior to proceeding.

Special Requests:
No RTO can be approved the first 2 weeks of assignment.
Travelers are not eligible to return after reaching 365 total assignment days, regardless of time away.

Unit Details:
Neonate, infant, pediatric, adolescent, and adult patient population.
PICU, NICU, Acute Pediatrics, and Pediatric ED float pool.
NICU includes intensive and intermediate care, with high-risk deliveries and neonatal resuscitation for extreme prematurity, congenital defects, surgical needs, respiratory distress, and neurological disorders. Advanced therapies include ECMO and hypothermia treatment. Ratios are typically 1:2 in ICU and 1:3 in ICN.
Acute Pediatrics includes cardiology, surgery, general pediatric medicine, and hematology/oncology, with intermediate stepdown and epilepsy monitoring. Ratios are 1:3 in the intermediate area and 1:4-5 in acute care.
PICU cares for cardiac and medical illnesses including congenital cardiac defects, respiratory disease, trauma injuries, transplantation, neurosurgical, orthopedic, and general surgical patients. Common support includes vasoactive infusions, mechanical ventilation, intracranial and hemodynamic monitoring, ECMO, and VAD. Nurses usually care for 1-2 patients.
Pediatric ED cares for patients ages 0-21 years; ratios vary based on level of care.

Shift & Scheduling:
Flexible contract hours: 36 or 48 per week.
Every other weekend. Every other holiday.
RTO max: 40 hours per assignment.

Floating Requirements:
Floats to PICU, NICU, Acute Pediatrics/Pediatric Med-Surg, Pediatric PACU, Pediatric ED/Peds ER boarders, and on occasion L&D and Mother/Baby/postpartum.

Details:

• AUTO OFFER - NO INTERVIEW: This is an auto-offer position. You will likely not interview with the facility prior to receiving an offer. However, an interview can be arranged upon request. All time off requests must be submitted at application. Scheduling requests must be worked out with the manager directly upon starting the assignment. Any offers for this job will require a clear "Yes" or "No" response from the nurse within 24hrs or the offer must be declined.

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