Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $2,715 per week at St Elizabeth Community Hospital
Red Bluff, CA 96080
About the Job
- ACLS, BLS, PALS required
- Dysrhythmia certification through AHA (can be done online by completing course material and exam, print certificate upon passing exam)
- TNCC preferred
Certification Details
- A hospital in California is looking for an experienced ICU RN for a travel assignment. The right candidate will have 2+ years of experience, hold an active BLS, ACLS, PALS, and CA license.
Job Details
- 2+ years of experience
- Active BLS, ACLS, PALS
- Active CA license
Job Requirements
- Shifts: 12 hrs 7-7
- Self-scheduling to some degree, schedules are made out about 30-45 days in advance
Schedule Information
- Unit: ICU
- # Beds: 8, avg census is 3-4 patients
- Ratios: 1 to 1-2
- EMR: Cerner
- Charge Nurse: Yes - they take patient assignment
- Nurse Aides: No - do have Unit clerk
- Weekend Requirement: every other or 4 weekend shifts in 4 weeks
- Holidays: work in perm staff rotation
- Scrub Color: navy
- Tele: Phillips - central monitoring tech monitors ER as well
- Vents: Via or Hamiltons
- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Not 24/7 - they have to be available 24/7 but not actually in house
- IV Team: No
- RT 24/7: Yes
- Pharmacy: No 10 hr days and also telepharm for after hours
- Call: not required but if they want to take call they can
- Floating: Would rarely float but if they did it would be to med-surg where pt ratio would be 1 to 5, could also float to peds 1 to 4 if qualified and ER if qualified
- Floor specific orientation: 2-3 shifts
- Common diagnosis/Types of patients: High number of sepsis patients, medical-surgical patients, DKA, CHF, COPD, cardiac caths get shipped out because they do not have cath lab
Unit Specific Information
- Most patients on this unit are borderline stepdown patients
- Cerner experience preferred for candidates
- Will take new travelers
- 2-3 nurses on per shift
- Must be able to hit the ground running and blend into culture and family type atmosphere
- Must be team player and have experience working a smaller ICU unit
Additional Details