Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $2,715 per week at St Elizabeth Community Hospital

Red Bluff, CA 96080

Certification Details

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

Job 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 Requirements

Schedule Information

Shifts: 12 hrs 7-7
Self-scheduling to some degree, schedules are made out about 30-45 days in advance

Unit Specific 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

Additional Details

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