Travel Nurse RN - Intensive Care Unit (ICU) / Critical Care in Chesapeake, VA

Registered Nurse (RN) | Intensive Care Unit (ICU) / Critical Care
Location: Chesapeake, VA
Agency: Concentric Healthcare Staffing
Pay: Competitive weekly pay (inquire for details)
Contract Duration: 13 Weeks
Start Date: ASAP

About the Position

TravelNurseSource is working with Concentric Healthcare Staffing to find a qualified ICU/Critical Care RN in Chesapeake, Virginia, 23320!

Job Title

Registered Nurse – ICU (Travel Contract)

Location

Chesapeake, VA

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Nights | 4x12-Hour Shifts | 7:00 PM – 7:30 AM

Key Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care in an ICU setting with patient populations including neurosurgical, post-stroke, respiratory failure, renal failure, post-surgical, trauma, sepsis/MODS, heart failure, and post-cardiac cath patients
• Manage ventilators, IV drip titration, telemetry monitoring, conscious sedation, and dysrhythmia and emergency managementli> Perform neurological assessments including management of EVD and post-neurosurgical patients
• Maintain nurse-to-patient ratios of 1:2–3
• Float to Stepdown Unit and, as needed, to ED or Med-Surg to care for ICU-level patients being held in those units
• Complete required pre-start modules and EKG/telemetry competency testing prior to orientation

Required Qualifications

• Active Virginia RN license or Compact RN license – must be in hand at time of submission; no exceptions
• BLS and ACLS certifications through the American Heart Association required
• NIHSS certification required
• Strong neurological nursing experience required, including post-neurosurgical care, EVD management, and stroke care
• Proficiency in EPIC electronic health records – required, no exceptions
• Must pass facility EKG/telemetry competency test with a score of 80% or higher prior to start (one attempt, no remediation)

Preferred Experience / Skills

• Minimum 3 years of critical care experience preferred; strong candidates with less experience will be considered
• Prior travel nursing experience preferred

Why Join Us

• Work in the Coastal Virginia region, just minutes from Virginia Beach and Norfolk, offering abundant outdoor recreation including hiking trails and waterways
• Opportunity to work in a high-acuity ICU environment with a diverse and complex patient population

About Concentric Healthcare Staffing

Founded and headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ, Concentric Healthcare Staffing specializes in healthcare employment with an emphasis in nursing and allied health. Our passion is to develop partnerships with our clients and become an integral part of your staffing solution. Concentric representatives understand your need for continuity of care and work to ensure that every staffing solution we provide is as unique as your facility.

To provide the skilled and talented personnel that today’s medical field demands, Concentric Healthcare offers a top flight registry service that provides staff 24/7. Your facility can enhance their recruiting process by taking advantage of the temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct placement services of our fully screened professionals.

Concentric Healthcare is proud to be recognized by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) with the JCAHO Gold Seal of Approval for the Health Care Staffing Services program. JCAHO certification acknowledges compliance with the Joint Commission’s national set of consensus-based quality standards and demonstrates a commitment to excellence in providing health care staffing.

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