Travel RN - ICU

American Traveler is seeking an experienced ICU RN for a Level 3 trauma hospital, requiring a Minnesota RN license, ACLS/BLS certification, and extensive critical care skills including hemodynamic monitoring and ventilator management.

Requirements

• Active or pending Minnesota RN license required
• Current ACLS and BLS certification required; CCRN preferred
• Minimum 1 year of recent critical care experience required
• Experience with cardiac monitoring including interpretation and management of dysrhythmias and obtaining 12-lead EKGs required
• Experience managing multi-system organ failure required
• Experience with thermoregulation (hypothermia/hyperthermia) required
• IV insulin protocol experience required
• GI surgery experience required
• Experience with chronic/acute renal failure required
• IV therapy skills required, including accessing ports, arterial line management, blood product administration, central line care, PICC line management, and starting IVs
• Medication administration experience required, including continuous IV paralytics, continuous IV sedation, emergency medications, procedural sedation, and titrating cardiac and vasoactive drips
• Neurological case experience required, including CVA/stroke management, EVDs, ICP monitoring, lumbar drains, post neurosurgery management, spinal cord injury, and TBI care
• Respiratory/thoracic experience required, including BiPAP/CPAP management, care of ventilated patients, HFNC, ABG interpretation, suctioning, and ventilator management
• Experience with infection precautions, isolation precautions/PPE, phlebotomy, and surgical wounds with drains/wound vac required
• CVVHD/CRRT experience preferred
• Pulmonary artery line/Swan Ganz monitoring, sheath removal, valve repair/replacement, and VAD experience preferred
• Epic/Excellian charting experience preferred
• 1 supervisor reference required for consideration

Responsibilities

• Work in the ICU of an acute care hospital, which also functions as an SCU/ED float role
• Average daily census of 5 patients across 8 rooms and 10 beds
• Night shift schedule, 3x12 hours (1900-0730)
• Required to work up to every other weekend
• May be placed on-call as needed for the department
• Will float to other units as needed, specifically the ED, or to affiliate hospitals nearby
• Uses Epic (Excellian) for charting
• Scrub color is navy
• Facility is a Level 3 trauma acute care hospital with 63 total staffed beds
• Candidates must reside more than 100 miles from the facility for consideration
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• Returning staff must have been gone at least 3 months from their last shift worked as perm staff or per diem
• RTO should ideally be no more than 5 days
• Free parking available in any unrestricted space
• Candidates may float within the hospital or to nearby affiliate hospitals as needed

Benefits

• High Pay and Bonuses
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with Day 1 Options
• 401(k) Plan
• Weekly Payroll Deposit
• Free Online CEUs
• Generous Housing Allowance
• Travel and Licensure Reimbursements
• Non-taxed Per Diem and Subsidy
• Traveler Rewards and Discounts