Travel Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse

Job Description

Job Description

Traveler shall be scheduled in accordance with facility policy and is expected to work every other weekend and Holidays in rotation with Hospital employees

Travel Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse
Hospital: Trident Medical Center
Location: North Charleston, SC
Shift Type: Night Shift
Shift Time: Start Time: 07:00 PM End Time: 07:00 AM
Duration: 13 Weeks

General Information
Unit Specifics:
Number of Beds : 28- mixed ICU
Patient Ratios : 1:2, 1:3 -holding inpatient PCU/med surg admissions
Unit staffing description- RNs.
Type of equipment : i-mobile phones for each care team member, Mobile computer workstation on wheels
Documentation system: Meditech
Scheduling requirements: 3 - 12 hour shifts per week to include every other weekend
Floating policy: Travelers are the first to float. Any traveler could be sent to the emergency department or PCU to take care of PCU or ICU holds.
Patient Experience requirements: Bedside shift report is our method of patient hand off
Hospital Specifics-
Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIH Stroke Scale
Hiring profile
Requested Skill Set: 36 months RN experience, with at least one of those years in an ICU. One previous successful travel nursing assignment preferably in a facility that used meditech.
Must have: Ability to care for up to 1-3 ICU patients and have comfort in managing patients on the ventilator. Bedside shift report will occur on every patient with each transfer of care. Proficient in reading telemetry strips.

Prior CVICU Experience
Advanced skills needed:
CRRT
Advanced Hemodynamics
Phlebotomy
Nurses administer breathing treatments outside of the ICU (Respiratory treatments: inhalers and nebulizers)
Procedures performed on unit: Post op day 0 CABG (fresh heart from OR), impellas, balloon pumps, Swan Ganz, and Advanced Hemodynamics. Neuro procedures for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, experience with EVDs, bolts, (Codman) and Artic Sun experience with induced hypothermia.
BSN preferred, Advanced Certifications preferred, TNCC certification preferred
Certifications Required: BLS, ACLS, NIH stroke scale

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