Travel Nurse RN - PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care - $2,291 per week

TotalMed RN is seeking a travel nurse RN PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care for a travel nursing job in Kalispell, Montana.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

UNIT: PICU
Beds: 18 beds total - 6 bed PICU, 12 MedSurg Peds; interchangeable.
Minimum Years of Experience required? 2+ years PICU experience. If traveler went straight into PICU out of school, need minimum 3 years.
Will you accept a first-time traveler? No

Required Certs: BLS, PALS, ACLS

Technology/Equipment:
EMR: Meditech
IV Pump: Baxter
Med dispensing: Pyxis
Syringe pumps: Medfusion
PCA: Alaris
Floating: Could float to NICU and Postpartum for lower acuity patients. If floating to Postpartum, could care for couplets (mom and babies). Couplets are 6+ hours post-delivery. Will only care for stable couplets. NO laboring moms.
Can get extra orientation if floating here
Orientation (facility and unit):
NEO – on Tuesdays
1 shift on the unit; ok with an additional shift if needed

Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:
Respiratory: high flow, CPAP, BiPAP, vent, fresh and established trachs, RSV, asthma, Covid, flu
Medical: MIS-C, new onset diabetes with insulin drips, chronically ill, oncology (will not give chemo)
Surgical: appys, g-tubes, ENT, bowel obstruction, broken bones
Trauma: falls, MVAs, drownings, ski accidents, only pediatric neurosurgeon in MT
Neuro: EVDs (required), shunts, bolts, cranies, Chiari malformation, epilepsy, seizures, 24h EEGs. Only pediatric neurosurgeon on MT here
Cardiac: no cardiac surgeries or interventions. Will see medically managed congenital defect, abnormal rhythm.
No dialysis, CRRT, ECMO, transplants, major burns

Patient Ratios:
PICU: 1:1-2
Peds MedSurg: 1:3-4

Skills required:
Experience with above patients
Starting IVs, foleys, dressing changes, wound vacs, vent/trach management, suctioning, G/GJ tube management, tube feeds, chest tubes, epidurals, PCAs, critical drip management, discharging skills
Will work PICU and MedSurg peds both
Schedule cycle: self-scheduling for 6-week schedule. Requirement is for 5 weekend shifts in a 6-week schedule.
Weekend rotation: 5 weekend shifts required in a 6-week schedule
Holiday Expectations: Will be assigned “holiday group”: 1 summer/1 winter holiday. Will be day before and day of holiday.
Any color scrubs, “child friendly”, no graphics or designs unless child friendly designs. Jackets and vests ok

Parking: Free, parking lot

About TotalMed RN

TotalMed is a Top Ten, travel nursing and healthcare staffing agency with the mission of igniting purpose in healthcare. The organization staffs nurses, therapists, pharmacists, and other clinicians of all specialties in all 50 states. They offer local and travel jobs and match caregivers with the right organization to assist both facilities and patients. As an organization, they focus on putting highly-skilled staff into facilities to ensure adequate staffing for a better patient experience.

TotalMed specializes in recruiting and placing healthcare professionals in travel, PRN, and permanent positions across the country in Nursing and Allied Health. Throughout 2020, the organization filled roles at even the most short-staffed facilities during the most challenging time in healthcare. By matching the right travel healthcare professional with the right organization, TotalMed continues to offer a lifeline to facilities and their patients.

Benefits

• Weekly pay
• Guaranteed Hours
• Continuing Education
• 401k retirement plan
• Sick pay
• Wellness and fitness programs
• Referral bonus
• Employee assistance programs
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Benefits start day 1