Travel RN - Pediatric ICU

Travel RN - Pediatric ICU

American Traveler

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Nights

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 1

$2,789.00/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is hiring a Pediatric ICU RN for a night shift role requiring an active NJ or Compact license and 2.5 years of acute care experience.

Details

• Work in a 20-bed high-acuity PICU within an academic pediatric hospital
• Patient population includes adolescents, infants, and pediatric patients
• Unit manages complex medical and surgical cases including congenital heart disease, post-op cardiothoracic patients, respiratory failure, sepsis, and trauma
• Patient ratios range from 1:1 to 1:2 and vary based on census and acuity
• Night shift schedule, 3x12 hours (19:00-7:30)
• Every other weekend required
• EPIC charting experience required
• Floating required within skillset to PICU, NICU, Peds, Stepdown, Intermediate units, and PHOC (Pediatric Hematology Oncology Clinic)
• Facility may call off up to 1 shift per 2 weeks

Requirements

• Active NJ or Compact RN license required
• Required certifications: ACLS, BLS, PALS
• NIHSS certification preferred
• Minimum 2.5 years of acute care experience, including PICU experience
• Experience with ventilator management, CVVH, and vaccine administration required
• Experience interpreting and managing dysrhythmias required
• CRRT and ICP monitoring experience preferred
• EPIC charting experience required
• Previous charge experience preferred

Additional Information

• Provide critical care nursing to critically ill pediatric patients from infancy through young adulthood
• Work alongside continuous on-site pediatric intensivist coverage and a multidisciplinary care team
• Winter holiday coverage required: must work or be on-call for 1 of 2 or 2 of 3 winter holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's)
• Scrub requirement: peds-friendly top with navy blue bottoms
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• Local candidates accepted at the same rate
• Former RWJBH employees (full-time or PRN) must have been separated from the health system for at least 1 year before returning as a travel clinician

Hours per week: 36

Hours per shift: 12

American Traveler