Travel RN - ICU

Travel RN - ICU

American Traveler

Seattle, Washington, United States

Position ID: P-768555

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Days

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 1

$2,533.81/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced ICU RN for a Level I trauma teaching hospital requiring strong tele, ventilator, and dysrhythmia management skills.

Details

Work in the ICU (7MB MCICU Med/CORICU) at a Level I trauma teaching hospital

Patient population is 70% medical (sepsis, PNA, ARDS, organ failure, DKA) and 30% cardiology (heart failure, post arrest, arrhythmias)

Day shift schedule, 3x12 hours, 7:00 AM-7:30 PM

Patient ratios are 1:2 days and 1:3 nights

Required to work every other weekend

No on-call requirements

Floating required within scope to other ICU units and boarder areas

Uses Epic for charting and Pyxis for medication administration

13-week assignment length

Requirements

Active WA or compact RN license required

Current BLS and ACLS certifications required

Must pass a tele dysrhythmia interpretation and management exam

Minimum 2-3 years of solid MICU experience required

Level I and Level II trauma experience required

Prior travel nursing experience required

Required skills: ventilator management, telemetry, and conscious sedation

Required skills: IV therapy, arterial line management, blood product administration, central line care, PICC line management, and starting/maintaining IVs

Required skills: assisting with chest tube insertion/removal and care of ventilated patients

Required skills: continuous IV sedation, emergency medications, and titrating cardiac/vasoactive drips

Required skills: CVVHD/CRRT and IV insulin protocols

Required skills: cardiac monitoring, dysrhythmia interpretation and management, and care of multisystem organ dysfunction/failure patients

Preferred skills: IV starts, ICP monitoring, PA lines/Swan Ganz, hypothermia protocol/Arctic Sun, Impella, and IABP

Epic charting experience preferred

Additional Information

Provide critical care nursing to a mixed medical and cardiac ICU population

COVID vaccination and booster required with no exceptions

Any solid color scrubs accepted; facility also provides light blue scrubs for unit use

Local candidates accepted at the same rate with no radius restriction

Minimal RTO accommodated, with no time off permitted during the first two weeks or orientation

Prior UW staff must have an 18-month separation before returning as a traveler

First-time travelers may be considered if they have strong relevant experience