ICU LTACH Registered Nurse

Registered Nurse Opportunity

Custom Healthcare is seeking experienced Registered Nurses for a hospital contract in Morgantown, WV! We accept locals and travelers! Registered Nurse job details include a hospital, long-term acute care, and stepdown acuity setting. The assignment is for 13 weeks, likely to renew, with night shifts of 3x12s or 4x12s per week, 7P-7A, every other weekend, and every other holiday required. The pay is $55/hour, with a stipend package available for those over 50 miles from the hospital location. EMR is EPIC, and paid weekly.

Unit acuity information: Our patients are complex, with conditions such as strokes, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, trauma, respiratory failure, cardiac failure, surgical complications, non-healing wounds, cardiogenic shock, bowel obstructions, etc. The average stay in our hospital is 4-6 weeks. The highest acuity includes patients on vents with vasoactive drips that we are titrating up. Critical drips include vasopressin, levophed, dopamine, and some sedations as we titrate the drip up. Once we start titrating the drip down or we are not titrating at the time, the drip is no longer critical. Drips like amiodarone, heparin, non-titrated Cardizem, and such are not considered critical drips. Nurse patient ratios typically load 4-5:1, with high acuity patients resulting in a 2-3:1 ratio. We are on EPIC, and our nurses are expected to draw their own labs. We use Omnicell for med dispense. Orientation is one 12-hour shift after which you are expected to take your own team of patients. Successful nurses for this engagement have critical skills and experience in drips, vents, and various modes of oxygen delivery including vents, HHF, Vapotherm, etc. Working a stepdown floor is also beneficial. The nurse must be able to handle a 5 patient assignment and deliver organized care. The contract is a 13-week contract with a minimum expectation to work every other weekend.