Travel RN - ICU

Travel RN - ICU

American Traveler

Jacksonville, Illinois, United States

Position ID: P-771990

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Nights

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 1

$2,275.00/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is seeking an ICU RN with at least 2 years of critical care experience and an active IL license for a night shift assignment at a Magnet critical access hospital.

Details

• Work in a 4-bed ICU/CCU unit of a Magnet-designated critical access hospital
• 1:2 patient ratio for all shifts
• Night shift schedule (3x12 hours, 1900-0730)
• Required to work every other weekend
• No on-call requirements
• Floating required within the hospital or to nearby affiliate facilities as needed
• Cerner EMR experience preferred

Requirements

• Active Illinois RN license required in hand at time of consideration
• Minimum 2 years of ICU/CCU experience required
• Required certifications: ACLS, BLS, and NIHSS (PALS preferred)
• AHA and Red Cross certifications accepted; RQI cards not accepted
• Experience with cardiac monitoring including interpretation and management of dysrhythmias
• Experience obtaining 12 lead EKGs and managing multi-system organ failure
• IV insulin protocol and chronic/acute renal failure experience required
• IV therapy skills required including arterial line, central line, PICC line management, blood product administration, and starting IVs
• Experience with continuous IV paralytics, sedation, emergency medications, and titrating cardiac and vasoactive drips
• Respiratory/thoracic skills required including ventilator management, BiPAP/CPAP management, HFNC, ABG interpretation, chest tube assistance, and suctioning
• Experience with infection prevention, isolation precautions/PPE use, and surgical wound/wound vac care
• SSN and date of birth required for consideration

Additional Information

• Provide critical care nursing to ICU/CCU patients including cardiac, respiratory, and renal cases
• Facility is a 25-staffed-bed, Magnet-designated critical access hospital
• Scrubs may be any solid color
• Parking permit required but provided at no cost, completed during orientation
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• Previous permanent or PRN employees must be separated from the facility for at least 12 months before returning as a traveler
• Local candidates accepted with no radius restriction
• RTO ideally limited to no more than 5 days
• Must work 2 of the 3 major holidays
• Travel pairs are not accepted by the facility

Hours per week: 36

Hours per shift: 12

American Traveler