Travel RN - ICU

American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for an ICU float pool position requiring advanced ECMO experience and CA licensure at an academic medical center.

Job Details

• Float pool position within ICU, requiring flexibility to float to all TCUs, ICUs, ED, and PACU,
• Academic medical center setting,
• 12-hour Day/Night rotating shifts on a 4-week schedule cycle, with potential to switch shifts between cycles based on need,
• Day shift hours 7:00-19:30, Night shift hours 19:00-7:30,
• Patient ratio of 1:2,
• Epic EMR experience preferred,
• Cares for complex critical care patients including those on ECMO, IABP, Impella, LVAD, and CRRT,
• May float within a 75+ mile radius to other facilities and departments as needed,

Job Requirements

• Active CA RN license required,
• BSN required,
• AHA BLS and ACLS certifications required,
• NIHSS certification preferred,
• Minimum 4 years of recent ICU experience required,
• ECMO experience within the last 6 months to 1 year required,
• Experience caring for ECMO patients as a bedside RN, including primary ECMO responsibility without dedicated bedside perfusion support,
• CVICU/CTICU/CCU experience required,
• Trauma Level II experience required,
• Teaching hospital/academic medical center experience preferred,
• Recent travel nursing experience required, with a completed assignment within the past 12 months and no more than 1 year of travel experience in the past 5 years,
• Ability to independently manage complex critical care patients,
• Strong interpersonal communication skills,
• Experience with VA ECMO, VV ECMO, V-PA ECMO, CRRT (NxStage), IABP (Teleflex), Impella, VADs, PA catheters, and prostacyclin therapies strongly preferred,
• Experience with cardiothoracic surgery recovery, heart/lung transplant recovery, and bridge to transplant strongly preferred,
• Experience simultaneously managing multiple support devices (e.g., ECMO + CRRT, ECMO + Impella, ECMO + IABP) highly desirable,
• Proficiency in IV therapy, central/PICC/arterial line management, blood product administration, and TPN/lipids,
• Skilled in care of ventilated patients, ABG interpretation, and management of high-output drains,

Additional Information

• Provide nursing care for critically ill patients with cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, renal, and multisystem organ dysfunction,
• Manage patients on mechanical circulatory support and multi-organ support therapies within the ICC care model,
• Candidates should be evaluated on overall competency across cardiovascular critical care, transplant care, and mechanical circulatory support, not ECMO experience alone,
• Local candidates are accepted at the same pay rate as travelers,
• All requested RTO must be disclosed at the time of submission and approved by the manager at time of offer; no additional RTO requests will be accepted mid-contract, and RTO cannot fall within the first two weeks of the assignment,
• Any prior employment with University of California medical facilities or their acquired facilities must be disclosed for a rehire eligibility review,
• Travel pairs are allowed but generally will not be placed on the same unit