Local Contract Nurse RN - PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care - $65-70 per hour

Equiliem is seeking a local contract nurse RN PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care for a local contract nursing job in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Local Contract

UNIT DETAILS AND FLOATING

• Ratios: PICU: 1:1-2. Ratios will vary based on unit, census, patient acuity, and staffing.

• Unit Details: Patient Population: Adolescents, Infants, Peds; Units: PICU, Pediatric Stepdown, and pediatrics, including intermediate care and med/surg mix

• Scrubs: Peds friendly top; Navy blue bottoms

• Floating: Candidates must float within their skillset and without exception to all PICU, NICU, Peds, Stepdown and Intermediate units. May also float to PHOC (Pediatric Hematology Oncology Clinic).

REQUIRED LICENSE AND CERTIFICATIONS

• License: Active NJ or Compact license required at time of submission

• Required Certifications: ACLS; BLS; PALS. *NIHSS preferred

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & CLINICAL SKILLS

• Years of Experience Required: 2.5 years of acute care experience

• General Critical Care: Ventilator Management; CVVH; Vaccine Administration

• Cardiac: Interpretation/management of dysrhythmias

SCHEDULING DETAILS AND CHARTING

• Charting: EPIC experience required

• Weekend Requirement: Every Other Weekend

• RTO, Block & Scheduling Requests: Priority given to submits with a screenshot confirming RTO and schedule requests. No requests will be approved after offer.

• Call Off Policy: Facility is allowed to call off 1 shift per 2 weeks.

• Accept First-Time Travelers: First-time travelers accepted

• Locals Accepted: Yes, Locals accepted at the same rate***

WINTER HOLIDAY REQUIREMENT:

• Based on unit/department: Clinicians must either work or provide on-call coverage for 1 of 2 or 2 of 3 winter holidays, as needed. (Winter Holidays include Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years)

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick includes the Client Children's Hospital, a leading academic pediatric facility, and a 20-bed high-acuity PICU that provides 24/7 care for critically ill infants through young adults. The unit manages complex medical and surgical cases, including congenital heart disease, post-operative cardiothoracic patients, respiratory failure, sepsis, and trauma, with continuous on-site pediatric intensivist coverage and a multidisciplinary care team.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick is part of RWJBarnabas Health, New Jersey's largest integrated healthcare system