Travel ICU RN - Night Shift RN

Travel RN - PACU

American Traveler

Roanoke, Virginia, United States

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Nights

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 1

$1,953.99/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced PACU RN for a night shift position at a Level I Trauma Center requiring ICU or large-facility PACU experience and a VA or compact RN license.

Details

Work in the PACU (Post-Anesthesia Care Unit) of a Level I Trauma Center teaching hospital.

Patient population includes adolescents, infants, adults, pediatrics, and geriatrics across diverse surgical specialties including trauma, neurosurgery, ortho, ENT, cardiac, and more.

Patient ratio of 1:2.

Night shift schedule of 3x12 hours, 6:45pm-7:15am.

Weekend requirement of every other weekend or 6 weekend shifts within a 6-week scheduling block.

Call rotation required, assigned via sign-up sheet.

Floating required within skillset.

EPIC charting experience required.

Requirements

Active Virginia State or Compact RN license required.

Current ACLS, BLS, and PALS certifications required.

CCRN and NIHSS certifications preferred.

ICU experience required, though recent PACU experience from a comparable large Level I facility may be considered in lieu of ICU experience.

Level II Trauma Center experience required; Level I Trauma experience preferred.

Teaching hospital experience preferred.

Prior charge experience preferred.

Travel nursing experience required.

Skilled in IV therapy including blood product administration, central/PICC line care, and IV starts.

Respiratory care skills including ventilator management, chest tube management, airway management, tracheostomy care, extubation, and End-Tidal CO2 monitoring.

Neuro skills including craniotomy, EVD, spine surgery, and stroke scale assessment.

Cardiac skills including antiarrhythmics, antihypertensives, vasopressors, opioids, reversal agents, arterial line management, and dysrhythmia management.

Experience with surgical specialties including ENT, general, neuro, ortho, total joints, cholecystectomy, and spinal procedures.

Monitoring and assessment skills including lab value interpretation, isolation precautions, malignant hyperthermia protocol, pain management, PCA pump management, and RASS.

Pediatric patient management experience.

Pre/post-op skills including EKG, consent, cath/endoscopy/operative procedure prep, and straight catheterization.

Additional Information

Provide comprehensive PACU nursing care across a wide range of surgical specialties in a Level I Trauma Center setting.

Must work at least one holiday per 13-week contract.

Facility is allowed to call off the traveler one shift per 2-week period.

All RTO and scheduling requests must be submitted upfront with the application.

First-time travelers will not be considered for this role.

Local candidates within 100 miles of the facility are not accepted.

Pending license accepted only for candidates holding a single-state license from a non-compact state.

Previous employees must have a separation period of at least one year before returning as a traveler.

Facility does not allow travelers to return after having worked 365 total days on assignment, regardless of separation period, though case-by-case exceptions may be reviewed.

Hours per week: 36

Hours per shift: 12

American Traveler