Travel/Contract
REQUIRED SKILLS / CERTS / EXP:
Minimum Years of Experience: 2 yrs of Experience Needed
Traveler Experience: UNIT WILL ACCEPT 1st time travelers.
Locals Accepted / Rate Difference: Yes
REQUIRED Skills: this unit functions more like an ICU than PCU, must have highly skilled and knowledgeable experience with arterial lines and titrating vasoactive drips without support, PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown, Telemetry, Interpretation of dysrhythmias, Management of dysrhythmias, Telemetry - on the unit monitoring, Use of Rapid Response Teams, IV insulin protocols, Blood Product Administration, Central line care/management, Peripheral Line Care/Management, PICC line management, Heparin Protocols, CVA, Chest tubes-Emerson/Pleur-evac, External CPAP/BIPAP, High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC), Nasal Cannula, Non-invasive airway management, Tracheostomy Management, Isolation Precautions
REQUIRED: ACLS, BCLS, NIH certifications, as well as, experience with IV start, telemetry and conscious sedation.
JOB DETAILS:
Target Ratios: 3:1 or 4:1
Will accept 13-week contracts.
*36 -48 hrs can be offered. OT will only occur after 48 hrs is reached.
12 HR NIGHTS
RTO: 7 days MAX for Auto Offers
Float Requirement: Floating required as needed to sister unit which is an ICCU also.
Weekend Requirement: Weekend Requirement: EVERY OTHER WEEKEND.
PATIENT DIAGNOSES: ADC:18 with 20 Beds. ICU stepdown. Post rapid response team patients, respiratory distress, unstable hemodynamics, withdrawal, GI bleeds, post-op: GYN, GU, GI, thoracotomies, neuro, ortho surgeries. Pre/post OB with complications (Pitocin).
Patient age from adolescent, adult, geriatric.
SPECIAL PROCEDURES/UNIT DETAILS: this unit functions more like an ICU than PCU, only one pressor drip per patient, any more and they're transferred to ICU.
Cardizem, Nitro, Precedex, Cardene, Levophed, Dopamine, Dobutamine, Neo drips given on unit.
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: Bedside telemetry monitors with remote backup. Nurses must be able to recognize and treat dysrhythmias. A-lines, BIPAP's, chest tubes, trach's, there are no vents on unit.
UNIT SYSTEMS: Pyxis and Epic
SCHEDULING TYPE: NM creates schedule; no block scheduling.
SCRUBS: Navy, White or a combination of the two
INTERNAL NOTES
Hospital Orientation week one; traveler must be available for classes each day
Must pass EKG Testing prior to start for this specialty
Shift Details: Night (4x12 Hours) 18:45 7:15
Start Date: 06/03/2024
Covid: Not Required