Description

American Traveler is hiring a Travel ICU RN for a night shift position requiring 2+ years of ICU experience and floating to ER and Med-Surg departments.

Details

• ICU Setting
• Level of unit: 12-bed Intensive Care Unit within a hospital
• Patient ratio of 1:2-3 with ICU total care responsibilities
• Utilizes ventilators, titratable drips, medication mixing, and hygiene care
• Night shift schedule from 6:30 PM to 6:30 AM
• Floating required to Emergency Services and Med-Surg departments
• No on-call requirements
• EMR system used is MedHost
• 13-week assignment length

Requirements

• Active RN license (New Mexico or Compact) required
• BLS and ACLS certifications required
• Minimum 2 years of recent ICU experience required
• ER and Med-Surg experience preferred
• TNCC certification preferred
• Experience with ventilators, titratable drips, medication mixing, and patient hygiene care preferred
• No certifications may expire within the first 30 days of assignment start
• Fingerprinting required for all New Mexico travelers
• No employment gaps of 90 days or more within the past 12 months

Additional Information

• Provide total patient care in a high-acuity ICU setting, including ventilator management and titratable drip administration
• Floating to Emergency Services involves assisting with call lights, medication administration, patient transport, IV starts, and blood draws
• Floating to Med-Surg involves taking a full patient assignment of up to 6 patients or serving as an aide for up to 12 patients
• Holiday coverage is required
• Scrub color requirement: any
• Candidates must reside more than 50 miles from the facility to be considered
• RTO requests must be less than 1 week
• Traveler will not be considered if they have worked as permanent staff at any CHS facility within the past 2 years