Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit - Registered Nurse

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Shift: 7:00 PM - 7:00 AM

Experience:

24 months of role experience is required.

36 months of Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit experience is required.

Experience with Epic is required.

Requirements:

Candidates must have a California license in hand at the time of application.

This role may require floating to additional units and locations

Travel and Local candidates are eligible to apply for this role.

COVID vaccination required for onboarding. Religious and medical declinations accepted.

COVID booster required for onboarding. Declinations not accepted.

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours per week

CVICU RN that can receive patient from OR and manage post care .

of beds 20 beds all private - average census 10-13 patients ICU and CCU are one unit.

Common diagnoses/Types of patients CP, stroke, some pediatrics, vents, sepsis, resp distress, carotids, craniotomies, travelers dont normally take CVA patients, thoracotomies, fem pop. CABG, aortic/ mitral valve replacement, type a dissection,. 3-4 open hearts per week. IABP (travelers will take), Swan, CRRT (Prisma max/ Fresenius)- travelers rarely take. If they say they can recover fresh open hearts this needs to be POD 0 experience.

Experience or Must have skills: Need to have some experience with MedSurg ICU patients including chest tubes, RSI intubations. They do a lot of bedside procedures including intubations, line insertions, post cath lab recovery. etc.

MUST have an understanding of sepsis & be able to anticipate physician orders. Recent (within 6 months) post op open heart experience preferred- within 1 year required.

Are RNs required to titrate drips? Yes

Common titratable &/or set rate drips: alll critical care drips

Schedules made out about 2 weeks in advance, able to trade shifts if needed.

Perm staff have set schedules but travelers need to be flexible to help fill needs.

Weekend Requirement Every other essentially - travelers are there to fill in holes so it could be Friday one week & Saturday of another.

Holiday Requirement Usually will work into permanent staff rotation & would like flexibility in working holidays. One major winter holiday.

Is there a call or standby requirement? No call required; but if census decreases, may have to put staff on-call

Floating Requirements 1st to float - may float to tele for patient assignment (1:4 ratio - will get 1 shift of orientation if floated).

Scrub Color/Dress Code Provided

Unit/Department specific orientation 3 days:
Day 1 - with educator/ computer training
Day 2 - with educator/computer training
Day 3 - Patient assignment with preceptor.

Additional Notes: The unit overall is very traveler friendly & many extend their contract. Looking for someone willing and open to learning. They use SBAR and CUSS (Concern Uncomfortable unSafe Stop) when speaking with providers.

Additional Questions: Would be nice to have experience with endo-tool, hill-rom beds, alaris pumps, and phillips monitors and Epic

1 reference from last 36 months (Any reference type)1 reference from last 12 months (Manager/Supervisor reference type)

Certifications:

BLS (Basic Life Support)

ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support)

NIHSS (NIH Stroke Scale)

• Skills Checklist: Yes
• References: Yes
• License Type: registered
• License State: CA
• Certifications: NIH Stroke Scale, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, Basic Life Support

Job Details

• Job Type: Travel
• Nurse/Patient: 1/1-2
• Shift Type: Night
• Contract Date: 2024-02-26
• Expected Length: 13 weeks
• Hours per Shift: 12
• Shifts per Week: 3