Talent4Health is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Quincy, Illinois.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty : ICU - Intensive Care Unit
- Discipline : RN
- Start Date : 11 / 12 / 2025
- Duration : 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift : 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type : Travel
ICU (Intensive Care Unit) 1 years exp required
ICU Unit Notes – 2nd Floor MICU / SICU
Hospital Requirements
Hospital Size : 300+ beds (Required)Trauma Level : Must have experience in Level I or Level II Trauma CentersUnit Overview
Unit : ICU (MICU with some SICU patients)Number of Beds : 16Nurse-to-Patient Ratio : 1 : 2Support Staff : Nurse Aides presentScrub Color : BlackRequired Certifications
BLS (Basic Life Support)ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support)NIHSS (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale)Common Diagnoses / Patient Types
CRRT (Prismaflex)RotaproneTargeted Temperature Management (Arctic Sun)Mass transfusions / MTPParalytics & Train of 4 monitoringECMO (Occasionally)24-hour EEG monitoringEVD, LP drainsNeurosurgical patientsTraumas : drownings, tractor rollovers, MVAs, fracturesSpinal cord injuriesSepsis, DKAPost-surgical recoveryCOVIDPost-cardiac cath (may pull sheaths)Suicide ideation (SI)Bedside procedures (trachs, chest tubes, bronchs, arterial lines)Organ recovery (procurement only; no transplant procedures)Preferred / Must-Have Skills
Sheath pulling experience (preferred)CRRT experience (highly preferred)Level II Trauma Center experience (required or higher)Comfortable with bedside proceduresDrips & Titration
Are nurses required to titrate drips? YesCommon titratable drips :Precedex
VasopressorsAntiarrhythmicsSedation agentsGeneral ICU dripsStaffing Structure
Charge Nurse :Day Shift : Usually staffed by Blessing staff nurse
Night Shift : May be House SupervisorTakes smaller patient load to assist as neededIntensivist / Hospitalist Coverage : 24 / 7 – Includes both physicians and nurse practitionersRT Coverage : 24 / 7 respiratory therapist assigned to ICU / PCUMonitor Tech : Yes; monitor strips are read by RNTelemetry System : Draeger (RNs interpret their own strips)Scheduling & Shifts
Shifts : 3 x 12-hour shifts (7AM – 7PM or 7PM – 7AM)Scheduling : Self-scheduling allowed but block scheduling not guaranteed . Schedules released 6 weeks in advance.Weekends : Every other weekend (Sat & Sun)Holidays : Participate in core staff holiday rotationCall / Standby : None requiredFloating Policy
Float as “help-alls” to :PCU
CVICUMay take patients depending on need (rare)Mostly assist rather than take full assignmentsOrientation
Day 1 : 12–14 hours for competencies, computer modules, and general orientationUnit Orientation : 1 full 12-hour shift on home unit and shiftp-p]About Talent4Health
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