Certification Details
ACLS, BLS, NIHSS, PALS required; CCRN Preferred
Job Details
- A hospital in California is looking for an experienced SICU / CVICU nurse for a travel contract.
- The right candidate will have 3 full years of experience, experience with open hearts
- All candidates must have experience recovering fresh hearts directly from the OR within the last 6 months.
Job Requirements
- Experience with open hearts
- Must have experience recovering fresh hearts directly from the OR within past 6 months
- Common diagnosis / Types of patients : Must have general medical & surgical ICU experience in addition to CVICU experience for this unit.
- TAVR, Impella, IABP, recovering fresh hearts immediate from the OR, Lumbar drains, Swanz, manual hemo experience preferred.
- STEMI, AAA, Hypothermia, sepsis, any MedSurg ICU patient, but more focused on CV & CT patients.
- No CRRT.
Schedule Information
- Contract is for an unmentioned duration, possibly 13 weeks
- Shifts : 12's : 7 - 7 : 30. This unit does not do self scheduling.
- Time off requests need to be requested prior to the contract.
- Block scheduling is not guaranteed, but if it works with schedule they will allow it.
- Weekend Requirement : Every other weekend; additional based on the needs of the unit
- Holidays : 2 out of 3 for major holidays (winter holidays); other holidays as perm staff rotation
- Floor specific orientation : 1 shift with a preceptor
Unit Specific Information
- Unit : SICU CVICU
- Number of beds : 10 beds
- Ratios : 1 to 1 or 1 to 2
- EMR : Cerner
- High acuity, fast-paced unit
Additional Details
- ACLS, BLS, NIHSS, PALS required
- CERNER EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
- Must have experience recovering fresh hearts directly from the OR within past 6 months
- ALL MYJOURNEY MODULES NEED TO BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO ARRIVAL. TRAVELER WILL BE PUSHED BACK IF ALL MODULES ARE NOT COMPLETED. NO EXCEPTIONS
- Charge Nurse : Charge Nurse 24 / 7 - no patients unless absolutely necessary.
- Also have a resource nurse 24 / 7
- Nurse Aides : No techs, but have patient care support staff / unit clerk / secretary
- Scrub Color : Navy blue with specific guidelines
- Tele : Phillips central monitors, hard wired in each room
- Vents : Types specified, Transport vent is LVT
- Intensivist in house 7a-5p then on-call after hours
- IV Team : No
- RT 24 / 7 : Yes
- Pharmacy 24 / 7 : Yes & Omnicell
- Floating : Only to the other ICUs or to ER for inpatient ICU holds
- This is a very high acuity, fast paced unit, Must be flexible.
16 hours ago