Job Title : Registered Nurse (RN)
Job Specialty : ICU / PCU RN - Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Job Duration : 13 weeks
Shift : 12-hour days - 3x12s, every other weekend, first to float, every other holiday
Guaranteed Hours : 36 hours per week
Experience : Minimum of 2 years
License : Valid RN license required
Certifications : ACLS, BLS
Must-Have :
- Prefer experience with IABP, Impella, Prismaflex, ventilators, Arctic Sun
- Must be willing to accept PCU assignments / ratios
Job Description :
- Department : ICU / PCU combined
- Patient care primarily for adults and geriatrics
- Common patient diagnoses : CABG, carotids, VATs, cardiovascular issues, STEMIs, sepsis, pneumonia, surgical cases, traumas, DKA, OD, ETOH withdrawal, and more
- Ratios : ICU 1 : 1-2, PCU 1 : 3
- RNs required to titrate critical care drips : vasopressors, heparin, Lasix, antiarrhythmics
- Charge Nurse responsibilities include responding to codes and RRT, typically no patient assignment unless needed
- No nurse aids / patient care techs; RN manages all duties
- Intensivist MD available in-house 24 / 7
- Respiratory Therapist assigned to ICU 24 / 7
- RNs required to troubleshoot respiratory equipment; no monitor techs; RNs to read and interpret cardiac strips
- Manager-generated schedules; possibility of block schedules depending on unit needs
- Floating required to MS Tele for PCU patients and MS for full patient assignment, some ER holds / boarding
- Two 12-hour shifts for unit-specific orientation
- No on-call or standby requirements
- Charting System : EPIC
- Trauma Level : 2
- Division : Nursing
- Additional Notes : ICU RN to take PCU patients frequently
Additional Requirements :
- Radius Rule : Candidates must reside within a 50-mile radius and may not be employed full-time, part-time, or PRN with any associated health facilities.
- Requests for time off need to be submitted upfront (7 or fewer days per 13-week contract). No additional requests for time off will be approved post-submission.
3 days ago