Travel Nurse RN - SICU - Surgical Intensive Care - $2,236 per week

Tact Staff is seeking a travel nurse RN SICU - Surgical Intensive Care for a travel nursing job in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty : SICU - Surgical Intensive Care
• Discipline : RN
• Start Date : 11 / 11 / 2024
• Duration : 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift : 12 hours
• Employment Type : Travel

experience with vascular surgery population, as that is our heavy population

AAA repair

Carotid endartectomy

Fem- pop bypass and similar surgeries

Thrombectomy

experience with carotids, pneumonectomy, post thoracic sugery

experience with evar, intra aortic balloon pump, TAVR

Ratios : 1 : 2-3 for Unit patients, 1 : 4-5 for step-down acuity

Years of Experience REQ : 2 as RN, 1 travel

First-timers Accepted : Y / N : N

Weekend REQ : Every other

Certs REQ : BLS, ACLS, NIHSS

Is on-call REQ? N

Will clinician float within scope to meet facility needs? Y

Open to accommodating block schedule? Open to discussion, cannot promise

Locals accepted : 65 mile rad. restriction

Pending License accepted? no

RTO Restrictions : will review case by case

Guaranteed Hours : per facility standard

Special Requirements : need surgical and cardiac experience

must stay within 30 minutes of facility in case of emergency

This is a mixed acuity unit

Job details : Can float to stepdown

Max ratio is 1 : 4- 1 : 5 and as low as 1 : 2, varying on the acuity of the patient.

BLS, ACLS, NIHSS

Travel exp. required

Assessment tools : Stroke signs / symptoms competency (ex. BE-FAST)

NIHSS Certified (current certificate on file, obtained w / in 2 years of start date)

Bedside Dysphagia screening competency (on file)

Minimum 1-year experience working in a certified stroke center critical care unit preferred

Familiar with current Stroke guidelines and performance measures for Acute Ischemic and Hemorrhagic strokes

orientations every Monday

This facility has a Hard Doc Due Date on TUESDAY 5PM PST prior to start date

Length : 13 weeks

State licensure : KY / Compact in hand

Meditech experience preferred

65 mile radius restriction

Travel exp. required

Tact Medical Staffing Job ID #490205. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.

Posted job title : Registered Nurse - SICU

About Tact Staff

Our nurses choose Tact assignments because it provides the opportunity to take on new challenges in their careers while they travel across the United States and gain enriching experiences on a professional and personal level.

Our dedicated team of staffing consultants will work with you and be your advocate as you choose to embark on new assignments.

Our team is committed to providing our nurses and allied professionals with the most rewarding healthcare assignments and choices at primer healthcare institutions nationwide.

Let us handle the details; you choose the job and location that are right for you.

Be Adventurous, Make a Difference , Travel with Tact.

Be Adventurous - Becoming a travel nurse or allied professional is not only a professional adventure, but a personal adventure as well.

It is an opportunity to challenge yourself, to explore a new place, and try amazing food...

Make a Difference - Nurses and allied professionals make such a huge difference in so many lives. The care and compassion you show to your patients, does not go unnoticed.

We know how important your jobs is, which is why we take our job as recruiters so seriously. Being able to place nurses and allied professionals in hospitals, where you are doing something as crucial as saving lives, is something we feel thankful to be able to do.

Travel with Tact - From the moment we receive your resume we begin trying to build a relationship with you. We know the importance of becoming your friend, before becoming your recruiter.

Building friendly, yet professional relationships allows us to discover what you truly want... and don't want in a travel assignment.