Certification Details
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Job Details
- Minimum Experience : 2 years; 1st Timers not accepted
- Patient Population : Adults to Geriatrics
- General Skills and Work Setting Requirements : Patient Diagnoses include but not limited to COVID, Respiratory Failure, DKA, Renal Failure, Hypertension Emergency, CHF, Post carotid endarterectomy, post surgical patients requiring close observation, Sepsis, Stroke (NIHSS certified);
- manage and titrate drips to include amiodarone, Cardizem, precede, cardene, labetalol, dopamine, dobutamine, insulin, Nitro;
Manage equipment like Glucommander, Trach to Vents, Bipaps, High flows, salters, Art lines, bedside cardiac monitors; Dialysis is done at the bedside by dialysis nurse
Nurse are able to facilitate rapid sequence intubation, manage patients on sedation and ETTs, and low dose pressors if ICU overflow is needed.
Job Requirements
Certifications Required : BLS, ACLS, NIH / NIHSS
Schedule Information
- Ratio / Census : 1 : 4; 16 Beds with average daily census of 16
- Unit Systems : Epic, Pyxis, SBAR
- RTO : MAX 7 days
- Weekends : Every other weekend
- Floating : Yes, float to Cardiac Tele unit and Med Surg Pulmonary unit; Can also float to ICU if there is experience or if the IMCU patients in ICU are holds
- Call Requirements : None
- Holidays : If one major holiday falls in his / her assignment period, the traveler is expected to work it. If two major holidays fall in his / her assignment period, the traveler is expected to work both of the holidays.
If three major holidays fall in his / her assignment period, the traveler is expected to work two of the holidays.
- Major Holidays are listed below
- New Year’s Eve and Day : Sunday, December 31 & Monday, January 1
- Memorial Day : Monday, May 27
- Independence Day : Thursday, July 4
- Labor Day : Monday, September 2
- Thanksgiving / Black Friday : Thursday, November 28 & Friday, November 29
- Christmas Eve and Day : Sunday, December 24 & Monday, December 25
- Compliance : Full compliance required to start on time; if not compliant in time the push back is 2 weeks due to bi-weekly orientation schedule.
Additional Details
Pre-Screen Unit - Candidate will be reviewed by clinical to determine clinical fit, if clinical pass and within Piedmont guidelines, candidate will be sent to the manager for final decision.
Clinical screens will be sent on case-by-case basis.