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Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $2,170 per week
| Verified Pay | $2,170 per week |
|---|---|
| Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
| Location | Shreveport, Louisiana |
About this job
VieMed Healthcare Staffing is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 04/15/2024
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
ICU RN needed
• AFIB/RVR, DKA, HTN, COPD, ARF, Heart caths, ACDF (Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion), etc. Not limited to CVA/TIAs. We take Stepdown overflow. Same level of care.
• Patient Ratios:
• RN: 1:3
• CNA: 1:9
• Required Certifications:
• BLS
• ACLS
• NIH
• Skills required:
• ICU RN; Titratable gtts: Cardene, Cardizem, insulin, heparin, neo, levophed. Any critical care gtt. We do not do TPA, that is in ICU only. Critical care experience, ISTAT, chest tube, traches, CSF (lumbar) drains, Peritoneal Dialysis
• Traveler will be required to PASS an EKG competency exam as part of compliance, prior to arrival (includes MedSurg RN)
• Phlebotomy - in house
• IV/VAT Team - available 7a-3p
• RT - in house
• Hospitalist available - in house
• OT, PT, ST
• Telemetry monitoring: cardiac monitors in each patient room that is connecting to space lab in nurses station.
• Remote monitoring as backup
• Nurse responsible for main monitoring and printing strips for each patient per shift.
• Charting System/Equipment:
• EMR: Meditech Expanse
• IV Pumps: Alaris
• Medication dispensing: Pyxis
• Floating:
• Units: Stepdown, ICU (Critical Care), Occasionally Medsurg with ratios of 1:5 (Days) and 1:6 (Nights)
• Orientation:
• Orientation given to WKP - Stroke unit, Stepdown and ICU
• Scheduling:
• Weekend rotation: every other
• Will work 4 days one week and 3 days the next week - this is mandatory
• Night shift will be required to work a 5/2 schedule as illustrated below:
• One group works EVERY Mon/Tues on the schedule creating a (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday week followed by working Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday the next) They work 5 on, 5 off, 2 on, 2 off
• The other group work the opposite working EVERY Wed/Thurs (Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday then followed by Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat) They work 5 off, 5 on, 2 off, 2 on
VieMed Healthcare Staffing Job ID #25123. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.
About VieMed Healthcare Staffing
Established in 2021, VieMed Healthcare Staffing has brought together staffing operations and recruiting leadership with 30+ years combined experience in healthcare staffing to build a clinician and client centric staffing agency. VHS is a Joint Commission certified staffing provider for nursing, allied, therapy, and locum contracts. Our recruitment team strives to provide qualified candidates with a seamless experience to match them with their desired assignments as we know this is the key to better patient care and experiences.
Benefits
- Medical benefits
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