Job Title: Registered Nurse
Profession: Nursing
Specialty: Cardiovascular Intensive Care
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 12H Nights eow, nights, first to float
Hours per Shift: 12
Experience: Minimum 2 years
License: Required
Certifications: ACLS, BLS
Must-Have:
IABP, CRRT, Fresh OHS from the OR experience
Ability to titrate drips
Experience with AMI, CAD, and PVD
Description:
The unit requires more than two years of experience.
If traveling with someone, each clinician must have their own vehicle, and schedules will not match.
Clinicians must take and pass a dysrhythmia exam within two attempts prior to signing the contract.
Failure to score 80% in two attempts results in a Do Not Use status for six months.
Candidates must reside outside a 50-mile radius.
Candidates cannot be full-time, part-time, or PRN with any associated facility in the past year.
The unit has 12 beds with a patient-to-nurse ratio based on acuity, either 1:2 or 1:1.
RNs are required to titrate drips such as Dex, Propofol, Dop, Neo, Epi, Levo, Insulin, and Cardene.
Intensivists and respiratory therapists are available in the ICU 24/7.
The unit utilizes equipment such as vents, BiPAP, CPAP, Vapotherm, and HiFlow.
RNs are responsible for reading strips; monitor techs are not available.
Nursing staff is required to work two weekend shifts per pay period, based on unit needs.
There is a holiday requirement and some call or standby may be necessary.
Floating to other units may occur based on departmental needs.
Unit-specific orientation is required.
Experience with Impella and Cerner is desired.