ICU Travel Nurse

Advantis Medical Staffing; Somerset (KY); On-site; USD 68,000 - 93,000; Full time

Job summary

Advantis Medical Staffing is seeking a Travel ICU RN for a 26-week assignment in Somerset, Kentucky. The role pays $1,771 per week and follows a Nights shift with a 3x12 schedule, at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital.

You will care for critically ill patients on continuous monitoring and collaborate with the critical care team to titrate infusions and respond to deterioration.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of ICU nursing experience.
• Active Kentucky RN License.

Responsibilities

• Manage critically ill patients requiring continuous hemodynamic monitoring and frequent reassessment.
• Titrate vasoactive, sedation, and other high-alert drips as ordered and per facility protocol.
• Care for mechanically ventilated patients and manage critical care devices, including arterial and central lines.
• Respond to clinical deterioration and participate in codes and rapid responses.

Skills

ICU nursing

Education

Active Kentucky RN License

Job description

This ICU travel nurse position in Somerset, Kentucky, with Advantis Medical is a 26-week Travel ICU Registered Nurse (RN) contract at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. This role pays $1,771 per week and follows a Nights shift with a 3x12 schedule.

As the ICU registered nurse on this assignment, you'll care for critically ill patients on continuous monitoring, titrate critical infusions as ordered, manage ventilated patients, and act immediately on signs of deterioration with the critical care team.

Advantis Medical supports travel clinicians with streamlined credentialing to help with fast start dates, free license support and renewals, and Day 1 benefits.

Responsibilities

• Manage critically ill patients requiring continuous hemodynamic monitoring and frequent reassessment
• Titrate vasoactive, sedation, and other high-alert drips as ordered and per facility protocol
• Care for mechanically ventilated patients and manage critical care devices, including arterial and central lines
• Respond to clinical deterioration and participate in codes and rapid responses

Travel Nursing Requirements:

• 2+ years of recent ICU nursing experience
• Active Kentucky RN License

Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital is an acute care hospital serving south-central Kentucky, with internal medicine and family medicine residency programs.

• The emergency department operates around the clock, and the hospital holds Joint Commission certification as a Primary Stroke Center.
• General surgical care extends across the emergency department, medical-surgical floor and ICU, connecting acute evaluation, operative treatment and inpatient recovery.
• Intensive care services include neurological, cardiac, medical and surgical care for patients requiring closer monitoring and treatment during critical illness.
• Surgical procedures include colon resection, gallbladder removal, breast surgery, hernia repair and thyroid or parathyroid operations, with laparoscopic options.
• The hospital is an American College of Cardiology-accredited Chest Pain Center with percutaneous coronary intervention for coronary artery treatment.
• Maternity care covers antepartum, labor, delivery and postpartum care. Obstetric procedures include cesarean delivery and cerclage, with a Level II NICU for newborns needing additional support.