Travel Registered Nurse - ICU - Nights

Lambstaffing; Monroe (NC); On-site; USD 69,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

Job summary

Lambstaffing is seeking an RN - ICU traveler to support an adult medical ICU in Monroe, NC. The unit handles complex cases with vented patients, drips, and multiple lines, requiring strong critical care skills.

Active state RN license, BLS/ACLS/NIHSS certs, and EPIC EMR proficiency are required. Exceptional teamwork and flexibility will help cover rotations or float as needed.

Qualifications

• Active state nursing license in good standing.
• Minimum 1 year ICU experience.
• BLS, ACLS, NIHSS certifications required.
• EPIC EMR experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide care to adult ICU patients in a high-acuity setting.
• Monitor patients with vents, drips, lines and tubes.
• Collaborate with Rapid Response/Code Team and physicians.
• Maintain EPIC documentation and monitor data at bedside.

Skills

EPIC experience

ICU nursing

Vent patient care

Trach/ETT care

Central line care

PIV/NG care

Education

BLS

ACLS

NIHSS

Tools

EPIC EMR

Alaris IV Pump

Omnicell

Phillips monitors

Job description

RN - ICU

About Facility:

• 600 Hospital Drive Monroe, North Carolina 28112
• 174 Beds
• Stroke Center
• No Trauma Designation
• Not a Teaching Hospital
• Not a Chest Pain center
• Radius Rule: Travelers' permanent address must be 50 miles outside of home unit

Unit Information:

• Beds: 14
• Average census: 14
• Experience: 2+ years ICU experience
• First-time travelers welcome

Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:

• Adults only.
• Medical ICU patients: Sepsis, DKA, Strokes, CIWA, respiratory/kidney/liver failure, GI bleeds, surgical patients, CHF, COPD,
• No cardiothoracic or high-level neuro surgeries

Patient Ratios:

• 1:2-3 depending on staffing

Required License, National Certification, Certs:

• BLS, ACLS, NIHSS

Skills required:

• Vented patients, trachs, chest tubes, critical drip maintenance, central line maintenance, art lines, wound care, wound vacs, drains, cardiac rhythm interpretation, PIV starts, NG tube insertion/maintenance, etc.
• EPIC experience required

Support within the Department:

• 1 CNA, covers HUC duties for nights
• Cameras in rooms for remote triage RN, can transfer to remote doc on Nights
• HUC during the day
• Charge nurse, can take patients if needed, but not usually. Charge RN will be a part of the Rapid Response/Code Team
• Phlebotomy 24/7, but ICU draws own labs
• PICC Team during the day
• Anesthesia available at night for central line placements
• RT 24/7
• Hospitalist 24/7
• Intensivist 24/7 here during the day, Virtual Critical Care Doc for Nights
• Bedside monitors, central monitors at nurses station

Technology/Equipment:

• EMR: EPIC - required
• IV Pump: Alaris
• Med dispensing: Omnicell
• Monitors: Phillips

Floating:

• Yes, could float to other areas to care for ICU or PCU patients. Typically, do not have to float to MedSurg, but within the realm of possibility.
• Will be in rotation with staff

Orientation (facility and unit):

• NEO
• 2 shifts in unit to orient to shift hired into

Scheduling:

• Weekend rotation: 6 weekend shifts in a 6-week schedule, can be Friday, Saturday, or Sunday
• On call: No
• Holiday Expectations: 50% of holidays in contract
• Approval of RTO: ok to approve up to 7 days
• Shift times: 0645-1915, 1845-0715
• Schedule cycle: 6-week schedules
• Can put in schedule requests, but supervisor will balance schedule to unit needs
• Block scheduling cannot necessarily be guaranteed
• Manager open to picking up shifts

Other notes:

• Scrub Color: Navy Blue
• Parking: Free

Active state license in good standing; minimum 1 year of recent experience in the specialty; BLS, ACLS required for clinical roles; references upon request