American Traveler is seeking an experienced ICU RN for a Level 3 trauma hospital, requiring a Minnesota RN license, ACLS/BLS certification, and extensive critical care skills including hemodynamic monitoring and ventilator management.
Requirements
- Active or pending Minnesota RN license required
- Current ACLS and BLS certification required; CCRN preferred
- Minimum 1 year of recent critical care experience required
- Experience with cardiac monitoring including interpretation and management of dysrhythmias and obtaining 12-lead EKGs required
- Experience managing multi-system organ failure required
- Experience with thermoregulation (hypothermia/hyperthermia) required
- IV insulin protocol experience required
- GI surgery experience required
- Experience with chronic/acute renal failure required
- IV therapy skills required, including accessing ports, arterial line management, blood product administration, central line care, PICC line management, and starting IVs
- Medication administration experience required, including continuous IV paralytics, continuous IV sedation, emergency medications, procedural sedation, and titrating cardiac and vasoactive drips
- Neurological case experience required, including CVA/stroke management, EVDs, ICP monitoring, lumbar drains, post neurosurgery management, spinal cord injury, and TBI care
- Respiratory/thoracic experience required, including BiPAP/CPAP management, care of ventilated patients, HFNC, ABG interpretation, suctioning, and ventilator management
- Experience with infection precautions, isolation precautions/PPE, phlebotomy, and surgical wounds with drains/wound vac required
- CVVHD/CRRT experience preferred
- Pulmonary artery line/Swan Ganz monitoring, sheath removal, valve repair/replacement, and VAD experience preferred
- Epic/Excellian charting experience preferred
- 1 supervisor reference required for consideration
Responsibilities
- Work in the ICU of an acute care hospital, which also functions as an SCU/ED float role
- Average daily census of 5 patients across 8 rooms and 10 beds
- Night shift schedule, 3x12 hours (1900-0730)
- Required to work up to every other weekend
- May be placed on-call as needed for the department
- Will float to other units as needed, specifically the ED, or to affiliate hospitals nearby
- Uses Epic (Excellian) for charting
- Scrub color is navy
- Facility is a Level 3 trauma acute care hospital with 63 total staffed beds
- Candidates must reside more than 100 miles from the facility for consideration
- First-time travelers are welcome to apply
- Returning staff must have been gone at least 3 months from their last shift worked as perm staff or per diem
- RTO should ideally be no more than 5 days
- Free parking available in any unrestricted space
- Candidates may float within the hospital or to nearby affiliate hospitals as needed
Benefits
- High Pay and Bonuses
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with Day 1 Options
- 401(k) Plan
- Weekly Payroll Deposit
- Free Online CEUs
- Generous Housing Allowance
- Travel and Licensure Reimbursements
- Non-taxed Per Diem and Subsidy
- Traveler Rewards and Discounts