Travel Cardiac ICU - Nights - Newburgh, Indiana AUTO OFFER

Travel Cardiac ICU - Nights - Newburgh, Indiana **AUTO OFFER**

Gross Weekly Pay - $3,150 wk./48 hrs. OR $2,362 wk./36 hrs.

NO LOCAL CANIDATES (40 MILE RADIUS RULE)

Contract Length: 13 weeks

Start: 2/24 - Bi-weekly orientation

Guaranteed Hours: 36 (will accept 48 upon request)

Shift Requirement: 12hr Nights 6:30-7

Float Requirement: First to float within skillset. Deaconess Midtown (IN) campus (8 miles apart) & potential to float to Deaconess Henderson (KY – 11 miles). 2 HR notice given for cross campus float. Mid-shift float within same campus. Cross campus mid-shift float is unlikely but possible.

On Call/Call Back Requirement: N/A

Weekend/Holiday Requirement: Three weekends out of every six week schedule. Every other holiday.

Required Certs to be attached upon submittal: Must have current active compact license. AHA BLS, AHA ACLS and NIHSS.

Minimum Experience REQUIRED: 3 years of RN experience, one full year must be cardiac ICU, 1 travel assignment, trauma level II experience.

Charting Experience: Recent EPIC experience required (will be required to do a checkoff class)

Patient Population: Cardiac ICU. Universal Beds utilized for post CABG patients during entire stay, patient never changes rooms with changes in acuity. CABG/open heart patients POD 2, carotids, TAVR/value post surgical. Travelers will take lower acuity patients until established on unit.

Skillset: Tele/12-lead EKG interpretation (travelers are required to take a tele test), PIV insertion, chest tube/indwelling drain management, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, initiate/titrate vasoactive, sedative, paralytics, insulin, etc. Balloon pumps/impella/Swans, ETT/ventilator management (RT available), post code/TTM, NIHSS/dysphagia screen.

Unit Information (Bed size, Case type, Patient ratio): 24 beds. Ratio: Days 1-2-3; NOCs 1:2-3 (1:3 when taking SD level, ex. 1 ICU patient and 2 Stepdown patients); CN rarely takes patients on days, but takes an assignment on NOC shift.

Unit Strengths: Excellent teamwork! Manager has been with the organization for 25 years and managing the unit for 5 years, as a result she has built a strong and experienced staff who welcome travelers as part of the team.

Hard worker, resilient and manages change well, social candidates

Scrub Colors: Navy blue scrubs

Covid-19 Vaccine Not Required - Subject to change

GSA hours are not guaranteed the week of Orientation. Traveler is guaranteed set hours per week, except during holidays where unit is closed

The Coronary Care Registered Nurse is a professional nursewho coordinates the delivery of nursing care for critically ill,post-operative, ventilator, post cardiac arrest, post heart cath, hemodynamicstabilization and other critically ill patients in the units. The Registered Nurse responds to codes andemergent situations as a team member within the hospital. The Registered Nurse participates in patientand family teaching, and provides leadership by working cooperatively withancillary and other patient team personnel in maintaining standards ofprofessional nursing practice in the intensive care/coronary care setting.

Minimum Requirements:

• RN License in state which the nurse will be practicing
• Demonstrated proficiency in acute care nursing, knowledgeand skills
• 2 years of cardiac care experience preferred
• ACLS may be required per state/client contract
• Current CPR if applicable
• TB questionnaire, PPD or chest x-ray if applicable
• Current Health certificate (per contract or state regulation)
• Must meet all federal, state and local requirements
• Must be at least 18 years of age

• Benefit eligibility is dependent on employment status.