What are the responsibilities and job description for the Travel Nurse RN - ICU/Critical Care - $1,903 per week in Chandler, AZ position at Cynet Health?
- Job Title:** Registered Nurse (RN)
- Job Specialty:** Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
- Job Duration:** 13 weeks
- Shift:** 12H Nights, Every Other Weekend or up to 3 weekends per month if unit is busy; first to float - could float to sister facility
- Guaranteed Hours:** 36 hours per week
- Experience:** Minimum of 3 years of ICU experience
- License:** Required to submit
- Certifications:** ACLS, BLS, NIHSS
- 3 years of recent ICU experience, including either neuro or cardiovascular.
- RNs are required to titrate drips.
- RN required to interpret own tele strips; no monitor techs provided.
- Must complete Dysrhythmia Exam within 24-48 hours before acceptance, with a maximum of 2 attempts.
- Position involves working in a Surgical ICU - Trauma Neuro Surgery with 32 beds.
- Nurse-to-patient ratios are 1:2 or 1:1, depending on patient acuity.
- Common diagnoses include trauma, falls, gunshot wounds, blunt trauma, motor vehicle accidents, as well as neurological cases like craniotomies and strokes.
- Nurses will work closely with a 24/7 in-house Hospitalist or Intensivist and RT services.
- Expectation to float to medical/cardiac ICUs and tele units as needed.
- Use of various vent and bipap equipment, requiring familiarity with Dreager, Hamilton, Puritan Bennett 840, and Airvo.
- Nurses should be proficient in handling and monitoring common titratable drips, including but not limited to Propofol, fentanyl, versed, precedex, morphine, and dilaudid.
- Charge nurses present but do not take patients.
- Self-scheduling is available, but the manager may need to balance shifts for unit needs.
- Must work three weekend shifts in a four-week schedule; night shifts are Friday-Saturday, and day shifts are Saturday-Sunday.
- Potential to float between three ICUs; trauma, neuro, and specialty device skills may be validated.
- Maintain professionalism in navy-colored scrubs.
- Be aware of potential low census cancellations up to three times per contract.
- Use Cerner for charting.
- Intensive care level experience preferred, although not required.
Salary : $1,903
