RN ICU

Job Title: RN - ICU

Department: ICU

Location: 1600 E. Broadway 65201

Weekly Tax Free Stipend to be paid **$1,162.00

Weekly Straight Pay (Taxable) **$1,404.00

Weekly Gross **$2,566.00

Shift: 12x3 36 hours a week

Duration: 13 weeks

Job Description:

All candidates will need to complete a virtual interview for this role, and offers will be made based on that interview. Please ensure that all candidates have a full skills checklist with their detailed resume combined on one document.
We have a multidisiplenary unit. Critical care experience is a must. If the nurse has expertise in a particular discipline we appreciate knowing that and will utilize them with those patients as a rule, but will possibly get exposure to patients in the other disciplines as well.
Floating to PCU is mandatory and nurse must be willing to float there when needed.
Must be float to Med Surg units as needed. Will be required to take up to 4-5 patients when floated.
Unit: 2S ICU
Number of Beds: 32
Nurse Patient Ratio: typically 1:2, can be 1:1 or 1:3 as well (Specific ratio is not guaranteed)

Patient Age Groups: Adults, Geriatric
Top 10 Diagnosis/Procedures: Respiratory distress/failure, cardiac arrest, DKA, sepsis, ARF, strokes (hemorrhagic and embolic), OHS, TAVR's, vasc surgs, thoracotomies, carotids.
Special procedure done on the unit: Many procedures are done at the bedside. Bronchs, trachs, central line insertions, intubations, arterial line and swan ganz line placement, chest tube insertions.
Common Equipment: Alaris pumps, Prisma flex, Arctic Sun, IABP, Impella, SCD's, Phillips Monitors, Belmont rapid infusor, ceiling lifts, bard and CADD pumps, bladder scanners.
Common Medications: Vasopressors, sedative and anxiolytics. Paralytics, cardiac dysrhythmic meds.
Vasoactive Drip Titration is Required - Levophed, epinephrine, vasopressin, nicardipine, cleviprex

Required/Preferred Skill:
Line Management Skills:
Required: IV Insertion, PICC/Central Line Management, Vascular Device Access/Care, Dialysis Fistula Care/Management, A-Line Management, CVP
Preferred: PA Line Management, IABP
Cardiac Skills
Required: Sheath Removal, Cardioversion/Defibrillation
Preferred: Obtain 12 Lead EKG, Epicardial Pacer Management
Airway Skills:
Required: Procedural Sedation, CPAP/BiPAP, Ventilators, High Freq Vents/Oscillators, Nitric Oxide, Trach Care
Critical Care Skills:
Preferred: EVD Management, ICP Monitoring, Impella/LVAD, Dialysis (obtain details – peritoneal/CRRT/CVVHD), Rapid Infuser
Ortho/MS/Onc Skills:
Required: Feeding Tubes, Wound Vac
Preferred: Epidural/PCA Pumps
Behavioral Health
Preferred: Exp. w/Chemical Dependency

Position Urgency: Quick Start

Shifts: 1900-0730

State License Details: Must Be Currently Active

Minimum Years of Experience: 2

Specialty Type: Nursing

Sub Specialty: Intensive Care / Coronary Nurse (ICU)

General Certifications: ACLS BLS/BCLS

Nursing Certifications: NIHSS

Bilingual: No

EMR Used: Meditech

Holiday Coverage Required: Yes

Job Types: Travel nursing, Contract

Pay: $65.00 - $72.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off

Medical Specialty:

• Addiction Medicine
• Allergy & Immunology
• Anesthesiology
• Bariatrics
• Burn Care
• Cardiology
• Cath Lab
• Critical & Intensive Care
• Dermatology
• Dialysis
• Dietetics
• Emergency Medicine
• Endocrinology
• Forensic Medicine
• Gastroenterology
• Genetics & Genomics
• Geriatrics
• Hematology
• Holistic Medicine
• Home Health
• Hospice & Palliative Medicine
• Hospital Medicine
• Hyperbaric Medicine
• Infectious Disease
• Internal Medicine
• Labor & Delivery
• Medical-Surgical
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Nuclear Medicine
• Ob/Gyn
• Occupational Medicine
• Oncology
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedics
• Otolaryngology
• Pain Medicine
• Pathology
• Pediatrics
• Perioperative Care
• Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine
• Plastic Surgery
• Podiatry
• Primary Care
• Psychiatry
• Public Health
• Pulmonology
• Radiology
• Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
• Rheumatology
• Sleep Medicine
• Sports Medicine
• Surgery
• Telemetry
• Toxicology
• Transplant Surgery
• Trauma Medicine
• Urgent Care
• Urology
• Wound Care

Physical Setting:

• Acuity adaptable unit
• Acute care
• Ambulatory surgery center
• Assisted living facility
• Birth center
• Burn center
• Children's hospital
• Clinic
• Community health center
• CVICU
• Dental office
• ER
• High acuity unit
• Hospital
• ICU
• Inpatient
• JCAHO accredited facility
• Level III trauma center
• Level II trauma center
• Level I trauma center
• Level IV trauma center
• Long term care
• Low acuity unit
• Magnet hospital
• Medical laboratory
• Medical transportation
• Med spa
• MICU
• Military hospital
• Neuro ICU
• Newborn nursery
• NICU
• Nursing home
• Operating room
• Outpatient
• PACU
• PCU
• PICU
• Plasma center
• Private practice
• Rehabilitation center
• School
• SICU
• Skilled nursing facility
• Sleep center
• Teaching hospital
• Telehealth
• TICU
• Urgent care center

Experience:

• ICU: 2 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• BLS Certification (Required)
• ACLS Certification (Required)
• NIHSS Certification (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Columbia, MO 65201: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $65 - $72