Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $2,732 per week

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Job description

Tact Staff is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in West Bronx, New York.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 10/15/2024
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours
• Employment Type: Travel

null Department: CCU RN
Required Certifications: BLS, ACLS, Prefer CCRN.

- # Beds: 11Beds, Typically 6 nurses per shift.
- Nurse: Patient Ratios: 1:1-2, can have 3 when short staffed.
- Required Certifications: BLS, ACLS Prefer: CCRN
- Common diagnoses: Post Cath, anything cardiac, post surgical, and more.
- Experience: Must have CVICU, SICU, or MICU ICU experience.
- Are RNs required to titrate drips?: Must be able to titrate all critical drips.
- Common titratable: Pressors, sedation, paralytics, antiarrhythmics, & insulin.
- Charge Nurse: Charge Nurse- has a patient assignment.
- Nurse aids: PCTs, Typically 1 per shift.
- Hospitalist: Fellows/Residents in house 24/7. Attendings not on-site 24/6.
- RT in ICU 24/7: 1- may be assigned to multiple units. RTs will manage equipment, nurse to administer breathing
treatments.
- RT Equipment: Cpap, Bipap, Vents, Trachs
- Tele/Monitor Techs: Centralized Tele Monitoring at Nurses Station- no tele techs; Nurses must be able to read
and interpret their own tele strips.
- Shifts & Scheduling: 7-7:30. Travelers to give availability and they will do their best to accommodate requests,
but ask travelers to stay flexible and fill gaps in permanent scheduling; do not guarantee block scheduling.
Excessive call-ins are taken seriously and could lead to termination.
- Weekend Requirements: At least 2 Weekends per 4 week schedule; Sat & Sun for both Days & Night Shift.
- Holiday Requirements: May be asked to go into the Holiday Rotation.
- Is there a call or standby requirement?: No
- Floating Requirements: Travelers first to float; only to stepdown 1:3-3.
- Scrub Color: Royal Blue
- Unit Specific Orientation: 1 days classroom, 1 day with preceptor.

Date Entered On: 8/2/2024

Tact Medical Staffing Job ID . Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Registered Nurse - ICU

About Tact Staff

Our nurses choose Tact assignments because it provides the opportunity to take on new challenges in their careers while they travel across the United States and gain enriching experiences on a professional and personal level.

Our dedicated team of staffing consultants will work with you and be your advocate as you choose to embark on new assignments. Our team is committed to providing our nurses with the most rewarding healthcare assignments and choices at primer healthcare institutions nationwide. Let us handle the details; you choose the job and location that are right for you.

Be Adventurous, Make a Difference, Travel with Tact.

Be Adventurous - Becoming a travel nurse is not only a professional adventure, but a personal adventure as well. It is an opportunity to challenge yourelf, to explore a new place, and try amazing food

Make a Difference - Nurses make such a huge difference in so many lives. The care and compassion you show to your patients, does not go unoticed. We know how important your jobs is, which is why we take our job as recruiters so seriously. Being able to place nurses in hospitals, where you are doing something as crucial as saving lives, is something we feel thankful to be able to do.

Travel with Tact - From the moment we receive your resume we begin trying to build a relationship with you. We know the importance of becoming your friend, before becoming your recruiter. Building friendly, yet professional relationships allows us to discover what you truly want and don't want in a travel assignment.

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