Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $1,816 per week

Company: Willis-Knighton Bossier Health Center
Location: Bossier City
Posted on: February 4, 2025

Job Description:

• Certification Details
• BLS
• ACLS
• NIHSS
  • Job Details
  • SICU position at Willis-Knighton Bossier Health Center
  • 10 beds
  • 2 years of experience required
  • First-time travelers accepted
  • Permanent address must be 50 miles away from facility
  • Patient types include Respiratory Failure, Stroke, Sepsis, Renal Failure, Diabetes, Neuro, and Surgical patients
  • Patient ratios: RN 1:2
  • Skills required: Stroke experience, Ventilator management, assist with intubation/extubation, CVL management/placement, foley cath management, tube feedings via NGT or PEG
  • Traveler must pass an EKG competency exam prior to arrival
  • Support on the unit includes charge nurse, IV/VAT team, resource nurse, RT 24/7, hospitalist in-house, OT, PT, ST
  • Charting system: Meditech Expanse, IV pumps: Alaris, medication dispensing: Pyxis
  • Floating to Stepdown, Stroke unit, Medsurg may occur
  • Orientation: 2 days hospital and 1 shift on unit
    • Job Requirements
    • BLS certification required
    • ACLS certification required
    • NIHSS certification required
    • 2 years of experience in SICU or similar specialty
      • Schedule Information
      • Weekend rotation: every other weekend
      • Mandatory 4 days one week and 3 days the next week
      • Possible rotations: 3/2 or 5/2
      • Time off: up to 7 days, must extend contract for any full week of RTO
      • Only one weekend of RTO can be requested per 13-week contract
      • No call required
      • Holiday expectations: work 2/3 major holidays
        • Unit Specific Information
        • Charge nurse will take patient assignment
        • No phlebotomy on the unit
        • IV/VAT team available for PICC/midline placement
        • Resource nurse available
          • Additional Details
          • Scrub color: Pewter
          • Free parking in designated areas
          • Traveler-friendly culture on the unit
          • Professionalism is mandatory: no cell phone usage in patient care areas, no earbuds, no eating at desk

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