Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $2,100 per week
About the role
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) registered nursing position located in a healthcare facility. The role involves providing specialized critical care for patients with complex conditions such as heart failure, respiratory failure, sepsis, strokes, and post‑surgical issues. The position requires a team‑oriented approach in a high‑acuity environment, with shifts scheduled overnight.
Responsibilities
Provide specialized critical care for patients with heart failure, respiratory failure, sepsis, strokes, and post‑surgical conditions; work in a team‑oriented, high‑acuity setting; read cardiac strips and operate ventilators and high‑flow oxygen devices; monitor patients without dedicated tele‑technical staff; collaborate with on‑site hospitalists and intensivists via telehealth; maintain a nurse‑to‑patient ratio of 1:2 with one CNA per shift; complete an orientation of 1 to 2 shifts based on experience.
Requirements
- Valid ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support) certification
- Valid BLS (Basic Life Support) certification
- NIHSS (National Institute of Health Stroke Scale) certification
- Minimum of 1 year of ICU nursing experience
- Location requirement: outside a 50‑mile radius of the facility
- Ability to read strips and operate ventilators and high‑flow oxygen devices
Qualifications
- Experience with titratable drips such as Propofol, Levophed, Dobutamine, vasopressin, Fentanyl, Epinephrine, Diltiazem
- Team player with flexibility to float to other units including Telemetry, Meridian, and Boise