American Traveler is hiring a Surgical ICU RN for a night shift assignment at a Level I Trauma Center requiring CT/compact RN licensure and 2 years of SICU experience.
Job details:
- Surgical Intensive Care Unit setting within a Level I Trauma Center academic medical center
- Night shift, 4x12-hour shifts (19:00-07:00)
- Every other weekend required
- No on-call requirements
- Float to step-down unit and potentially the sister neuro ICU as needed based on facility needs
- Epic charting system used
- Manages patients with multisystem organ dysfunction/failure, airway management, and IV drip titration
Requirements:
- Active RN license, CT or compact, required prior to start date
- BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications required
- Minimum 2 years of recent SICU experience required (1.5 years may be considered with Level I trauma or travel experience)
- Epic charting experience required
- Teaching hospital and Trauma Level I experience preferred
- Skilled in IV therapy, arterial line management, central line and PICC line care, blood product administration
- Experience with ventilator management, BiPAP/CPAP, ABG interpretation, and ETT/NT suctioning
- Experience managing continuous IV sedation and titrating vasoactive drips
- Experience with CVA/stroke management and post-craniotomy care
- Experience with cardiac monitoring, dysrhythmia management, and 12-lead EKG acquisition
- 1 professional reference required
Additional information:
- Provide critical care nursing to surgically complex patients with multisystem organ dysfunction/failure
- Work within a large academic, Level I Trauma Center environment
- Participation in natural disaster or emergency response activities may be required
- Flu vaccine required with no declinations accepted
- COVID vaccine and booster required, with religious or medical exemptions only
- RTO requests greater than 7 days require additional approval
- Local candidates within 75 miles of the facility are not accepted
- Former staff must have been separated from the facility for at least 2 years to return as a traveler
- First-time travelers are welcome to apply
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