Travel Nurse RN - CVICU

Integrated Healthcare Services is seeking a travel nurse RN CVICU for a travel nursing job in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

• Specialty:
  CVICU
• Discipline:
  RN
• Duration:
  13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift:
  12 hours, nights
• Employment Type:
  
  Travel

Floating between departments and or local locations within 20 miles is required.

Job Summary:

-Utilizes the nursing process to provide direct patient care to an assigned group of patients during a shift.
-Ensures safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable care of patients.
-Provides direct patient care by assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating, and documenting individual patient needs, actions taken, and patient responses.
-Coordinates patient care through collaboration with the patient/family and healthcare team.
-Initiates, utilizes, and documents appropriate protocols and standards of care.
-Administers medication and treatments as prescribed by physician or standard protocols and documents according to policy.
-Identifies and meets patient and family learning and discharge needs on admission and throughout the episode of care.
-Assumes responsibility for the clinical supervision of LPNs and non-licensed assistive personnel.
-Completes patient population/age-specific/procedure and protocol education and competency testing per unit standards.

Required

Skills & Experience:

-Two (2) years current experience required in a 12-plus bed cardiac critical care and/or intensive care unit required.
-Must be a team player, flexible, and accustomed to fast paced environment.
-Must have successfully completed at least one 13-week travel assignment.

Preferred

Skills & Experience:

-Open heart, LVAD, balloon pump experience preferred.
-EPIC experience preferred, but not required; can train on-site. Required

Education:

One of the following is required:
-Associates Degree in Nursing (ADN).
-Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN).

Preferred Education:

-N/A

Required Certifications & Licensure:
-State of New Mexico or Compact State Nursing License.
-BLS.
-ACLS.
-NIHSS.
-BLS & ACLS must be completed through American Heart Association, American Health and Safety, or American Red Cross.
-Traveler must pass the BCA (basic cardiac arrythmia) testing during first week of assignment. Travelers that do not pass the BCA test will be dismissed.

Preferred Certifications & Licensure:
-N/A

Integrated Healthcare Services Job  #. 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: RN - CVICU