Registered Nurse - Cardio Thoracic ICU

### RTO after booking is NOT allowed and is NOT allowed to be worked out onsite. Any call offs or additional RTO on unit, could possibly turn into a Cancel and DNR ### REQUIRED SKILLS / CERTS / EXP:
Minimum Years of

Experience:

2 Years MINIMUM Experience Required
*** DO NOT SCREEN FOR LESS THAN 2 YEARS
*** Traveler

Experience:

Unit WILL ACCEPT 1st Time Travelers Locals Accepted / Rate Difference:
Yes Locals Accepted / Rate Difference:
Yes
** Work Setting

Skills REQUIRED:

Cardiovascular ICU
** Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency Response

Skills REQUIRED:

Interpretation of dysrhythmias, Management of dysrhythmias & Multi-system organ failure
** Cardiovascular

Skills REQUIRED:

Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump, Post Cardiac Surgery (directly from the OR), Pre/Post Cardiac Cath/intervention, Pulmonary Artery Line/Swan Ganz monitoring & Ventricular Assist devices (LVAD/RVAD)
** Genitourinary/Renal

Skills REQUIRED:

CVVHD/CRRT
** IV Therapy

Skills REQUIRED:

Arterial line management, Blood Product Administration & Central line care/management
** Medications

Skills REQUIRED:

Continuous IV sedation, Titrate Cardiac drips & Titrate Vasoactive drips
** Respiratory/Thoracic

Skills REQUIRED:

Assist with Chest Tube Insertion/Removal, Care of Ventilated Patient, Interpretation of ABGs & Ventilator Management
** Professional Topis &

Skills REQUIRED:

Isolation Precautions/ Use of PPE
** Additional

Skills REQUIRED:

Pacemakers & Chest Tubes
****** DO NOT SEND/REDIRECT IF LESS THAN 2 YEARS EXPERIENCE
**
* REQUIRED:

minimum 2 years open heart recovery Immediate post-open heart recovery experience
*** Certs: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS PREFERRED SKILLS / CERTS / EXP:

Skills:

PICC line management

JOB DETAILS :
Avg. Daily Census: 22; 2 Visits/Day;
Rooms/Beds: 6 SHIFT:
* 36 or 48 Hours Can Be Offered- if 48 no OT until after 48 hours Will Accept 13 Weeks. 12 HOUR NIGHTS; 18:45 - 07:15 Call Requirement: YES. 4 weekend call shifts per 6-week schedule period, + schedule weekdays. The Call requirement is to arrive within 30 minutes. Float Requirement: YES. All critical care and cardiac step-down units Weekend Requirement:
Required minimum of 4 weekend call shifts in a 6-week period PATIENT DIAGNOSES:

REQUIRED:

Immediate post open heart surgery REQUIRED Immediate post-open heart recovery experience REQUIRED- 2 years CABG, valve repairs/replacements, dissections.
** Must be comfortable with immediate post-operative recovery patients
**** experience settling fresh open-heart surgery patients from the OR. This is a base expectation of travel nurses in our department**
* ** DO NOT PASS candidates without all of the above experience SPECIAL PROCEDURES / UNIT DETAILS:

REQUIRED:

Swan ganz Continuous Cardiac Output Monitoring epicardial pacemakers chest tubes vasopressors/Inotrope titration SPECIAL EQUIPMENT:
Impella Intra-aortic balloon pump CRRT UNIT SYSTEMS:
Pyxis, EPIC, SBAR SCHEDULING TYPE:
Per Unit Needs UNIT ORIENTATION: 24 Hours with a preceptor SCRUBS:
Provided INTERVIEW AVAILABILITY:
***** Please provide your candidate's interview availability for the next 72 hours while submitting candidates to avoid holding up the approval process. Manager WILL NOT OFFER without speaking to/interviewing the candidate first****
* *** INTERNAL NOTES **
* **** Must be comfortable with immediate post-operative recovery patients
**** experience settling fresh open-heart surgery patients from the OR. This is a base expectation of travel nurses in our department***