Travel Nurse RN - CVICU - $2,310 per week

Tact Staff is seeking a travel nurse RN CVICU for a travel nursing job in Lewiston, Maine.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: CVICU
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 11/27/2024
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours
• Employment Type: Travel

6 WEEK CONTRACT

REQUIRED SKILLS / CERTS / EXP:
Minimum Years of Experience: 2 years experience required, more than 1yr recent CVICU experience
Traveler Experience: Unit accepts first time travelers
Locals Accepted / Rate Difference: Does not accept candidates within 50 miles of facility
Skills: Care of Ventilated Patient, Procedural Sedation Administration, Continuous IV sedation, Pulmonary Artery Line/Swan Ganz monitoring, Management of dysrhythmias, Interpretation of dysrhythmias
Certs: BCLS, ACLS

PREFERRED SKILLS / CERTS / EXP: CCRN, open heart training preferred

JOB DETAILS:
Beds: 20
Shift: 48hr Nights 18:45-07:15
Call Requirement: None
Float Requirement: must be flexible to float where need, could include ICU, MS, Tele & ER
Weekend Requirement: 6 weekends per 6-week schedule block

PATIENT DIAGNOSES: 8 beds are CICU & 12 beds are Step-Down; CICU: Post-op CABG post-op AVR, MVR, post-op vascular and endovascular surgery, post cardiac interventional service including ECMO, heart failure requiring Impella device support, angioplasty and stent placement.
PCU: Includes the above diagnoses plus sepsis, respiratory and multi-system failure, diabetic ketoacidosis, encephalopathy & post-op general surgical patients requiring a higher level of care.

SPECIAL PROCEDURES / UNIT DETAILS: Unit Based Educator available M-F and PRN

Impella, Balloon pump and ECMO/Tandem Heart

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: Ceiling lifts, hoyer lifts, sit to stand lifts, extensive amount of safe-patient handling equipment.

SCRUBS: Navy Blue

Tact Medical Staffing Job ID #488935. 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: Registered Nurse - CVICU

About Tact Staff

Our nurses choose Tact assignments because it provides the opportunity to take on new challenges in their careers while they travel across the United States and gain enriching experiences on a professional and personal level.

Our dedicated team of staffing consultants will work with you and be your advocate as you choose to embark on new assignments. Our team is committed to providing our nurses and allied professionals with the most rewarding healthcare assignments and choices at primer healthcare institutions nationwide. Let us handle the details; you choose the job and location that are right for you.

Be Adventurous, Make a Difference, Travel with Tact.

Be Adventurous - Becoming a travel nurse or allied professional is not only a professional adventure, but a personal adventure as well. It is an opportunity to challenge yourself, to explore a new place, and try amazing food...

Make a Difference - Nurses and allied professionals make such a huge difference in so many lives. The care and compassion you show to your patients, does not go unnoticed. We know how important your jobs is, which is why we take our job as recruiters so seriously. Being able to place nurses and allied professionals in hospitals, where you are doing something as crucial as saving lives, is something we feel thankful to be able to do.

Travel with Tact - From the moment we receive your resume we begin trying to build a relationship with you. We know the importance of becoming your friend, before becoming your recruiter. Building friendly, yet professional relationships allows us to discover what you truly want... and don't want in a travel assignment.

Location: Lewiston, ME, US

Posted Date: 10/31/2024