Travel Nurse RN - ICU/Critical Care - $2,184 per week in Chandler, AZ

Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) Job Specialty: Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Job Duration: 13 weeks Shift: 12H Nights, Minimum of every other weekend (up to 3 weekends/month), first to float Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours per week Experience: Minimum of 3 years License: Required to submit Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS Must-Have: - Full 3 years of recent ICU experience - Experience must include either neuro or cardiovascular (CV) - Ability to titrate drips Job Description: - Manage care for patients in a Level 1 trauma center, including those with falls, gunshot wounds, blunt trauma, motor vehicle accidents, and other trauma events over age 15. - Handle specialty neuro-surgery cases such as craniotomies, excision laparotomies, and more. - Provide care for cardiovascular accident (CVA) patients, those administered TPA, and critical cases of COVID, sepsis, and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). - Responsible for interpreting ECG strips with no telemonitor technicians on the unit. - Work with a nurse-to-patient ratio of either 1:2 or 1:1 as required. - Utilize and manage respiratory therapy equipment, including ventilators and BiPap machines. - Participate in a pass/fail Sim Lab on the first day of orientation. - Float to telemetry units with a patient ratio of 1:3 or 1:4 when necessary. - Self-schedule shifts, with the manager balancing shifts to meet unit needs. - Wear navy-colored scrubs as per the dress code. - Complete unit/department-specific orientation lasting 1-2 days. - Serve as a charge nurse without taking direct patient assignments. - Handle common titratable drips such as Propofol, Fentanyl, Versed, Precedex, and others. - Operate within a medical ICU with an overflow ICU, participating in skill validation for trauma, neuro, and specialty devices. - Participate in up to 3 census reductions per contract depending on unit needs, with potential cancellation up to 4 shifts per 13-week assignment. - Utilize the Cerner charting system.

Location: Chandler, AZ, US

Posted Date: 3/15/2025