Local Contract Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $53 per hour

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  • Rapides Regional Medical Center
Job Summary
Location
Alexandria ,LA 71302
Job Type
Contract
Visa
Any Valid Visa
Salary
PayRate
Qualification
BCA
Experience
2Years - 10Years
Posted
04 Feb 2025
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Job Description
    Certification Details
  • ACLS
  • BLS
    Job Details
  • Hospital: Rapides Regional Medical Center
  • Location: Alexandria, Louisiana
  • Address: 211 4th Street
  • Unit Name: Medical ICU
  • Building: South Tower
  • Cost Center: 65073
  • Number of Beds: 26
  • Patient Ratios: 2:1
  • Unit staffing description: RNs and Unit secretary/COVID runner. Total care is provided by RNs.
  • Type of equipment: Ventilators, Alaris IV pumps, Balloon pumps, ventriculostomy drains, glucometers. Use of iMobile phones and technology by all staff in the hospital. PPE- includes mask, face shields, goggles, PAPR’s and hoods for our COVID-19 patients.
  • Documentation system: Meditech using EBCD (Evidence Based Clinical Documentation)
  • Scheduling requirements: All nursing shifts are twelve hours from 7 to 7; every other weekend. Holiday requirements
  • Floating policy: Nursing staff will float to other Medical-Surgical Units in the hospital as needed with priority focus on pulling to Intensive Care Units.
  • Patient Experience requirements: Hourly rounding, bedside hand-off reporting, completion of 'My Care Board' during hand-off report; use of AIDET with a focus on compassionate connected care.
  • Pathways to Excellence Certified
  • Working toward Magnet status
  • Certified Stroke Center
  • Certified Chest Pain Center
  • Level II Trauma Center
    Job Requirements
  • Must be willing to care for COVID-19 patients
  • ICU experience
  • Positive attitude
  • Flexibility
  • Teamwork
  • Desire for excellence
  • Self-motivated
  • Good communication and people skills
  • Ability to work in a diverse environment
  • Advanced skills needed: Ventilator management, critical care drip knowledge, thorough and accurate assessment skills, and proficient knowledge with cardiac, neuro, and respiratory systems, and Don and Doff of PPE.
  • Procedures performed on unit: Intubations, cardioversions, ventriculostomy drain placement and management, IABP management, continual renal replacement therapy (CRRT), proning of patients.
    Schedule Information
  • All nursing shifts are twelve hours from 7 to 7; every other weekend.
  • Holiday requirements
    Unit Specific Information
  • Unit Name: Medical ICU
  • Number of Beds: 26
  • Patient Ratios: 2:1
  • Unit staffing description: RNs and Unit secretary/COVID runner. Total care is provided by RNs.
    Additional Details
  • Many staff members are nationally certified, including managers
  • Several highly tenured nursing staff
  • Self-scheduling within certain guidelines
  • iMobile technology
  • This unit cares for ICU COVID-19 patients
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