Alto Healthcare Staffing is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Show Low, Arizona.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Start date: ASAP
Orientation: Every Monday
Shift & Scheduling: 12 hr Nights 1 -We have a modified self-scheduling but allow people to block schedule as best as we can.
Weekend Requirement: 3 weekend shifts per 4 week schedule minimum. Some like to work all weekends and others don't like to work them at all. As long as it's covered, it really doesn't matter to me.
Floating Requirement: - May float to ED or MS if experienced
Required certifications: - ACLS, BLS & NIHSS required
# of beds - 12 beds
Ratios typically 1:2
Exp or Must have skills
- 2 years of experience required
- Respiratory Therapist in unit 24/7
- Support staff on unit: Patient Care Technician, Health Unit Secretary
- Nurse manager occasionally see patients (when needed)
- Need experience with basic ICU equipment
- Common cases: Left Heart Caths, Coronary Interventions, STEMIs, IVUS, IFR/FFR, Temporary Pacemaker Insertion, IABP Insertion
- Type of equipment utilized: GE floor mounted C-Arm and Table, Volcano System, Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemo System, Getinge IABP, No open heart or neuro surgery, no fresh transplants (could have a patient with a history of transplant).....pretty much anything else. Most common: pneumonia, vents, post caths, EVAR, surgeries, ETOH/OD, ARDS, DKA, CVA after tPA, afib RVR, sepsis, renal failure - IABP (skill not required), a lines, hypothermia protocol-Common Drips -Amiodorone, Cardizem, Levophed, Precedex, Propofol, Fentanyl, Vecuronium, Dopamine, Dobutamine, Lasix, Insulin, Heparin (weight based), Norepinepherine - The number of vents vary monthly; typically 1-2 at all times. ETOH is sedated - House Supervisor (called Administrative Shift Coordinator ASC) in house 24/7
*Holiday Requirements: (usually applicable May-Sept and Nov-Jan) None listed
*On call: (usually applicable for procedure type positions. Ex OR, Cath Lab, Radiology) None
Alto Healthcare Staffing Job ID #7973971. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.
About Alto Healthcare Staffing
Alto Staffing is a professional staffing, placement, and human resource firm that got its start in 2003. Our founder witnessed first-hand how much her colleagues cared for their patients and how little their staffers would care for them. Since then, we’ve dedicated ourselves to building an enterprise solution led by clinicians and experts focused on changing healthcare for the better. For the last 20 years, we’ve helped place thousands of clinicians for clients in assignments all over the country, ensuring each one received the support and solutions they needed to excel in their positions and succeed in their careers.
Benefits
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- 401k retirement plan
- Referral bonus