Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit
GREENVILLE, NC
AMN Healthcare Nursing
3x12 hrs

Job Description & Requirements
Registered Nurse – Intensive Care - ICU - Travel - (ICU RN)
StartDate: 12/16/2024 Pay Rate: $1921.34 - $2117.39

The NSICU RN must demonstrate expertise in advanced hemodynamic monitoring, ICP monitoring, and ventilator management. Nursing staff analyze all hemodynamics and respiratory care practitioners assist with mechanical ventilator management. BLS is required upon hire, ACLS is required within 6 months of hire and NIHSS (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale) certification completion is required prior to end of orientation. These certifications must remain active. Eight hours of continuing stroke education are required annually. The NSICU RN manages ventriculostomies, lumbar drains, arterial lines and central lines. Essential skills are advanced hemodynamic monitoring via the Hemosphere device as well as pulmonary artery catheters. Various intravenous drips are utilized in the NSICU and include medications for pain and sedation and well as vasopressors and vasodilators. NSICU uses targeted temperature management and continuous renal replacement therapy. Registered nurses provide care in conjunction with the nursing assistant and our team of neurointensivists and advanced practice providers. Assignments are based on the patient’s needs, the geographical location of the patients, and the resources available. The charge nurse does not have a patient assignment. NSICU was the recipient of the Patient Choice Award for inpatient units at ECU Health in 2022 and 2023 for our patient satisfaction scores.

Required Qualifications
Registered Nurse, ICU
Experience: 1 year
Licenses: RN(Compact Accepted)
Certifications: ACLS-AHA; BLS-AHA

NIHSS Stroke Certification
Experience in a Tertiary care facility
80 MILE RADIUS RULE

Preferred Qualifications
EPIC
Previous Travel

About the Facility
As the flagship hospital of eastern North Carolina’s premier healthcare system, this facility offers a full spectrum of inpatient and outpatient care and houses the region's only Level I trauma center. Serving as the teaching hospital for a major university’s school of medicine, this 861-bed hospital has received accreditation from The Joint Commission and the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and certification as a Primary Stroke Center, as well as the Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus award from the American Stroke Association and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medal of Honor for Organ Donation.

Facility Location
Called the "health, entertainment, and educational hub" of North Carolina's Tidewater and Coastal Plain, Greenville, a city of approximately 90,000, has also been named one of America’s "100 Best Communities for Young People," has ranked in the U.S. top ten "Best Small Places For Business And Careers" by Forbes, and has been designated North Carolina’s "Sportstown USA" by Sports Illustrated.

Job Benefits
At AMN Healthcare we take care of our travelers! We offer:

• Competitive pay rates
• Free, quality, private housing
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401(k) and Flex Spending
• Life Insurance
• Accident and Short-term Disability Coverage
• Free Continuing Education
• Refer a friend and earn extra cash!

About the Company
At AMN Healthcare, we strive to be recognized as the most trusted, innovative, and influential force in helping healthcare organizations provide quality patient care that continually evolves to make healthcare more human, more effective, and more achievable.

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