Tact Staff is seeking a travel nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Ketchikan, Alaska.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 12/16/2024
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours
- Employment Type: Travel
ICU RN
Start Date: ASAP (4 weeks from offer for compliance requirements if candidate has AK license in hand).
Shift: Variable Day/Night 12 hr shift 7a or 7p
Ratios: 1 nurse up to 2 pts
Years of Experience REQ: accepting all ICU experienced nurses. Travel experience is preferred.
Epic REQ? 1 year of experience preferred.
First-Timers Accepted: Yes
Weekend REQ: TBD
Certs REQ: AK RN, ACLS, PALS, BLS
Skills REQ: 1 year of Epic experience is preferred. Tele interpretation, ventilators, and IV insertion, PICC lines are the skills required.
Is on-call REQ? No
Will clinician float within scope to meet facility needs? Yes, to Med Surg/ COVID/LTC if needed.
Open to accommodating block schedule? TBD
Locals Accepted: No
Pending License Accepted: would prefer they already have their Alaska License but not required. If they don't start date must be set 10-12 weeks out.
RTO Restrictions: No
Guaranteed Hours: 36 GWW
Top 10 Diagnosis/Procedures: CHF, Diabetes, COPD, AKI,Bowel Obstructions, Appendicitis, Chest Pain, Recovery, Cardioversions, DKA
Any special procedure done on the unit? Cardioversions, Tikosyn
Common Equipment: Glucometer, sequential compression device, bucs traction, walker, gait belt, phillips monitoring, pressure reduction/ air beds, dinamapp, chair alarms, hoyer lift, sara steady, bladder scanner, vein finder,zoll, PAPR, kangaroo pump, syringe pump, telemetry, wheelchairs, CPM machine, Stryker T-pump, IV pump
FACILITY INFORMATION Type of Facility: Critical Access
Magnet / Teaching / Level Trauma (if applicable): Nonprofit, Level IV Trauma Center
Total Staffed Beds: 54
Scrub Color: All - Any Color; Provided in OR
Charting: Epic
Parking Cost: Free
Tact Medical Staffing Job ID . 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 - ICU
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.
