Tact Staff is seeking a travel nurse RN PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care for a travel nursing job in Walnut Creek, California.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 01/07/2025
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours
- Employment Type: Travel
PICU RN • Bill rate: $135 for Travel / $110.50 for Local 50 mile radius rule 12 hours nights 12/17 or 1/7/25 start date 13 weeks Required : Minimum of 2 years experience; MUST HAVE CURRENT CA LIC; BLS, PALS (AHA only) Preferred: NRP
PICU
Facility Name: John Muir Walnut Creek
Total # of Facility Beds: 321
Unit Name: Pediatric Intensive Care
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Total # of Unit Beds/Suites/Deliveries: 8
Teaching Facility: ? Y ? N
Teaching Hospital Experience Required: ? Y ? N
Trauma Level: 2
Prior Travel Experience Required: ? Y ? N
Minimum # Years Clinical Experience Required: 2+
Minimum # Years Clinical Experience in Specialty Required: 2+
Certifications Required: PALS, BLS
Certifications Preferred: NRP
Nurse Patient Ratio by shift: 1:2 Have criteria for 1:1
Circulate/Scrub as applicable: Click or tap here to enter text.
Ancillary Assistance:
CNA/ PCT: ? Y ? N per shift: Click or tap here to enter text.
Unit clerk/Secretary: ? Y ? N per shift: 1 on days and evenings
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Advanced Practice on the unit: Click or tap here to enter text.
# Days of Orientation: 3 - 4
Specialty Testing for Unit/Facility: ? U ? F
Patient Care Modality: Primary
Dress Code:
Scrubs/color: Any color. No denim. Professional appearance.
Shoes: Non-skid, closed toe, athletic shoes are ok, must wear heel strap with clogs
Jewelry: Professional, Minimal, No facial piercing other than ears
Hair/Beard: Professional, hair shoulder length and longer must be pulled back, facial hair must be neat and trimmed
Nail Polish: No gels, acrylics, or extensions. All polish must in good condition without chips or cracks
Documentation System: Epic
Medication System: Pyxis
Floating Required: ? Y ? N
To what units/facilities: Pediatrics or NICU. Travelers could float to 1-2 units in a 12 hr shift.
Describe the rotation: Travelers float first
Charge required: ? Y ? N
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Self-Scheduling No Weekend Requirements: Up to 4 weekend shifts/month
Call Requirements: No
Holiday Requirements: Must be available for 2 out of 3 major winter holidays and 2 out of 3 summer holidays. Winter holidays are Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. Summer holidays are Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Labor Day.
Patient Population (Diagnoses): Respiratory illness, spinal surgery, craniotomy, Sepsis, Shock, Diabetic Ketoacidosis, general surgery, ENT
Age Range: infant+
Special Equipment: (For example: IV Pumps: Type; Invasive Monitoring; Monitors: Type; ECMO;
Ventilators: Type; ABG: Type)
Phillips MX 800
Respiratory available 24/7 for support ? Y ? N
Anesthesia available 24/7 for support ? Y ? N
Who manages ventilators: RT
Unit Specific Procedures and Protocols: (For example: Drips; Infusions; Phlebotomy; Starting IVs; EKGs; Transports; Weaning; Nebulizer to Inhaler; Starting IVs, performing venipuncture, Performing EKGs; Discontinuing sheaths) Click or tap here to enter text.
Additional Unit Specific Information: Magnet Hospital 24/7 PICU Intensivist coverage in house!
Date Updated: 2-6-23
Updated By Full Name: Sarah Roland, MSN, BSN, RN
Title: IVS Manager
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 - PICU
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.
