Travel Nurse RN – ICU/Critical Care – $1,934 per week in Birmingham, AL

Job Description

Job Title: Registered Nurse
Profession: RN
Specialty: Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU)
Duration: 14 weeks
Shift: Nights
Hours per Shift: 12 hours
Experience: Minimum years of experience not specified
License: RN License
Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS)
Must-Have: Experience in cardiac ICU

Description:
This position is in a cardiac intensive care unit environment.
The unit consists of 12 beds and requires a nurse-patient ratio of 2:1.
Immediate post-operative patients and those with Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs) require a 1:1 ratio.
Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) have a nurse-patient ratio of 1:2.
Common diagnoses and treatments include post-catheterization, post-operative heart surgery, and unstable acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
Charting is done using the Epic system.
The required scrub color is navy blue.
The unit supports floating as needed within the candidate’s skillset.
Special procedures include ECMO and bedside emergent re-entry.
This position requires working every other weekend.