Travel Nurse Specialist - ICU

Job Title: Travel Nurse Specialist - ICU

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Travel Nurse Specialist - ICU to join our dynamic healthcare team. The Travel Nurse Specialist - ICU will provide advanced critical care nursing services to patients experiencing life-threatening conditions in intensive care units. As a Travel Nurse Specialist - ICU, you will play a vital role in stabilizing patients, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring the highest standards of patient-centered care. This Travel Nurse Specialist - ICU position offers the opportunity to work in diverse healthcare settings while expanding your clinical expertise and professional experience.

The ideal Travel Nurse Specialist - ICU thrives in fast-paced environments and demonstrates exceptional clinical judgment, adaptability, and strong communication skills. The Travel Nurse Specialist - ICU will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized care plans for critically ill patients. This Travel Nurse Specialist - ICU role requires continuous monitoring of patients' vital signs, administration of medications, operation of advanced life-support equipment, and rapid response to emergencies.

We're looking for Intensive Care Unit RNs for an immediate travel nurse opening in Duluth, GA. The right nurse should have 1-2 years recent acute care experience. Read below for more requirements.

Your Responsibilities:

As an ICU Travel Nurse, you'll be responsible for evaluating and monitoring patients in an Intensive Care Unit setting. ICU RNs provide the most direct care to patients in life-threatening situations, documenting and providing physician-directed care, assessing and implementing patient care plans, and delegating to other care providers as appropriate. As an ICU RN you will also be providing education and support to patient families, possibly for long-term care needs.

As an ICU Travel Nurse, you should be prepared to perform the following tasks:

• Provide basic bedside care.
• Prepare, administer and record prescribed medication, reporting any adverse reactions to treatment.
• Order and evaluate diagnostic tests.
• Take samples for lab work, order corresponding lab work and interpret reports.
• Monitor and adjust specialized equipment, and interpret and record electronic displays.
• Ensure proper placement and functioning of catheters, leads and tubing.
• Communicate patients' conditions to family members.

ICU Travel Nurses should be able to stand and walk for long periods of time, as well as bend, lean and stoop without difficulty. RNs should be able to easily lift 20 pounds. Moving or lifting of patients may require lifting of up to 50 pounds at times. RNs may face hazards from exposure to certain chemicals or infectious diseases and will treat patients that may be confused, agitated, and/or uncooperative.

Benefits:

• Weekly pay
• Guaranteed Hours
• Continuing Education
• 401k retirement plan
• Sick pay
• Wellness and fitness programs
• Referral bonus
• Employee assistance programs
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Benefits start day 1

About TNAA TotalMed RN

TotalMed is a Top Ten, travel nursing and healthcare staffing agency with the mission of igniting purpose in healthcare. The organization staffs nurses, therapists, pharmacists, and other clinicians of all specialties in all 50 states. They offer local and travel jobs and match caregivers with the right organization to assist both facilities and patients. As an organization, they focus on putting highly-skilled staff into facilities to ensure adequate staffing for a better patient experience.

TotalMed specializes in recruiting and placing healthcare professionals in travel, PRN, and permanent positions across the country in Nursing and Allied Health. Throughout 2020, the organization filled roles at even the most short-staffed facilities during the most challenging time in healthcare. By matching the right travel healthcare professional with the right organization, TotalMed continues to offer a lifeline to facilities and their patients.

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