Neuro ICU RN
Newburgh, IN
Travel Nurses, Inc.
3x12 hrs

Neuro ICU Registered Nurse

Overview

• Travel assignment in Newburgh, Indiana
• 13-week contract
• Start date: 11/16
• Clinical interview required
• No local candidates within a 40-mile radius

Schedule

• 12-hour day shifts: 6:30 AM - 7:00 PM
• Guaranteed 36 hours per week
• May accept 48-hour contracts upon request
• Three weekends out of every six-week schedule
• Every other holiday

Location and Float

• Primary location: Gateway
• First to float within skillset
• May float to Deaconess Midtown campus and potentially to Deaconess Henderson
• 2-hour notice given for cross-campus float
• Mid-shift float within the same campus
• Cross-campus mid-shift float is unlikely but possible

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Indiana
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• ACLS issued by American Heart Association
• NIHSS
• Neuro ICU (2 years of experience)
• Neuro ICU experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• Experience working with Level 2 Trauma patients
• Experience with ventilator management
• Dysphagia screen
• Experience with Epic
• Tele/12-lead EKG interpretation
• Must pass tele tests
• Initiate and titrate sedatives, paralytics, cardiac drips, and vasoactive medications
• Sepsis protocols/care
• Strong assessment and critical thinking skills

Preferred

• CRRT
• tPa administration/assessments
• Massive transfusion (Belmont)
• Hard worker
• Resilient and manages change well
• Social candidates

Unit Details

• 32-bed Neuro ICU
• Typical ratios: Days 1:3; NOCs 1:3; CN typically takes 1:1 assignment
• External ventriculostomy devices on the unit
• Patient population includes general ICU, post stroke, CRRT, sepsis, DKA, post code, respiratory distress, and neuro patients with drains, biopsies, and ventriculostomy
• Travelers will primarily be assigned to general ICU patients but may take more acute neuro patients once established

Additional Notes

• Teaching hospital; may require precepting of students and new hires
• Navy blue scrubs required
• No competing health systems or agency logos
• 3 call-ins can result in termination
• COVID-19 vaccine not required, subject to change