Critical Care Float ICU RN
Bolivar, MO
Travel Nurses, Inc.
3x12 hrs

Registered Nurse - ICU

• Location: Bolivar, Missouri
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Night, 3x12 hours (19:00 to 07:00), 36 hours per week

Schedule

• Every other weekend required, though this may be reduced depending on staffing. A traveler who wants more than 50% weekends can be accommodated.
• Block scheduling is not guaranteed and will be reviewed by the manager. Blocked schedules over weekends are more doable.
• Call is not required.

Assignment

• Staffs ICU units and floats to Telemetry (TELE) units.
• Unit scrub color: Navy Blue

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Missouri or Nurse Licensure Compact (MO or Compact)
• Minimum 2 years of Critical Care Float experience, including experience within the last year
• ICU (Intensive Care Unit) experience
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) issued by American Red Cross, American Heart Association, or United States Department of Defense
• BLS (Basic Life Support) issued by American Red Cross, American Heart Association, or United States Department of Defense
• NIHSS (NIH Stroke Scale) certification
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Experience working with STEMI patients
• Impella experience
• Balloon pump experience

Experience Notes

• First-time travelers are accepted if they have at least 2 years of ICU experience in a Level 1 center.

Other Certifications and Competencies

• PALS (as required) and NRP are listed in the compliance documents.
• TNCC is listed but is not required for ICU.
• Competency exam required. Medication/pharmacology competency exam required as applicable.
• Core training modules, skills checklist for the unit (updated annually), and facility orientation modules

Onboarding and Compliance

• Licensing: Primary source license verification and Nursys verification (required for all RNs)
• Background: 7-year criminal check within 1 year of start, updated annually, covering all locations lived or worked in the past 7 years. EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks within 30 days of start and updated at each renewal. MO EDL search required for all candidates. MO FCSR search required for long-term care placements, which can take up to 20+ days.
• Health: Initial physical exam, updated annually. TB test (PPD, QuantiFERON Gold, or T-spot) within 1 year of start, with PPD updated annually. Measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella: titer or 2 vaccines. Hepatitis B: titer, vaccine series, or declination. 9-panel drug screen within the last 12 months (not annual).
• Flu: Vaccine, declination, or exemption required by 11/01. Unvaccinated candidates must wear a mask. Religious and medical exemptions must be submitted on facility-specific forms.
• Documents: Employment application or resume, 2 clinical references (hospital evaluation accepted), I-9 and E-Verify attestation, government-issued photo ID carried during shifts, and orientation safety manual acknowledgement