ICU RN
Peoria, IL
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

High Acuity Unit RN

Location: Peoria, Illinois Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Days, 12-hour shifts (36 hours per week)

Placement Eligibility

• Accepts local placements for clinicians with permanent addresses within a 50-mile radius

Required Qualifications

• Active Illinois RN license, or confirmation that the license application has been initiated
• BLS and ACLS certification
• Negative drug screen for all panels (facility is a drug-free campus)
• Must-have skills:

  • PEG tube care and feedings
  • CVC, PICC, and Midline usage and care
  • Tracheostomy patients
  • Caring for sedated, ventilated patients
  • Titrating vasopressors, sedation, and pain control drips
• RNs are required to titrate drips
• RNs are required to perform RT equipment tasks beyond troubleshooting (ventilators, CPAP, BiPAP, high-flow, etc.)

Unit Details

• Unit: Critical Care, 8 beds
• Nurse-to-patient ratio: 1:2-3
• Common diagnoses: Respiratory failure, post-surgical, wound care, IV antibiotics, post-CVA, post-trauma, cardiac patients
• Common titratable or set-rate drips: Precedex, Propofol, Fentanyl, Versed, Lasix, Insulin, Amiodarone, Nitro, Levophed, Dopamine, Cardizem; most ICU-level drips apply
• Monitoring: All 8 beds have hard-wired telemetry monitors, centrally monitored by a telemetry tech posted in the ICU
• Support: House supervisor available 24/7; no nurse aides or patient care techs on the unit, so nurses provide primary care
• Physician coverage: Hospitalist and intensivist on dayshift only; telehealth MD available after hours
• RT coverage: Available in house 24/7
• Float scope: ICU RNs may float to the MS unit

Schedule and Expectations

• Weekends: Every other weekend and to fill holes
• Holidays: Holiday rotation and to fill holes
• On-call or standby: Not required at this time, but subject to change
• Call-off policy: Equivalent of 12 hours every 13 weeks with no penalty or need to pay for the shift
• Dress code: Scrubs only; facility-approved t-shirts; any color

Orientation

• Non-billable orientation: 12 hours (guaranteed hours do not apply during orientation)
• Classroom orientation per facility policy, plus 2 shifts on the unit with a preceptor