Rapid Response RN
Charleston, SC
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

RN - Rapid Response

Overview

• Specialty: RN
• Employment type: Travel
• Location: Charleston, South Carolina
• Contract length: 6 weeks
• Hours per week: 48
• Shift pattern: 3 x 12-hour shifts per week, including every other weekend

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in South Carolina
• Critical Care Float experience within the last year
• 1 year of Critical Care Float experience
• BLS
• ACLS
• NIHSS
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Ability to manage patients on the ventilator
• CRRT (Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy) experience
• Advanced hemodynamics experience
• Phlebotomy skills
• Experience administering breathing treatments (inhalers and nebulizers)
• Experience with EVDs (External Ventricular Drains)
• Experience with bolts for neuro procedures
• Artic Sun experience with induced hypothermia
• Experience with post-operative day 0 CABG patients
• Experience with Impella devices

Key Clinical Experience

• Ability to care for 1–3 ICU patients
• Comfort managing ventilated patients
• Proficiency in reading telemetry strips
• Prior CVICU experience
• Experience with CRRT
• Experience with advanced hemodynamics
• Phlebotomy experience
• Experience with bedside shift report
• Experience with post-op day 0 CABG patients, impellas, balloon pumps, Swan Ganz, aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, EVDs, bolts, Codman, and induced hypothermia

Preferred Qualifications

• BSN preferred
• Advanced certifications preferred
• TNCC certification preferred

Work Environment

• 28-bed mixed ICU
• Travelers are first to float and may be sent to the emergency department or PCU for PCU or ICU holds
• Navy uniform required

Additional Notes

• Travelers with interest in Neuro ICU or Cardiovascular ICU may be trained
• Training is also available for head and neck flap procedures