Travel Nurse RN - CVICU
Medford, OR
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

CVICU RN (Registered Nurse)

Location: Medford, Oregon Unit: CVICU, 20 beds/rooms Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Nights, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week Nurse-to-Patient Ratio: 1:1 and 1:2

Required Qualifications

• Oregon RN license
• BLS and ACLS certification
• 3 years of RN experience
• 1 year of CVICU nursing experience
• Post-heart cath recovery and patient management
• Post-op day 1 open heart surgery patient management
• Experience with long-term ventilated patients
• Experience with Swan-Ganz catheters
• Experience with vasoactive medication titration

Duties

• Care of post-open heart surgery and cardiac medical patients
• Care of ventilated and tracheostomy patients, including trach care

Equipment

• Computerized charting (Epic)
• Omnicell medication administration
• B. Braun IV pumps
• Avea ventilators
• Edwards and Philips patient monitoring

Floating

• Will float to ICU, IMCU, and ED first, then Medical-Surgical, telemetry, post-surgical, and ortho-neuro.
• Per the RN union contract, traveler and agency nurses float before regularly employed staff and may be assigned to any floor.
• On med-surg, the traveler serves as a resource nurse and may take a reduced assignment.

Schedule

• Every other weekend, with possible consecutive weekends to accommodate requested time off
• Scheduled call is not required, but the nurse may be placed on mandatory standby for low census during their regularly scheduled shift.

Orientation

• 12 hours of unit orientation to CVICU, completed in the first work week

Dress Code

• Standard scrubs in any color
• No visible tattoos on the neck or above
• Facial jewelry limited to earrings and a small, discreet nose stud no larger than 1.5 mm

Other Notes

• The client does not accept local candidates and has a 50-mile radius restriction.
• The client may call off or cancel up to 24 hours per 13 weeks.
• Non-Oregon licensed RNs can apply and may be eligible for a 90-day temporary license if their permanent license is not posted before the assignment starts.