ICU RN
Santa Cruz, CA
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

ICU RN (Registered Nurse)

Location: Santa Cruz, California Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Days, 12-hour shifts (36 hours per week)

Required Qualifications

• Active BLS
• Active ACLS
• Active NIHSS
• California RN license
• 2+ years of ICU experience

Preferred Qualifications

• CCRN
• PALS

Schedule and Coverage

• Shifts are 7a-7p, mostly 12-hour shifts, with some 8-hour shifts.
• Weekend requirement: every other weekend, plus filling gaps in the weekend schedule.
• Work into the holiday schedule. Holiday RTO will be considered but is not guaranteed.
• On-call: staff must live within 30 minutes of the hospital. On-call is driven by census, and on-call shifts are always shifts originally scheduled that were later put on call. Response time is 30 minutes.
• Floats to telemetry (4 to 1 ratio). Floats on an every-other-weekend basis.
• Floor-specific orientation: 2 shifts in the ICU, then working own assignment on the 3rd shift.

Unit Details

• Unit: ICU
• Beds: 16, expandable to 20
• Ratios: 1:1 and 1:2
• Charge nurse on duty, does not carry patients
• No nurse aides
• Scrub color: navy
• Ventilators: Draeger, managed with RT
• Intensivist on call at night, 24-hour intensivist coverage
• IV team available during the day
• RT, pharmacy: 24/7

Patient Population

• Adults and pediatrics
• MedSurg, neuro, and cranies (occasional ICP)
• Balloon pumps (permanent staff perform; experienced nurses may take class and bedside check-off)
• CABG, TAVR, EVAR, and may start carotid stenting
• Some trauma patients not transferred out, psych (OD), peds minor/DKA, TPA, hypothermia
• ECMO, ECOS, IABP (not required; would need check-off)
• CRRT (PrismaFlex): permanent staff perform; experienced nurses may take class and bedside check-off