ICU Registered Nurse
Parkersburg, WV
Access Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights

ICU Registered Nurse (RN), Night Travel Assignment

Location: Parkersburg, West Virginia Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Nights, 12 hours per day, about 36 hours per week

Schedule and Coverage

• Shift hours: 0700-1930 and 1900-0730. Nights are 12 hours.
• Scheduling: Self-scheduling and block scheduling are allowed if unit needs are met. Block scheduling is not guaranteed.
• Weekends: End-of-week rotation. Days and nights are either Friday/Saturday/Sunday or Saturday/Sunday/Monday, depending on unit needs.
• Holidays: Permanent staff follow a holiday rotation. Travelers are expected to work weekends only if unit needs require it.
• On-call: Rarely required.

Unit and Staffing

• Unit: ICU, 18 private rooms, all with negative pressure capability for COVID patients.
• Ratios: Typically 1:2. CRRT and organ donation patients are 1:1. Ratios may stretch to 1:3 with overflow or stepdown patients. Average daily census is 13.
• Charge nurse: A free charge nurse works Monday through Friday, day shift, and may carry an assignment during high census. Charge nurses take assignments on nights and weekends.
• Nursing assistants: 1-2 patient care technicians (PCTs), depending on census and staffing.
• Physician coverage: Intensivist 0700-1900 daily with residents. Hospitalist provides overnight coverage 1800-0600 daily.
• Pharmacy: A pharmacist is on the unit 0700-1630 daily.
• Respiratory therapy: A dedicated RT is on the unit 0700-1900 daily. RT covers all critical care 1900-0700.

Clinical Scope

• Patient population: Sepsis, pneumonia, COVID, CHF, COPD, DKA, overdose, renal failure, neurosurgery (lumbar drains, ventriculostomies), general surgery, occasional MI, and vascular patients.
• Titration: RNs titrate drips within ordered parameters. RNs also care for and remove central lines.
• Respiratory equipment: Ventilators, CPAP, BiPAP, and high-flow equipment, per RT.
• Telemetry: ICU staff monitor, interpret, and admit to the monitoring system. Remote telemetry techs serve as backup monitoring.
• Floating: Required to float to stepdown and med-surg as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Certifications: BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS.
• License: Valid West Virginia RN license.
• Experience: At least 1 year of critical care experience.
• Skills: Competent with CRRT, IABP, ventilators, post-cardiac arrest and therapeutic hypothermia care, and skilled with all vasoactive medications, sedation, and paralytics.
• Submittals: All submittals must include an unexpired copy of the candidate's driver's license.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior travel experience.

Orientation and Logistics

• Orientation: Two shifts of general floor orientation. Facility system education must be completed before starting on the floor. General education competencies must be completed before arrival.
• Dress code: Royal blue scrubs. Scrub jackets are optional, but if worn, they must be actual scrub jackets. No hoodies or sweat jackets.