Medical/Surgical Intensive Care RN
Prescott, AZ
Consolidated Medical Travel
4x12 hrs, Nights

ICU / Critical Care RN – CVICU / MSICU / PCU (Traveler)

Prescreen + Auto Offer
✔ Auto offer as long as RTO is less than 7 days and no holiday requests
🚫 Affiliate fee waived

Pre-Hire Requirements

• Clinician must take and pass a dysrhythmia exam (≥80%) within two attempts prior to signing
• If clinician fails twice, they will be DNU for CS AZ and Sacramento for 6 months
• Radius Rule: 50 miles
• Candidates must not have been FT/PT/PRN with any CommonSpirit facility (including CHI or Dignity) within the past 12 months

Unit Overview

Critical Care Service Line (All Under One Service):

• CVICU – 12 beds
• COVID ICU – 8 beds
• MS ICU – 8 beds
• PCU – 16 beds (up to 20 with double occupancy)

Staffing & Ratios

• ICU: 1:1–1:2 (based on acuity/staffing)
• PCU: 1:3–1:4
• Charge Nurses:
  • Typically 2 charge nurses covering ICUs and PCU
  • Do Rapid Response & Code Blue
  • Take assignments only as last resort
• House Supervisor: 24/7 (with rare exceptions)
• Nurse Aides: None

Provider & Support

• Intensivists: In-house 24/7 (West campus)
• NP support
• Respiratory Therapy: Covers all areas (not dedicated ICU RT 24/7)

Required Certifications

• BLS
• ACLS

Required Experience & Skills

Travelers will work all ICU/PCU areas, so strong critical care experience is required.

Must Have:

• Strong EKG interpretation
• ABG interpretation
• Vent weaning and troubleshooting
• Ability to titrate critical care drips
• Experience floating between ICU/PCU

Strongly Preferred:

• IABP
• Prismaflex CRRT

Skills Checklist (Travelers should check 3–4):

• EVD
• Chest tubes
• Arterial lines
• Swan-Ganz

Patient Population / Diagnoses

• COVID (manual proning)
• Post-surgical (high volume)
• Cardiac surgical patients
• STEMI, PCI, TAVR, CEA
• Impella, IABP, VADs (some)
• DKA, sepsis, ARF, rhabdo
• CRRT
• Detox
• Low-level neuro
• Fresh open hearts (if experienced)

Drips & Medications

• All critical care drips including but not limited to:
  • Pressors (Levophed, Dopamine)
  • Sedation (Propofol)
  • Paralytics
  • Antiarrhythmics
  • Anticoagulants (Heparin, Argatroban)

Monitoring & Equipment

• Tele: Nihon Kohden
• RNs read their own strips
• Equipment:
  • Vents (nurses expected to troubleshoot & assist with weaning)
  • BiPAP / CPAP
  • HFNC / Vapotherm
  • Glidescopes (familiarity required)

Scheduling

• Shifts: 7a–7p / 7p–7a
• Schedules built 4 weeks in advance
• Limited self-scheduling (manager finalized)
• Block scheduling typically not allowed
• First schedule fills open needs

Weekends & Holidays

• Weekends: 4 weekend shifts per pay period
  • Nights: Fri/Sat or Sat/Sun/Mon
  • Days: Sat/Sun or Sun/Mon/Tues
• Holidays:
  • Winter holidays required: 1 holiday + eve of another
  • Not required to work all holidays

Call & Floating

• On-call: Low census only (approx. once every 6 weeks)
• Floating:
  • PCU & MST
  • EC ICU/PCU as needed per staffing rotation

Orientation

• 8 hours general hospital orientation
• 1 × 12-hour shift with preceptor
• 1 × 12-hour shift with buddy
• Additional orientation for specialty skills (CRRT, Open Heart, etc.) as needed

Scrubs

• Any professional scrub color
• No camo
• Transitioning to Navy in October