Travel Nurse RN - CVICU
Schenectady, NY
LanceSoft
3x12 hrs, Nights

CVICU RN, 12H Nights- 7p-7:30a with 30-minute unpaid break, every other weekend required. No call. Holidays as needed. Will float to Stepdown and/or Med Surg if necessary. REQUIREMENTS: - MUST HAVE CARDIAC SURGERY SKILLS. Must have experience with the following: CABG And Valve surgeries, Swans and IABPS. Straight from OR to ICU they come. NYS license at time of submission. (*Can screen to manager without.) - Recent Nursys - 2 years nursing experience minimum, 1 year in specialty required. - BLS, ACLS (AHA or Am. Red Cross) required; can obtain prior to start date if necessary. - Prior travel experience preferred, but not required. Nurse: Patient ratio - 1:1-2 based upon acuity. Pt Pop: 18+ ***IVS to Interview and Offer with 4 days or less RTO and no holiday rto and at least 2 years exp in specialty. *** UNIT SPECIFICS: 36 beds total- 24 ICU &12 IMC. The Beulah T. Hinkle Intensive Care Unit is two-story, 36 bed critical care unit located in the E-1 and E-2 wings of Ellis Hospital. 24 beds are dedicated for critical care patients and 12 beds are designated as “step-down” or intermediary between critical care and medical/surgical units. The ICU is a state-of-the art facility designed to provide care to adults who are critically ill, including: patients in shock who require hemodynamic monitoring; vascular, thoracic, and cardiac surgery patients; and patients with acute respiratory disease processes who require mechanical ventilation. There is a cardiac care area on the second floor of the ICU, which features cardiac ICU rooms equipped with operating room-quality lighting for use in emergency situations. The centralized location of the new ICU brings critically ill patients closer t