Travel Nurse RN - PACU - Post Anesthesia Care
Saint Louis, MO
Bestica
4x10 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Years of Experience: 2 year(s)

Note: *** HARDSTOP: 2 years PACU in level 1 trauma required, ICU/critical care required. Please SCREEN if they have level 2 trauma for manager to review. ****

Must have 2 years level 1 Critical Care/ICU and PACU experience for 1st time traveler.

Certifications: Certs marked with * are preferred ACLS, BLS, CCRN*, TNCC*

Skills REQ: Epic, Critical care experience, Inpatient, Level I Trauma Center, Phase I PACU, Dysrhythmia recognition/management, Blood Product Administration, Phlebotomy, Starting IVs, IV vasopressors, ICP monitoring, Care of Ventilated patients, General

Special Requirements:
Pt. population includes adults, occasional adolescents, and geriatric population in level 1 trauma center.
Surgical patients we recover include: Neurosurgery, ENT, plastics, orthopedics, thoracic, vascular, trauma, general, colorectal, GYN, urological, electrophysiology, interventional radiology, and transplant.
We do not recover open heart surgeries or liver transplants.
Unit has own PCT/transport team
Unit open 24/7. Consists of 38 patient bays. Staff needed for recovery of vast array of acute post op patients. Critical care experience required as some patients require artificial airways, invasive monitoring (including ICP), transfusions, and vasoactive drugs. Surgical patients we recover include: Neurosurgery, ENT, plastics, orthopedics, thoracic, vascular, trauma, general, colorectal, GYN, urological, electrophysiology, interventional radiology, and transplant. We do not recover open heart surgeries or liver transplants.
*night shift would have to learn how to work up a preop patient