SICU RN
Houston, Texas
CHI Saint Luke's Health-Baylor Saint Luke's Medical Center

Registered Nurse

Location

Houston, Texas

Specialty

Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Contract Length

13 weeks

Schedule

• 12-hour day shifts
• 36 hours per week
• Scheduled based on unit needs
• Every other weekend required
• Must be flexible with scheduling; self-scheduling is not available

Required Qualifications

• Active RN license
• BLS
• ACLS
• NIHSS
• 3+ years of experience
• Prior travel experience
• Experience in a very busy hospital
• Must be open to floating
• EPIC familiarity

Clinical Expectations

• Manage critically ill surgical ICU patients
• Titrate drips
• Perform hemodynamic monitoring
• Manage chest tubes, ventilators, and various drains/surgical sites
• Recognize changes in patient condition and escalate appropriately
• Read telemetry strips
• Float to other ICUs within the hospital as needed

Unit Details

• 12 beds
• Typical nurse-to-patient ratios are 1:2 or 1:3
• Intensivist support is available 24/7
• Respiratory therapy is available 24/7
• No telemetry techs on the unit
• Charge nurse may take a full assignment depending on staffing
• Nursing assistants/patient care techs are intermittent

Dress Code

• Teal bottoms
• Black or printed coordinating scrub top
• No fleece jackets
• No shellac, dip, or acrylic nails
• Unchipped regular nail polish is allowed

Orientation

• 2 shifts