Critical Care Float RN
Appleton, Wisconsin
ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton

Registered Nurse, ICU

Assignment Overview

• Employment type: Travel
• Location: Appleton, WI and Neenah, WI
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Start date: ASAP
• Shift: 12-hour NOC shifts, starting at 5:30 PM
• Weekends: Up to every other weekend (open to every-weekend candidates)
• Holidays: Holiday rotation as needed
• On call / call back: None
• Scrub color: Black

Role and Scope

• Role: ICU/Critical Care Float within the Clinical Resource Team. The traveler must be comfortable floating between units and facilities.
• Primary assignment: Appleton and Neenah ICU
• Units:

  • Appleton: 16-bed CVICU/MICU
  • Neenah: 14-bed Neuro Trauma ICU/MICU (Level II Trauma)
• Primary case types: CV, Vascular, Neuro, Trauma, Medical
• Patient ratio: 1:1–2
• Float scope: Must be flexible to float to IMU and Med/Surg units. May float to all facilities within a 60-mile radius, including smaller locations as needed. Potential float to ICU units, inpatient Neuro, IMU, Med/Surg, and Telemetry based on competency. The traveler takes only patients within their skillset.
• Scheduling: Schedule is provided in 2-week increments. Location may change up to 2 hours in advance.
• Guaranteed hours: 36 hours per week, except during holidays when the unit is closed. Hours are not guaranteed the week of orientation.
• Attendance: Any missed shift must be made up within 2 weeks.

Required Qualifications

• Wisconsin RN license
• AHA BLS
• AHA ACLS
• NIHSS
• Minimum of 2+ years of ICU experience
• Prior travel experience required: Minimum of 1 travel contract
• Travelers coming from a facility, or whose home location is within 50 miles of the corporate center in Neenah, WI, are not eligible.

Other Information

• Software familiarity (not a credential): Charting experience in EPIC within the last year is required.