Travel Nurse RN - PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care
Washington, District of Columbia
Children's National Medical Center

Pediatric Critical Care Float Pool

Location: Washington, District of Columbia Employment Type: Travel/Contract Start Date: ASAP Contract Length: 13 weeks Specialty: Registered Nurse Position: Peds Critical Care FP, Strong PICU required

Schedule

• Shifts: Day (3x12 hours, 7:00 to 19:30) or Night (3x12 hours, 19:00 to 7:30)
• Hours: 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week
• Guaranteed Hours: 48 hours, with no overtime until after 48 hours
• Weekends: Every other weekend (EOW), also open to blocked weekend scheduling
• On-Call: Not required
• Time Off (RTO): Maximum of 7 days. If a full consecutive week is taken, a week must be added to the end of the contract.

Assignment Details

• Units: NICU, PICU, and CVPICU. The clinician floats within these units to meet facility needs.
• Ratios: 1:1 or 1:2. If floating to NICU, the ratio may be 1:3.
• Facility: Magnet and Teaching facility with Level I Trauma designation and 320 staffed beds
• Scrubs: Any color, must be child-friendly, no logos

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in District of Columbia
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• 2 years of Pediatric Critical Care Float experience, with experience within the last year
• PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care) experience
• CVPICU experience
• BLS (Basic Life Support) issued by American Heart Association
• PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) issued by American Heart Association

Onboarding and Compliance Requirements

• Background: Background check within 30 days of start, covering the past 7 years and updated annually. Includes SSN trace, criminal searches, national sex offender search, FACIS Level 3, and education verification. International searches apply if relevant. Also requires EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks, plus a government-issued photo ID. Transcript or diploma is accepted if education verification is pending.
• Testing and Competencies: Medication calculation exam with a score of 84% or higher (2 attempts allowed), given at orientation. Medication test/pharmacology competency exam, competency exam, and online color blindness testing are required. The medication calculation exam is not required for per diem.
• Health:

  • Physical exam within 30 days of start, including latex allergy information (or a latex questionnaire)
  • Tdap within 10 years (TD and DTaP not accepted)
  • TB test (PPD, QuantiFERON, or T-SPOT) within 60 days of start, plus the TB questionnaire. Past positives require a chest X-ray.
  • Rubeola, mumps, and rubella: 2 MMR vaccines or a positive quantitative titer with lab value and reference range
  • Hepatitis B: series and quantitative surface antibody titer with lab value and reference range
  • Varicella: 2 vaccines or a positive quantitative titer with lab value and reference range
  • 10-panel drug screen within 30 days of start, including marijuana
  • Flu vaccine or approved medical/religious exemption, with proof of administration (receipts and prescriptions not accepted)
  • COVID vaccine or declination for tracking
  • N95 fit test (1860 or 1870+, or PAPR) within 1 year, updated annually. Initial fit test cannot be completed onsite. PAPR arrangements are made with occupational health one week before start.
• Facility Requirements: Facility modules (including COVID-19 vaccine and CDC training), orientation safety manual acknowledgment, employment application, skills checklist, 2 professional references dated within the past 2 years (preferably supervisors or managers, cannot be pending at start), and a badge photo completed immediately after signing.