ICU RN
Saint Louis, Missouri
Barnes-Jewish Hospital

ICU Registered Nurse

Job Overview

• Travel/contract RN role in Saint Louis, Missouri
• Night shift: 3x12 hours, 7:00 PM–7:30 AM
• Can sign for 36 or 48 hours per week
• Patient ratio: 1:2
• Every other weekend required
• First-time travelers not accepted
• Local candidates must live at least 75 miles from the facility
• Floating required within the ICU service line
• On-call not required
• Block scheduling not available
• RTO limit: no more than 7 days
• Guaranteed hours: 3 shifts per 13 weeks

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Missouri
• ICU - Intensive Care Unit (2 years of experience)
• ICU - Intensive Care Unit experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support issued by American Heart Association
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• NIHSS
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• SICU - Surgical Intensive Care Unit experience

Key Clinical Experience

• Medical Intensive Care Unit
• Surgical Intensive Care Unit
• Dysrhythmia interpretation and management
• Multisystem organ dysfunction/failure
• 12-lead EKG/ECG acquisition
• CVP monitoring
• Pulmonary artery line/Swan Ganz monitoring
• Chronic/acute renal failure
• Arterial line management
• Blood product administration
• Central line and PICC line care/management
• IV initiation and maintenance
• Continuous IV sedation
• Emergency medications
• Cardiac and vasoactive drip titration
• Stroke management
• BiPAP support
• Ventilator care and management
• ABG interpretation
• Respiratory failure
• ETT/NT suctioning
• Infection prevention and isolation precautions
• Phlebotomy
• Surgical wound care with drains/Wound Vac

Patient Population / Unit Focus

• Respiratory failure/ARDS
• Acute chest pain, cardiac conditions, and arrhythmias
• Stroke
• Cardiac arrest
• DKA
• Multi-organ failure
• Sepsis
• Pre- and post-op cardiac, thoracic, and abdominal surgeries
• Medicine and neuro-medicine overflow
• Pre- and post-transplant
• End-of-life care and organ donation

Additional Notes

• Unit is in a short-term acute care, Magnet, teaching, Level I trauma hospital
• Epic charting
• Navy scrubs
• Monthly parking passes are available at additional cost