Critical Care Float RN
Newark, New Jersey
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

RN - Float Critical Care

Location: Newark, New Jersey Employment Type: Travel/Contract Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Day, 3x12-hour shifts (7:00 to 19:30) Hours: 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week Unit: Combined ICU and CCU Scrubs: Navy blue

Schedule and Policies

• Weekends: Every other weekend
• RTO and schedule requests: Priority goes to submissions that include a screenshot confirming RTO and schedule requests. No requests will be approved after offer.
• Call-off policy: The facility may call off 1 shift per 2 weeks.
• First-time travelers: Accepted
• Local candidates: Accepted

Unit Assignment and Floating

• Ratios: 1:1 to 1:3 in critical care; 1:4 if floated to step-down (confirm with traveler). Ratios vary based on census, patient acuity, and staffing.
• Float scope: ICU/CCU, CTICU, step-down units, and ED holding (ICU patients waiting for a bed). Confirm with traveler.
• Floating rule: Candidates must float within their skill set without exception.

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in New Jersey
• Critical Care Float experience of 1.5 years
• Critical Care Float experience within the last year
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) issued by the American Heart Association or RQI
• BLS issued by the American Heart Association or RQI
• IV Certification
• NIHSS certification
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Experience working with cardiac surgery patients
• IV therapy: arterial line management
• Respiratory: interpretation of ABGs
• Cardiac: interpretation and management of dysrhythmias
• Experience with Epic

Hospital Highlights

• 653-bed quaternary-care regional teaching hospital
• Home to one of the nation's largest heart transplant programs and New Jersey's only Advanced Lung Disease and Transplant Program
• Structural Heart and Valve Center offering complex procedures, including TAVR