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

Critical Care Float

Location

• Newark, New Jersey

Employment Type

• Travel/Contract

Role Details

• Float Critical Care
• Combined ICU and CCU
• Night shift, 3x12 hours: 19:00–7:30
• 36 hours per week

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in New Jersey
• Critical Care Float experience within the last year
• 1.5 years of Critical Care Float experience
• ACLS issued by American Heart Association
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• NIHSS
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Arterial line management
• Start and maintain IVs
• Phlebotomy
• Care of ventilated patients
• Interpretation of ABGs
• Post-cardiac surgery care (not directly from the OR)
• Interpretation and management of dysrhythmias
• Experience with Epic

Clinical Skills

• Arterial line management
• Start/maintain IVs
• Phlebotomy
• Care of ventilated patient
• Interpretation of ABGs
• Post cardiac surgery care, not directly from the OR
• Interpretation and management of dysrhythmias

Preferred Qualifications

• Swan-Ganz catheter experience
• Experience with or exposure to IABP, Impella, and VAD
• CTICU or medical cardiology experience

Float Scope

• ICU/CCU
• CTICU
• Step Down
• ED Holding for ICU patients waiting for a bed

Unit Notes

• Ratios: 1:1–3 in critical care; 1:4 if floated to stepdown

Additional Notes

• Navy blue scrubs
• Facility may call off 1 shift per 2 weeks