IMC RN
Columbia, South Carolina
Palmetto Health Richland

Intermediate Intensive Care Registered Nurse

Job Overview

• Location: Columbia, South Carolina
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Shift: Night, 3x12 hours
• Hours per week: 36
• Contract length: 13 weeks or 26 weeks
• Weekend requirement: 6 weekend shifts per 6-week schedule period
• Holiday requirement: Must work 2 of the 3 holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day
• Floating: Required to float to other units or campuses as needed, within documented competencies

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in South Carolina
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Intermediate Care (2 years of experience)
• Intermediate Care experience within the last year
• ICU - Intensive Care Unit experience
• One completed travel assignment
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• BLS - Basic Life Support issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• NIHSS
• Proficiency in cardiac monitoring and emergency response, including interpretation and management of dysrhythmias and telemetry monitoring
• Medication management skills including titration of cardiac and vasoactive drips
• Ventilator experience
• Experience with Epic

Key Skills and Experience

• Cardiac monitoring
• Dysrhythmia interpretation and management
• Telemetry monitoring
• Titration of cardiac and vasoactive drips
• Experience with progressive care settings such as PCU, DOU, IMC, or Stepdown may be considered

Unit Details

• Adult intermediate intensive care setting
• Patient population includes trauma, medical, surgical, and neurology cases
• Typical ratio: 1:3
• Monitoring or interventions may be needed every 1–2 hours
• Unit receives direct admissions, ICU transfers, and Rapid Response escalations

Scheduling Notes

• RTO, block scheduling, and special scheduling requests must be submitted with the application and are only accommodated if approved at booking
• Facility may call off 1 shift per 2 weeks

Additional Notes

• First-time travelers are accepted
• Local candidates are accepted, subject to radius rule criteria
• Pending license is not accepted
• EPIC experience is required for 1 year