ICU Registered Nurse
Burbank, California
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center

ICU Registered Nurse (Travel Contract)

Overview

• Location: Burbank, California
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Start date: ASAP
• Ratio: 1:2
• Facility: Acute care hospital with 392 staffed beds
• Scrub color: Any color
• Parking: Free

Schedule

• Shift: Night, 3x12 hours (19:00 to 07:00)
• Hours: 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week
• Weekends: Every other weekend, 4 weekend shifts in a 4-week scheduling period
• On-call: Not required
• Float: May float between like units as needed to meet facility needs
• Block schedule: Open to accommodating per manager discretion
• Guaranteed hours: Facility may call off once per two-week pay period

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in California
• ICU - Intensive Care Unit experience: 1 year, completed within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) issued by American Heart Association or Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation
• BLS (Basic Life Support) issued by American Heart Association or Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation
• NIHSS (NIH Stroke Scale)
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Experience working with Neuro patients

Preferred

• Experience with specialized equipment used at the facility

Certifications

• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)
• BCLS (BLS, Basic Life Support). Must be AHA (Instructor, Provider, or RQI) or Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada certification only.
• NIH Stroke Certification. Required every 2 years unless the card states otherwise.

Pre-Start Requirements

• Background check within 90 days of start, covering all locations lived or worked in the past 7 years, updated annually
• Education verification (third-party, RN nursing degree)
• Drug screen: 9-panel, within 12 months of start (instant results accepted)
• Physical exam within 1 year of start, signed by an MD, NP, PA, DO, or APRN
• TB test (IGRA/QuantiFERON, or 2 PPDs) within 12 months of start
• TDAP within 10 years (declination accepted)
• MMR (measles, mumps, rubella): 2 vaccines at least 28 days apart, or positive titer
• Hepatitis B: vaccine series with positive titer, or signed declination
• Varicella: 2 vaccines at least 28 days apart, or positive titer
• Flu vaccine or declination during flu season
• COVID: most recent vaccination record preferred; declination not required
• RespSafety clearance (annual respirator medical clearance)
• Fit mask testing
• Annual regulatory training modules via the facility's learning system
• Employment application covering the last 5 years of employment
• References: 2 references covering 1 year of employment in the past 3 years, in a comparable specialty or setting