Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit
Metairie, Louisiana
East Jefferson General Hospital

Registered Nurse - ICU

Overview

• Location: Metairie, Louisiana
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Night, 3x12 hours (19:00-07:00)
• Hours: 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week
• Experience: 2 years of experience required

Assignment Details

• Patient ratio: 1:2, sometimes flexes to 1:3
• Weekends: Required, 4 weekend shifts per 4-week schedule
• On-call: Not required
• Float: Required. Will float to all ICUs. May float to the ED or PACU to care for ICU patients in those areas. May occasionally float to MS/PCU units at 1:4 ratios.
• Duties: Nurses perform all lab sticks, EKGs, and line starts.
• Equipment includes: IV pumps, PCA pumps, ventilators, CRRT dialysis machines, cardiac monitors, EVD management systems, Arctic Sun temperature management system, bedside monitors, hospital beds, medication dispensing station, and bladder scanner.
• Infection control: May care for COVID-19 patients. All nurses are expected to care for isolation patients and must know their N95 mask size.
• RTO: Limited to 5 days total.

Required Qualifications

• Licensure: State license verification and NURSYS verification (RN), both within 30 days of start
• Certifications: ACLS, BLS, CPI, and NIH Stroke Certification

  • CPI Blue Card only; can be completed onsite within 30 days of start if not already certified
• CCRT (RN only): Required for CVICU and OHRU
• Competencies:

  • Medication/pharmacology competency exam: score 80% or higher, completed within 12 months of start and updated annually
  • Competency exam: score 80% or higher, completed within 12 months of start and updated annually
  • Dysrhythmia/EKG competency exam: score 80% or higher, 2 attempts allowed, completed within 12 months of start and updated annually
  • Core Parts I, II, and III: updated annually
  • Skills checklist: completed within 12 months of start and updated annually
• Background and eligibility:

  • Background check within 30 days of start covering the past 7 years, including sex offender, federal extended, and FACIS Level 3 searches, updated annually
  • EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks within 30 days of start
  • E-Verify and I-9 documentation
  • Government-issued photo ID whose name matches all candidate documentation
  • Employment application with 7 years of work history and no gaps longer than 30 days
• Health requirements:

  • TB: Qgold, T-Spot, or two-step skin test within 3 months of start. Past positive candidates need a chest X-ray within 5 years plus an annual TB questionnaire. TB questionnaire required annually for all candidates.
  • Tdap within 10 years
  • Measles, mumps, and rubella: 2 MMR vaccines or positive titer
  • Varicella: 2 vaccines or positive titer
  • Hepatitis B: series, titer, or signed declination within 12 months of start
  • Drug testing within 30 days of start, valid for 2 years
  • Flu vaccination documentation required October 1 to March 31 (2026-27 season). New starts beginning 10/1 must have documentation on file by 10/31. Mask required at all times if unvaccinated.
  • Physical exam not required

Preferred

• CCRT (RN only): Cardio Vascular Operating Room / All OR