Travel Nurse RN - Cardiac Cath Lab
Medford, Oregon
Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center

CVICU Registered Nurse (RN)

Location: Medford, Oregon Unit: CVICU, 20 beds Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Nights, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week

Role Overview

• Care of post-open-heart surgery and cardiac medical patients, including patients on vents and trach care
• Nurse-to-patient ratio: 1:1 and 1:2
• Every other weekend required; may need to work consecutive weekends to accommodate requested time off
• Scheduled call is not required, but traveler RNs can be placed on mandatory standby for low census during their regularly scheduled shift
• Standard scrubs in any color

Floating

• Floats to ICU, IMCU, and ED first, then Medical Surgical, telemetry, post-surgical, and ortho neuro
• Traveler RNs may float to any floor
• On med-surg, the traveler works as a resource nurse and may take a reduced assignment
• Under the RN union contract, traveler and agency nurses float before regularly employed staff

Required Qualifications

• Oregon RN license (non-Oregon licensed RNs can apply and may be eligible for a 90-day temporary license if their permanent license is not posted before the assignment starts)
• BLS certification
• ACLS certification
• 3 years of RN experience
• 1 year of CVICU nursing experience
• Experience with:

  • Post-heart-cath recovery and patient management
  • Post-op day 1 open-heart surgery patient management
  • Long-term ventilated patients
  • Swan-Ganz catheters
  • Vasoactive medication titration

Equipment

• Electronic charting
• Automated medication dispensing
• IV pumps
• Ventilators
• Patient monitoring systems

Orientation

• 12 hours of orientation to CVICU during the first work week

Client Policies

• Does not accept local candidates; 50-mile radius restriction applies
• Client may call off or cancel up to 24 hours per 13 weeks

Dress Code and Appearance

• No visible tattoos on the neck or above
• Facial jewelry limited to earrings and a small, discreet nose stud no larger than 1.5 mm