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Job ID: 895686
Estimated Weekly Gross: $2,437.22
Job Title
Registered Nurse – Float Critical Care (ICU/CCU)
Location
Newark, NJ | Acute Care
Schedule / Job Type
Contract | Nights | 3×12-Hour Shifts (7:00 PM – 7:30 AM) | Every other weekend required
Key Responsibilities
- Provide critical care nursing in a combined ICU/CCU setting with patient ratios of 1:1–3 in critical care and 1:4 when floated to stepdown
- Perform IV therapy skills including arterial line management, starting and maintaining IVs, and phlebotomy
- Manage ventilated patients and interpret arterial blood gases (ABGs)
- Monitor and manage cardiac dysrhythmias; care for post cardiac surgery patients (not directly from the OR)
- Float within skillset as required across ICU/CCU, CTICU, stepdown units, and ED holding areas
- Provide on-call or working coverage for 1 of 2 or 2 of 3 winter holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s) as needed based on unit requirements
Required Qualifications
- Active New Jersey RN license or Compact license required at time of submission
- Required certifications: ACLS, BLS, and NIHSS
- Minimum 1.5 years of critical care experience
- Proficiency with EPIC electronic health records (EPIC training required; non-billable modules completed pre-start and annually)
- Ability to float within skillset across applicable units without exception
- At least one supervisory reference required at time of submission
- Local candidates are welcome and accepted
Preferred Experience / Skills
- Swan-Ganz catheter experience highly preferred
- Experience with or exposure to IABP, Impella, and/or VAD highly preferred
- CTICU or medical cardiology background preferred
Why Join Us
- Opportunity to work within a large quaternary-care regional teaching hospital that is home to one of the nation’s largest heart transplant programs and a range of advanced cardiac and pulmonary services
- First-time travelers are welcome, making this an excellent opportunity for clinicians beginning their travel nursing career