Local Contract Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $58-63 per hour

Equiliem is seeking a local contract nurse RN ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a local contract nursing job in Newark, New Jersey.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days, nights
• Employment Type: Local Contract

POSITION: RN - Float Critical Care

REQUIRED LICENSE AND CERTIFICATIONS
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• License: Active NJ or Compact license required at time of submission

• Required Certifications: ACLS; BLS; NIHSS


UNIT DETAILS AND FLOATING
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• Ratios: 1:1-3 critical care; 1:4 if floated to stepdown (Confirm with traveler). Ratios vary based on census, patient acuity and staffing

• Unit Details: Combined ICU and CCU

• Scrubs: Navy Blue

• Floating: Candidates must float within their skillset without exception. ICU/CCU, CTICU, Step Down units and ED Holding: ICU patients waiting for a bed. Please confirm with traveler


PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
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• Highly Preferred: Swan-Ganz catheter experience; experience with or exposure to IABP, Impella, and VAD.

• Preferred: CTICU or medical cardiology experience.


SCHEDULING DETAILS AND CHARTING
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• Charting: EPIC experience required

• Shift: Night (3x12 Hours) 19:00 7:30
•Weekend Requirement: Every Other Weekend

• RTO, Block & Scheduling Requests: Priority given to submits with a screenshot confirming RTO and schedule requests. No requests will be approved after offer.

• Call Off Policy: Facility is allowed to call off 1 shift per 2 weeks.

• Accept First-Time Travelers: Yes

• Locals Accepted: Yes, Locals accepted at the same rate***

WINTER HOLIDAY REQUIREMENT:
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• Based on unit/department: Clinicians must either work or provide on-call coverage for 1 of 2 or 2 of 3 winter holidays, as needed. (Winter Holidays include Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years)

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
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Newark Beth Israel Medical Center is a 653-bed quaternary-care regional teaching hospital providing comprehensive care for the region. It is home to one of the nations largest heart transplant programs, New Jersey's only Advanced Lung Disease and Transplant Program, and a Structural Heart and Valve Center offering complex procedures, including TAVR.

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center is part of RWJBarnabas Health, New Jersey's largest integrated healthcare system.