Registered Nurse (RN) | Intensive Care Unit (ICU) / Critical Care
Location: Paducah, KY
Agency: Concentric Healthcare Staffing
Pay: Competitive weekly pay (inquire for details)
Contract Duration: 13 Weeks
Start Date: ASAP
About the Position
TravelNurseSource is working with Concentric Healthcare Staffing to find a qualified ICU/Critical Care RN in Paducah, Kentucky, 42003!
Job Title
RN – ICU (Critical Care Registered Nurse)
Location
Paducah, KY
Schedule / Job Type
Contract | Night Shift | 12-Hour Shifts | Every Other Weekend / Every Other Holiday | Onsite
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct and analyze initial and ongoing patient assessments, develop individualized plans of care, implement treatment, and evaluate treatment effectiveness for critically ill patients
- Perform nursing care associated with life-supporting technology including ventilator management, CRRT, IABP, Impella, and ECMO
- Perform hemodynamic monitoring and clinically manage patients with multi-system organ failure and/or multisystem trauma
- Administer medications safely and accurately, including all critical care drips and cardiac drips, in accordance with state practice standards and facility policies
- Serve as point of contact for care coordination across hospital departments, and for patients' family members or caregivers
- Advocate for patient safety by participating in ongoing quality improvement and collaborating with interdisciplinary team members including spiritual care, palliative, and ethics services
Required Qualifications
- Current and valid RN license in the state of practice or covered by compact licensure
- BLS (Basic Life Support) certification required
- ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) certification required
- PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) certification required
- Dysrhythmia exam completion required
- Minimum of 4 years of RN experience (open to discussion for highly qualified candidates with less experience); travel contract experience required (minimum of a couple of completed contracts)
Preferred Experience / Skills
- 2 or more years of travel nursing experience
- Experience with central line care, chest tubes, wound vacs, Swan-Ganz catheters, transvenous/temporary pacing, and conscious sedation administration
- CCRN, TNCC, or other critical care specialty certification
- Experience with EPIC Electronic Health Record (EHR) system
Why Join Us
- Join a dynamic critical care team in a 13-bed ICU (with overflow capacity) providing high-acuity, comprehensive critical care to adult and geriatric patient populations
- Opportunity to apply advanced critical care skills across a full spectrum of life-supporting modalities in a supportive, interdisciplinary environment
About Concentric Healthcare Staffing
Founded and headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ, Concentric Healthcare Staffing specializes in healthcare employment with an emphasis in nursing and allied health. Our passion is to develop partnerships with our clients and become an integral part of your staffing solution. Concentric representatives understand your need for continuity of care and work to ensure that every staffing solution we provide is as unique as your facility.
To provide the skilled and talented personnel that today’s medical field demands, Concentric Healthcare offers a top flight registry service that provides staff 24/7. Your facility can enhance their recruiting process by taking advantage of the temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct placement services of our fully screened professionals.
Concentric Healthcare is proud to be recognized by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) with the JCAHO Gold Seal of Approval for the Health Care Staffing Services program. JCAHO certification acknowledges compliance with the Joint Commission’s national set of consensus-based quality standards and demonstrates a commitment to excellence in providing health care staffing.
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