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Travel Nurse RN - PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care - $2,444 per week

Company: UnityPoint - Blank Children's Hospital
Location: Des Moines
Posted on: October 23, 2024

Job Description:

  • Certification Details
  • PALS (AHA) required
    • Job Details
    • Travelers must be COVID vaccinated; Medical/Religious Exemptions provided upon request
    • Any candidates submitted with a taxable home address within 60 miles of the facility location will be billed at a rate 10% less.
    • As a member of the interdisciplinary team, contributes professional nursing knowledge and skills in the provision and management of care to patients through the application of the nursing process.
    • EMR - EPIC
    • OT/Holiday Multiplier: 1.25x
    • MAY FLOAT TO NICU - MUST BE WILLING TO FLOAT
    • The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit features a 12-bed, all private-room facility that is staffed by pediatric critical care doctors. It is located on the second floor of the north wing on the Iowa Methodist Medical Center/Blank Children's Hospital campus.
    • The intensive care team helps care for critically-ill or injured infants, children and teens.
    • The Pediatric Transport Team provides children throughout the state access to a higher level of care.
    • The Transport Team brings critical care expertise to children by a pediatric nurse who is under the medical direction of a pediatric critical care or pediatric emergency medicine physician.
      • Job Requirements
      • 2+ years of current PICU experience
      • Critical Care experience strongly encouraged
      • must be willing to float to NICU when needed
      • PALS (AHA) required
      • Client prefers that the Clinicians do not take more than 7 days off in a 13 week contract.
      • 1+ year of travel, OR, multiple travel contracts completed - required
        • Schedule Information
        • NBO: 8 hrs
          • Unit Specific Information
          • In March 2017, we opened a new Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
          • In order to enhance the care we provide, the new PICU includes: 12 single patient rooms with storage and space, including a private bathroom and shower.
          • Family Consultation Room where the health care team can meet with families to discuss their child's plan of care.
          • Family Lounge with a kitchenette and comfortable seating for family members to spend time outside of their child's room.
          • State-of-the-art design with equipment easily accessible from a ceiling boom and features that allow staff to monitor patients efficiently and act quickly as needed.
          • Patient and family-centered environment with a pull-out bed and reclining chair for families, privacy curtain, two televisions and an individual sound system.
            • Additional Details
            • Work history/resume
            • Skills checklist (must have been completed within 1 year of submission date)
            • License verification
            • Copy of BLS (AHA) or ARC
            • References - highly preferred (if not provided, will be required to complete during onboarding if candidate accepts an offer)

Keywords: UnityPoint - Blank Children's Hospital, West Des Moines , Travel Nurse RN - PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care - $2,444 per week, Healthcare , Des Moines, Iowa

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