Travel Nurse RN - PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care - $2,500 per week

Company: UW Health University Hospital
Location: Madison
Posted on: October 26, 2024

Job Description:

• Certification Details
• Traveler must have Wisconsin Registered Nurse license or compact license from their permanent address state.
• BLS must be certified through American Heart Association ONLY
• PALS - must be certified through American Heart Association
  • Job Details
  • Join the #1 hospital in Wisconsin!
  • We are seeking a Registered Nurse to join the team on the Pediatric Float unit!
  • Nurses on this 21-bed unit care for children from newborn to adult.
  • Nurses will be floating to potentially five different units at the American Family Children's Hospital including seeing GC, IMC or ICU patients.
  • Nurses provide comprehensive care for patients admitted with a wide variety of both medical and surgical problems.
  • Problems include: general care along with ICU patients including acute head injuries, critical neurological disorders, pulmonary diseases, cardiac anomalies, organ transplantation, multi system organ failure, and ECMO.
    • Job Requirements
    • Must have at least 2 years of true Pediatric ICU (PICU) experience.
    • Must be willing to work in the ICU, IMC and GC units.
    • Trach experience is preferred.
    • Traveler must have completed two years of acute care experience within last 3 years.
    • Traveler must have experience in an Academic Level 1 - Trauma center or similar size hospital.
    • Successfully completed traveler assignment (13 weeks).
      • Schedule Information
      • Travelers are the first to float to floors working with children up to 1 year of age and/or based on the traveler's competency skills/experience.
      • The Traveler may have shifts scheduled in multiple units, depending on the current staffing needs and/or different locations within the organization.
      • During the travelers assignment, if the primary unit no longer has a need, shifts will be re-assigned to another unit in order to complete contract.
        • Unit Specific Information
        • The Pediatric Float unit is a 21-bed unit caring for children from newborn to adult.
        • Nurses will be floating to potentially five different units.
        • Traveler must have Basic Arrhythmia experience.
        • Traveler will be required to pass UW Health Telemetry test prior to being cleared to start.
          • Additional Details
          • UW Health is moving away from using outdated file formats for Microsoft (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel).
          • Profiles will need to be submitted in the following format: .docx, .xlsx and .pptx file types or our IS department will be blocking them and we will no longer receive the files nor able to forward internal to our hiring managers.

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