Contract | Full-Time | Onsite | Days | 12-Hour Shifts
Key Responsibilities
Conduct initial and ongoing patient assessments, develop and implement individualized plans of care, and evaluate treatment effectiveness in collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team.
Administer medications safely and manage fixed-rate drips including Amiodarone, Cardizem, Nitroglycerin, Heparin, Dobutamine, Cardene, Lasix, Bumex, Narcan, and Milrinone.
Manage patients requiring advanced respiratory support including vents, trachs, BiPAP, CPAP, and Heated High Flow oxygen.
Provide care for patients with central lines, PICC lines, medi-ports, midlines, foley catheters, nephrostomy tubes, pleurx catheters, chest tubes, NG tubes, PEG tubes, J tubes, and flexiseal devices.
Float to ICU or Med/Surg Telemetry as needed, including management of low-acuity ICU patients such as those on low-dose vasopressors, stable vents, or post-thrombectomy/TNK patients.
Serve as a patient safety advocate, coordinate care across hospital departments, and collaborate with spiritual care, palliative care, and ethics teams as appropriate.
Required Qualifications
Current RN license in state of practice or covered under a Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC).
BLS (Basic Life Support) certification from an approved source required prior to direct patient care.
ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) certification required.
NIHSS (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale) certification required.