Travel PICU RN - $1,580 per week

Concentric Healthcare Staffing is seeking a travel nurse RN PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care for a travel nursing job in San Antonio, Texas.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Candidates residing within 50–100 miles of the facility may be subject to a reduced rate or may not be accepted.

Applicants must have worked in this unit or setting within the past year to be considered for this position.

Job Title

Registered Nurse – Pediatric ICU (PICU)

Location

San Antonio, TX | Acute Care

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Travel | 13 Weeks | Nights, 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM | Every other weekend required

Key Responsibilities

• Provide ICU-level nursing care across a broad range of pediatric patient populations including respiratory, neuro, GI, GU, burns, DKA, ortho, ENT, and patients with cardiac histories
• Manage and monitor patients on ventilators, drips, chest tubes, central lines, syringe pumps, trachs, and gastrostomy tubes
• Maintain patient ratios of 2:1, with 1:1 for higher acuity and up to 3:1 for step-down/lower acuity patients
• Assist with or support procedures including central line and chest tube placement, sedation, lumbar puncture, and intubation
• Document patient care accurately using the Meditech EMR system
• Float to other children's units as needed, including NICU and pediatric specialty areas

Required Qualifications

• Active RN license with a minimum of 1 year of ICU-level nursing experience
• Experience caring for intubated patients and managing mechanical ventilators
• PALS certification required
• Ability to work night shifts (7:00 PM – 7:00 AM) and every other weekend
• Navy blue scrubs required; t-shirts not permitted

Preferred Experience / Skills

• Experience caring for patients on ECMO (patient care, not pump management)
• Experience with Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
• Familiarity with Meditech EMR
• Flexible, positive, and communicative personality with strong teamwork skills

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to work in a dynamic, high-acuity 24-bed pediatric ICU serving a wide variety of complex patient populations
• Supportive unit structure with charge nurses and unit coordinators on every shift

Concentric Healthcare Staffing Job ID #783093. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Registered Nurse - PICU

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