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PICU

Tacoma, WA

$2,501/wk

total comp after Bypass fee

Start Date

ASAP

Duration

13 weeks

Shift

12 hour nights

Hours/Week

36h

Profession

RN

About This Position

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Required Certifications
BLSCompetency ExamPICU

Nights Description: SIMPLIFI CLINICAL INTERVIEWING + UNIT FINAL REVIEWMinimum Years of Experience required? 2 years PICU, at least 1 year needs to be PCICUWill you accept a first-time traveler

YesRequired License, National Certification, Certs: BLS,

PALSSkills required: experience with below cardiac patients, surgeries, and diagnoses, aseptic and sterile technique, basic dressing changes, ventilator and trach management, suctioning, G/GJ/J-tube management, NG tubes, chest tubes, epidurals, PCA pumps, drip management, foley insertion/management, central line dressing changes and care, central line blood draw, peripheral lab draws, discharging patients, soft skills: quick learner, critical thinker, good time management, engaged; ECMO peritoneal dialysis experience preferred not required.Patient

Types/Common Diagnoses: mixed PICU/PCICU with neuro, cardiac, respiratory, surgical, medical. This position will be predominantly PCICU patients, but could also care for general PICU patients; cardiovascular/thoracic congenital heart defects (will stay from surgery until discharge). Stat category 1, 2, 3, occasionally 4, fresh open hearts, post-cath, medical cardiac (CHF, cardiomyopathy, myocarditis), post-cardiac arrest, some thoracic cases; could also care for these diagnoses:respiratory hi-flow, CPAP, BiPAP, trachs, RSV, asthma, COVID; Traumas falls, MVAs, etc.surgical appendectomies, g-tubes, ENT, fresh trachs, bowel obstructions, broken bones, VP shunts, neuropatients receiving chemotier 3 during COVID surge provide care up to age 30 (extremely rare)ECMO ECMO specialist will handle the ECMO machineCRRT traveler can care for this if previous CRRT and Prismax experience (very low volume of CRRT, so will likely go to core staff)any major facial wound, eye injury, or penetrating trauma will go to Level I Trauma Center (Harborview); NO solid organ transplant, major burns, VADS, or stem cell transplantsEMR: EPIC experience preferredFloating: MedSurg, or ED or NICU Helping Hand or sitterWeekend rotation: Every other (unless otherwise requested or stated)On call? no, only low census/standby to be called in for a later portion of shiftShift times: 0700-1930, 1900-0730Scrub Color: any solid color, professional. No graphics, logos, designs, hooded shirt. Long sleeves must be able to be pulled above the elbow and stay. Long hair must be up; during football season, Friday is spirit day and staff are permitted to wear appropriate team attire152 total bed Level II Trauma Center with 22 PICU beds avg census of 10-11 patients/day

Program name: SimpliFi

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