ICU Nurse

Company: UCHealth
Location: Aurora
Posted on: September 15, 2021

Job Description:

Are you a Traveler RN who wants to stay close to home? Please consider UCHealth for a LOCAL Travel contract!!

NEW WAGE INCREASE

Summary

RN Travelers provides direct patient care using the nursing process in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice and with the policies, values, and mission of UCHealth.

Though census is on the rise, UCHealth is committed to providing the best possible care and experience for our patients and their families. Join UCHealth as a locally based RN Traveler for a 13-week assignment (with the option to extend or join our team full-time)! RN Travel contracts are regionally based, but opportunities are available throughout the entire UCHealth system across the front range.

Units: Med/Surg, ICU, ED, Women's Care, Float Pool

Experience: 2 years recent RN experience. Current/like experience Travel RN experience preferred

Shift: Rotating shifts - Days/Nights rotation, Straight Nights

Certification Requirements:
• Med Surg: BLS

$55hr + $6/hr Enterprise Float Pool Differential
• ICU: ACLS, BLS

$60/hr + $6/hr Enterprise Float Pool Differential
• ED: ACLS, BLS, PALS or ENPC, TNCC, NIHSS

$55/hr + $6/hr Enterprise Float Pool Differential
• Women's Care: ACLS, BLS, NRP

$55/hr + $6/hr Enterprise Float Pool Differential

To be considered as a UCHealth LOCAL Traveler you must NOT be a current employee, and you must live within 75 miles of the facility in which you will be working

Responsibilities
• Plans, implements, and evaluates patient care plans based on patient assessment to optimize outcomes and maximize available resources.
• Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate. Collaborates as needed across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including patient transfer, discharge, referral and spiritual/psychosocial support needs.
• Evaluates learning needs of patient and/or family and provides patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances.
• Effectively delegates patient care to ancillary personnel. May precept student nurses and new hires.

Requirements
• State licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) and any relevant unit specific certification requirement.
• BLS and through the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross CPR for the Professional Rescuer with card in-hand before start date. BLS or CPR card must be good through sixty days of hire. All life support certification cards must be issued by either the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross CPR for the Professional Rescuer. (American Red Cross for the Professional Rescuer is only good upon hire and all renewals will need to be through an American Heart Association sanctioned course.)

Certification Requirements:
• Med Surg: BLS
• ICU: ACLS, BLS
• ED: ACLS, BLS, PALS or ENPC, TNCC, NIHSS
• Women's Care: ACLS, BLS, NRP

Due to Point of Care Testing duties associated with this position, upon hire, a copy of highest level of education (diploma, degree, or transcripts) would be required to present to the hiring manager. If this is available to you at this time, please attach it with your resume in one document.

This position's pay range starts at: $38.00/hour + travel stipend/package. An annual bonus may be paid to eligible employees based upon organizational and individual performance.

At UCHealth, we do things differently

We believe in something different: a focus on the individuality of every person. In big ways and small, we exist to improve the extraordinary lives of all those we serve. As Colorado's largest and most innovative health care system, we as a team deliver on the commitment to provide the best possible experience for our patients and their families. We foster a true human connection and give people the freedom to live extraordinary lives. A career at UCHealth is more than a job- It's a passion.

Going beyond quality requires the perfect balance of talent, integrity, drive and intellectual curiosity. We are looking for individuals who recognize, like us, that the world of medicine is ever-changing and are motivated to do what is right, not what is easy. We support creativity and curiosity so that each of us can find the extraordinary qualities within ourselves. At UCHealth, we'll do everything in our power to make sure you grow and have a meaningful career. There's no limits to your potential here.

Be Extraordinary. Join Us Today!

UCHealth recognizes and appreciates the rich array of talents and perspectives that equal employment and diversity can offer our institution. As an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, UCHealth is committed to making all employment decisions based on valid requirements. No applicant shall be discriminated against in any terms, conditions or privileges of employment or otherwise be discriminated against because of the individual's race, creed, color, religion, gender, national origin or ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, genetic information or veteran status. UCHealth does not discriminate against any "qualified applicant with a disability" as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable accommodations, when they do not impose an undue hardship on the organization.

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