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Intensive Care Unit - Travel Registered Nurse

Trusted Health
Full-time
On-site
Metairie, LA, United States

Trusted is seeking an experienced nurse for this exciting travel nursing assignment. Trusted has streamlined the travel nursing experience by enabling nurses to apply directly to jobs without the need for recruiters. This unique approach provides more transparency, eliminates pesky calls from recruiters, and puts more money in your pocket. Join the thousands of nurses across the country who have already made the switch to a more modern way to work.

Shift: 7:00 PM - 7:30 AM

Experience:

• 12 months of role experience is required with some in the last 12 months.

• Must have at least 24 months of Intensive Care Unit experience.

• Travel experience is preferred from any number of months.

• 3 months of experience with Epic is required from any number of months.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have a Louisiana license or compact license (required for submission).

• This role will require floating to multiple units

• Local & travel allowed. Candidates living <75 miles from facility will be processed as local.

• COVID vaccination required after submission. Religious and medical declinations accepted.

• Flu vaccination required for submission. Religious, medical, and personal declinations accepted.

• 12 months between Staff at Program: Vaya Workforce Solutions - Louisiana Childrens Medical Center Health System

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

Required Skills/Experience: IV therapy, Arterial line management, Blood Product Administration, Central line care/management, PICC line management, Starting and maintaining IVs, Respiratory/Thoracic, Assist with management of BiPAP, Assist with management of CPAP, Care of Ventilated Patient, High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC), Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs), Suctioning (ETT, NT), Ventilator Management, Cardiovascular, Genitourinary/Renal, Chronic/Acute Renal failure, Medications, Continuous IV sedation, Emergency Medications, Procedural Sedation Administration/Monitoring, Titrate Cardiac drips, Titrate Vasoactive drips, Neurological, Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency response, Interpretation of dysrhythmias, Management of dysrhythmias, Management of patient with multisystem organ dysfunction/failure, Gastrointestinal, GI surgery, Professional Topics and Skills, Infection Prevention, Isolation Precautions/PPE, Phlebotomy, Surgical Wounds with drains/Wound Vac, Endocrine/Metabolic, IV insulin protocols, Work Settings, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, and Burns.

Preferred Skills/Experience: Accessing/Managing Ports, Assist with Chest Tube Insertion/Removal, Care of the patient on ECMO, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), ECMO, Impella, Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP), Nurse driven ECMO protocols, Post Cardiac Surgery (directly from the OR), Post Cardiac Surgery (Not directly from the OR), Pre/Post Cardiac Cath/intervention, Pulmonary Artery Line/Swan Ganz monitoring, Sheath Removal, Transcatheter Aortic Valve implantation/Replacement (TAVI/TAVR), Valve Replacement/Repair, Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD/RVAD), CVVHD/CRRT, Continuous IV paralytics/Neuromuscular blockade, CVA/Acute Stroke management, External ventricular drain (EVD), Hypothermia protocol/Arctic Sun, ICP monitoring, Lumbar drains, Post Craniotomy, Post Neurosurgery management, Spinal cord injury, Traumatic Brain injury, FloTrac/Vigileo monitoring, Obtain 12 lead EKG/ECG, Neuro Intensive Care Unit, and Thermoregulation: hypothermia/hyperthermia*.

Unit/Facility Details: We may still have Covid-19 patients and all nurses are expected to be able to take care of any isolation patient. Please know your N95 Mask size. Nurses do all lab sticks, EKGs, and line starts.

Special Requests: You must be willing to float, work weekends, and generally just be very flexible.

Shift & Scheduling: Weekends Required: Yes, 4 weekend shifts per 4-week schedule Call Required: No.

Floating Requirements: Float Required: Yes, will float to all ICUs and may float to the ED or PACU to care for ICU patients in those areas. May occasionally float to MS/PCU units with 1:4 patient ratios. To other critical care, and stepdown with reduced ration of 1:3.

5 days maximum time off. Facility holidays: 11/27/2025, 12/25/2025, 01/01/2026. Number of holidays allowed off: 1

2 references from last 2 years (Any reference type) - required for submission

Proof of identification required for submission

Certifications:

• BLS (Basic Life Support)

• ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support)

• CPI (Crisis Prevention Institute)

• NIHSS (NIH Stroke Scale)

  • Skills Checklist: Yes
  • References: Yes
  • License Type: registered
  • License State: LA
  • Certifications: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, NIH Stroke Scale, Crisis Prevention Institute, Basic Life Support

Job Details

  • Job Type: Travel
  • Nurse/Patient: 1/2-3
  • Shift Type: Night
  • Contract Date: 2025-12-02
  • Expected Length: 13 weeks
  • Hours per Shift: 12
  • Shifts per Week: 3
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