Travel Nurse (RN) - Critical Care Float Pool

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:

Housing in ME becomes more expensive in the summer months, beginning in May. Be sure to confirm you are comfortable with housing options before applying.

Guaranteed Hour: 48

Start date, shift and hours per week are all firm.

26 week contract highly preferred.

Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:

Please ask all travelers about charge experience and include in the offer if they have/have not worked in a CRN capacity

Multispecialty Critical Care patients: Medical/Surgical/Cardiac/Neuro/Ortho/Trauma/Interventional

Common diagnoses included but are not limited to: Stroke, ICP monitoring, EVD Drains, spinal precautions, DKA, Sepsis, Multisystem trauma, COVID, STEMI, NSTEMI, Heart failure

ICU Float Pool RNs could float to ER Hold/Obs and care for MedSurg level patients there and Stepdown units – this can happen as often as is needed

Patient Ratios:

1:2, based on acuity. May get 3rd patient as one is being downgraded

ED Hold/Obs: 1:4-5, dependent on acuity

Skills required:

Neuro and Trauma experience is an absolute must – please decline travelers without this; Ventilator management, critical care drips/titration, cardiac rhythm interpretation, measuring cardiac strips, drains, chest tubes, hemodynamic lines: art lines/CVP, Stroke experience

Floating: If yes, where?

This is a float pool position that floats between all levels of care, appropriate to care type – this does include floating into the ED to take ED holds (patients with admission orders) AND/OR ED Observation patients (holding orders but not fully admitted); will include patients within your scope of practice and below; as well as PACU Holds (patients with inpatient orders awaiting a bed)

Scheduling:

Weekend rotation: Every other

Day shift: Sat/Sun

Night shift: Fri/Sat

On call? No

Holiday Expectations: manager approval

Approval of RTO: to go through manager

Shift times: see posting

Scrub Color: Any color, must be professional

Roles requiring state licensure only: License should not expire within 45 days following start date

Travel Pairs: If you are in a relationship, EMMC will not schedule you on the same days. If you are not in a relationship, you can be scheduled for the same days if not on the same shift/unit. Managers will not guarantee the same schedule for travel pairs.