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.

RTO and shift requests will not be accepted after submittal.

Guaranteed Hour: 48

Scheduling:

• Weekend rotation: Every other - Night shift: Fri/Sat
• On call? No
• Holiday Expectations: No RTO accepted for Holidays
• No more than 6 days of RTO (no holidays) is accepted at this time
• Approval of RTO: to go through manager

Floating: 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)

Beds: Varies, based on unit

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

Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:

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

Skills required: Neuro and Trauma experience is an absolute must; Ventilator management, critical care drips/titration, cardiac rhythm interpretation, measuring cardiac strips, drains, chest tubes, hemodynamic lines: art lines/CVP, Stroke experience

Scrub Color: Any color, must be professional