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

26 week contract highly preferred

Guaranteed Hour: 48

On call? No

Weekend rotation: Every other - Night shift: Fri/Sat

Will you accept a traveler with 1-year experience? No, 2 years

Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes

Nurse-Patient Ratio: 1/2, based on acuity. May get 3rd patient as one is being downgraded ED Hold/Obs: 1/4-5, dependent on acuity

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

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

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

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)

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

Scrub Color: Any color, must be professional

No crocs with holes