What are the responsibilities and job description for the ICU Travel Nurse position at Advantis Medical Staffing?
This ICU travel nurse position in Alexandria, Louisiana, with Advantis Medical is a 13-week Travel ICU Registered Nurse (RN) contract at Rapides Regional Medical Center. This role pays $2,043 per week and follows a Nights shift with a 3x12 schedule.
As the ICU registered nurse on this assignment, you'll care for critically ill patients on continuous monitoring, titrate critical infusions as ordered, manage ventilated patients, and act immediately on signs of deterioration with the critical care team.
Advantis Medical supports travel clinicians with streamlined credentialing to help with fast start dates, free license support and renewals, and Day 1 benefits.
Responsibilities
- Manage critically ill patients requiring continuous hemodynamic monitoring and frequent reassessment
- Titrate vasoactive, sedation, and other high-alert drips as ordered and per facility protocol
- Care for mechanically ventilated patients and manage critical care devices, including arterial and central lines
- Respond to clinical deterioration and participate in codes and rapid responses
Travel Nursing Requirements:
- 2 years of recent ICU nursing experience
- Active Louisiana RN License
Rapides Regional Medical Center serves Central Louisiana with emergency, inpatient and surgical care, plus a dedicated women's and children's hospital.
- Trauma care includes neurosurgery coverage and orthopedic trauma services, with hand, oral surgery and urology consultation available for complex injuries.
- General medicine and telemetry care sit alongside medical and surgical ICUs, giving the hospital both inpatient medical care and intensive-care services.
- Inpatient and outpatient surgery includes general, colorectal, gynecologic and bariatric procedures, with robot-assisted options across these specialties.
- Neurosurgery treats complex brain tumors and spine conditions and offers deep brain stimulation. Orthopedic surgery includes hip, knee and shoulder replacement.
- Cardiovascular procedures include coronary angioplasty and stenting, pacemaker implantation, traditional heart surgery and transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
- Rapides Women's and Children's Hospital provides labor and delivery, dedicated C-section operating rooms and postpartum care, with a Level III NICU for ill or premature newborns.
Benefits:
Day One Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision & 401(k),Relocation and Travel Reimbursement,Dedicated team to help with state licensing & renewals,Weekly Direct Deposit,$1,000 Referral Bonus $250 Bonus for Your ReferralSalary : $2,043