Job Description

Job Description

Tact Staff is seeking a travel nurse RN PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care for a travel nursing job in Tallahassee, Florida.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 01/06/2025
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours
• Employment Type: Travel

Facility Name: TMH (Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare) Total # of Facility Beds: 772 Beds Unit Name: The Children’s Center – Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Unit Specialty: Pediatric ICU Total # of Unit Beds/Suites/Deliveries: 9 beds ** Designated Comprehensive Stroke Center & Chest Pain Center ** Trauma Level: Level 2 Trauma Prior Travel Experience Required: Minimum # Years Clinical Experience Required: 1 yr. Minimum # Years Clinical Experience in Specialty Required: 1 yr. Certifications Required: Compact or FL license, BLS, ACLS, PALS Certifications Preferred: CPN, CCRN Pediatric Certification Nurse Patient Ratio by shift: 1:1-3,

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
UD original completion date: 3/30/2020
UD reviewed by JSL: 4/9/2020

Facility Name: TMH (Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare)\t\t\t\t\t
Total # of Facility Beds: \t772 Beds

Unit Name: The Children’s Center – Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)\t\t\t
Unit Specialty: Pediatric ICU
Total # of Unit Beds/Suites/Deliveries: 9 beds

Teaching Facility: ? Y ? N \t\t
Teaching Hospital Experience Required: ? Y ? N \t
** Designated Comprehensive Stroke Center & Chest Pain Center **

Trauma Level: Level 2 Trauma

Prior Travel Experience Required: ? Y ? N \t

Minimum # Years Clinical Experience Required: 1 yr.
Minimum # Years Clinical Experience in Specialty Required: 1 yr.
Certifications Required: Compact or FL license, BLS, ACLS, PALS
Certifications Preferred: CPN, CCRN Pediatric Certification

Nurse Patient Ratio by shift:\t1:1-3, acuity dependent

Ancillary Assistance:
CNA/ PCT: ? Y ? N
Unit clerk/Secretary: ? Y ? N
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# Days of Orientation: 2-3 days\t

Patient Care Modality: Primary PICU nursing\t

Dress Code
Scrubs/color: Royal Blue \t
Shoes: Per TMH Policy
Jewelry: Per TMH Policy\t\t
Hair/Beard: Per TMH Policy
Nail Polish: Per TMH Policy\t

Documentation System: Cerner
Medication System: Pyxis
Floating Required: ? Y ? N \t
To what units/facilities: Pediatric Unit
Describe the rotation: As needed, float occurs by last date.

Charge required: ? Y ? N \t

Scheduling
Shift Hours: 7p-7a & & 7a-7p\t
Rotation Schedule: N/A
Self-Scheduling: N/A
Weekend Requirements: Three weekend shifts per 4-week schedule.
Call Requirements: N/A\t
Holiday Requirements: One summer and one weekend holiday.

Patient Population (Diagnoses): Pediatric acute care, including a variety of medical-surgical diagnoses including trauma.
Age Range: Birth – 17 years of age

Special Equipment: (For example: IV Pumps: Type; Invasive Monitoring; Monitors: Type; ECMO;
Ventilators: Type; ABG: Type):
Plum 360 IV pumps, Medfusion 4000 syringe IV pump, Coviden Kangaroo feeding pumps, ABC Enteral syringe feeding pumps, Sapphire IV pumps, Coviden Kendal SCD 700 series, Integra Camino ICP monitor, Codman external CSF drainage system, EDS Arterial monitoring codman, Spacelabs Qube, Spacelabs monitors, Giraffe Omnibed, Fisher Paykel infant warmer, Ohio Infant warmer system, Mistral Air warming blanket, Verathon Bladderscan primeplus, Medivance Arctic sun, Hoyer lift, Maquet ventilator, Vapotherm Hi-VNI, Lifepak 20 Defribrillator, iSTAT – POC, StatSTrip Glucometer – POC, Natus Bili-meter, Olympus Bili-meter, Drager Phototherapy 4000 lamps, Natus Neoblue Phototherapy, Natus Cozy Bilibed, Carefusion wet/dry shaver, Accuvein Ahmeda breast pump, EDS arterial monitoring device, Stryker bed, Stryker Cub Cadet crib, Stryker Nara bassinet, Stryker trauma Intouch bed, Hard mfg Infant Crib, Ohmeda wall suction device, Ohio wall suction device, Ohio mobilvac portable suction, Seca diaper scale, Scaletronix pediatric scale 4802, Befour standing scale, Welch Allyn spot monitor, Coviden Nellcor Pulse oximetery, Oxygen flow meters (cc, 3L, 5L, 15L), Ambu bags (infant, pediatric, adult), Crash Cart, locations

Respiratory available 24/7 for support ? Y ? N
Anesthesia available 24/7 for support ? Y ? N
Who manages ventilators: RT \t

Unit Specific Procedures and Protocols: (For example: Drips; Infusions; Phlebotomy; Starting IVs; EKGs; Transports; Weaning; Nebulizer to Inhaler; Starting IVs, performing venipuncture, Performing EKGs; Discontinuing sheaths):

•\tRoom set up – appropriate bed and equipment based on admission type
•\tAdmission history, screen, home medication documentation, resuscitation reference form, height/weight/allergies, head circumference (<36 months), update white board in room, review orders with family, review Pediatric Welcome Guide, bedside SBAR, visitation guidelines, conditions of admission and consent to treat, infant/child security HUGS tag (<5 y/o), suicide precautions
•\tPatient assessment – head-to-toe (I-View), assessment (q shift), vital signs, vascular checks (q1hr), I&O, pain assessment and pediatric scales, clinical progress note, shift documentation and edu-learning record, medication education, IPOC, Humpty-Dumpty inpatient fall scale

Tact Medical Staffing Job ID #497651. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Registered Nurse - PICU

About Tact Staff

Our nurses choose Tact assignments because it provides the opportunity to take on new challenges in their careers while they travel across the United States and gain enriching experiences on a professional and personal level. 

Our dedicated team of staffing consultants will work with you and be your advocate as you choose to embark on new assignments. Our team is committed to providing our nurses and allied professionals with the most rewarding healthcare assignments and choices at primer healthcare institutions nationwide. Let us handle the details; you choose the job and location that are right for you.

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Be Adventurous -  Becoming a travel nurse or allied professional is not only a professional adventure, but a personal adventure as well. It is an opportunity to challenge yourself, to explore a new place, and try amazing food...

Make a Difference - Nurses and allied professionals make such a huge difference in so many lives. The care and compassion you show to your patients, does not go unnoticed. We know how important your jobs is, which is why we take our job as recruiters so seriously. Being able to place nurses and allied professionals in hospitals, where you are doing something as crucial as saving lives, is something we feel thankful to be able to do. 

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Job Tags

Holiday work, Summer holiday, Shift work, Weekend work,

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