Start Date: 11-30-2026

End Date: 03-01-2027

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Hours per Week: 36

Candidate Pay Rate: $60.20 per hour

About United Health Care Staffing

At United Health Care Staffing (UHC Staffing), we believe healthcare staffing should be more than just finding a job. We are here to connect amazing professionals with opportunities that make their careers exciting, rewarding, and meaningful. With us, you're not just signing up for a contract you are joining a team that's got your back, answers your calls, and maybe even cracks a joke or two to brighten your day. Think of us as the travel buddy who handles the logistics while you focus on what you do best helping people heal.

Education

• Common diagnoses/Types of patients: COVID- manual proning, Low level neuro, EVD, DKA, sepsis, PN, ARF, CRRT,
• rhabdo, post MI,, Detox, chest tubes, art line, SWAN( would like 3-4 on skills list for EVD, chest tubes, art line, swan).
• Surgical (quite a bit post surgical), Impella, TAVR, cardiac surgical, VAD devices( some), STEMI, PCI, CEA, CRRT, IABP,
• art line, swan, EVD. Travelers will take fresh open heart patients if they have that experience and can check of skills.
• Nurses should be able to interpret ABGs.
• Experience or 'Must have' skills: prefer IABP and Prismaflex CRRT experience . Must
• have good EKG reading skills. Weaning/troubleshooting vents. Travelers will be working all areas so they need to have
• experience.
• Are RNs required to titrate drips?: Yes
• Common titratable &/or set rate drips: All critical care drips such as but not limited to: Pressors-levo, paralytics,
• sedation- propofol, anti arrhythmics, dopa, heparin, argatroban.
• Charge Nurse/House Supervisor?: Does the charge nurse take an assignment? Only as a last resort Try to have 2 charge nurses between ICUs and PCU. They will do Rapid response and code blue response. They sometimes have to take patients depending
• on staffing and census. House supervisor 24/7 with some exceptions.
• Are there nurse aids on this unit/Ratios: No
• Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Intensivists in house 24/7 on West campus. NP supplementation.
• RT in ICU 24/7: RT covers all areas but there is not one in ICU 24/7
• RT Equipment (vents, Cpap, Bi Pap, etc) Vents- (Nurses should be able to troubleshoot and help wean),
• Glidescopes used during intubation and should be familiar with them. BIpap, cpap, HFNC, Vapotherm.
• Are there Tele/Monitor Techs on this unit? No Are RNs required to read their own strips? Yes What brand are the tele
• monitors?: Nihon Khoden Nurses monitor tele monitors. There are monitors in the rooms and at the nurses station.
• Shifts & Scheduling (Do you allow self-scheduling? Block scheduling?): 7-7, Schedules made 4 weeks in advance.
• Some self scheduling but it is not finalized until the manager reviews and balances. First schedule will be filling in
• holes. Can ask for trades with other staff. Typically don't allow block scheduling.
• Weekend Requirements: 4 weekend shifts per pay period- weekend nights are Friday Saturday and day weekends are Saturday Sunday, this could mean a variation of these examples, every Sat Sun Mon for nights or Sun Mon Tues for days.
• Holiday Requirements : Winter holidays- 1 holiday and an eve of another holiday. Some holidays will be required but
• will not work all holidays.
• Is there a call or standby requirement?: If low census, traveler could be placed on call. Maybe 1 time in 6 weeks. No
• scheduled call, would only be low census.
• Floating Requirements: Will be worked in the float rotation with core staff - May float to PCU and MST if needed per staff rotations also to EC ICU/PCU if needed.
• Scrub Color/Dress Code: Any color professional scrub. No camo scrubs. Will be going to Navy in October.
• Unit/Department specific orientation: 8 hours of general hospital orientation. 1-12 hour shift on the unit with a
• preceptor. 2nd 12 hour shift will have a buddy they can go to for questions. Unless special skills needing orientation.
• Ex and open heart surgery RN or CRRT, etc and needs that checkoff.