Start Date: 10-26-2026

End Date: 01-25-2027

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Hours per Week: 48

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 heart faliure, STEMI, Pulmonary emboli, arrhythmias, MICU overflow
• Experience or 'Must have' skills ventilators, managing pressors, hemodynamics (PAC, CVP, arterial lines) Sheaths, IABP, Impella, CRRT, occasionally paralyze and sedate patients - BIS & TOF
• Are RNs required to titrate drips? yes
• Common titratable &/or set rate drips Epinephrine, norepinephrine, vasopressin, dobutamine, milrinone, amiodarone, cardene Giapresa occasionally
• Is there a Charge Nurse on each shift? Does the charge nurse take an assignment? Yes, goal is free charge but not often achieved
• Are there nurse aids/patient care techs on this unit? Ratios? Duties? Patient care assistant support is minimal, one for all 18 beds if available. They assist with blood sugars, patient hygiene, turning, phone management, and supplies. Often used as sitters
• Hospitalist &/or Intensivist in house 24/7? In the ICU 24/7? CCU is not a closed unit yet. MICU patients are managed in an intensivist model. Cardiology patients vary but the CCU fellow is availalbe 24/7
• RT in ICU 24/7? Yes
• RT Equipment (Vents, Cpap, Bi Pap, High Flow, etc.) Are RNs required to do anything with these besides trouble shoot? Ventilator troubleshooting required, should be capable of interveningn in an emergency situation like self extubation or trach dislodgememnt, Must be able to sucton competently and identify issues requiring escalation.
• Are there Tele/Monitor Techs on this unit? Are RNs required to read their own strips? What brand are the tele monitors? RNs interpret their own strips. HP monitors in use.
• Shifts & Scheduling (Do you allow self-scheduling? Block scheduling?) Self scheduling. Travelers fill in the open holes and work every other weekend. Attempts to accommodate schedule requests as much as possible while meeting the unit needs.
• Weekend Requirements every other may be occasional exceptions based on staffing needs
• Holiday Requirements Holidays are usually covered but days before and after will be required occasional
• Is there a call or standby requirement? no
• Floating Requirements First to float to similar units
• Scrub Color/Dress Code teal tops and bottoms, solid or coordination non terrycloth jackets
• How many shifts of unit/department specific orientation? two 12 hour shifts
• Additional Notes Epic documentation required
• Specialty: 6 South 1/2 - CCU