Location: Chandler, AZ

Start Date: 2025-11-17T00:00:00.000Z

End Date: 2026-02-16T00:00:00.000Z

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Shift Type: Day shifts

Hours per Week: 36 hours per week

Candidate Pay Rate: $86.00/hour (OT rate listed at $86.00/hr; holiday rate $104.92/hr)

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.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Provide high-acuity nursing care for trauma, neuro, cardiovascular and medical cardiac ICU patients, delivering evidence-based critical care
• Safely titrate and manage vasoactive, sedative, analgesic and paralytic drips according to protocols
• Interpret telemetry strips and respond to dysrhythmias promptly and appropriately
• Manage advanced ventilator strategies and noninvasive support (vent settings, CPAP/BiPAP, Airvo) to optimize respiratory function
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team including hospitalists, intensivists, RTs and surgical teams to coordinate patient care
• Perform thorough assessments, document care in Cerner, and communicate plan of care to patients, families and team members
• Maintain readiness for trauma activations and high-acuity procedures common to a Level 1 trauma center

Qualifications

• Active RN license in good standing (able to submit license documentation)
• Minimum 3 years of recent ICU experience required; experience must include either neuro or cardiovascular care (no exceptions)
• BLS, ACLS and NIHSS required prior to or at onboarding
• UNA Dysrhythmia exam required 24-48 hours prior to acceptance (max 2 attempts)
• Successful completion of a pass/fail simulation lab on Day 1 of orientation
• Comfort titrating common drips (e.g., vasopressors, sedatives, analgesics) and managing complex devices
• Willingness to float across sister ICUs and follow a 50-mile radius rule regarding recent facility employment

Education

• Active RN license (required)
• BSN preferred but not required

Knowledge & Skills

• Strong critical care assessment and intervention skills for trauma, neuro and CV patients
• ECG interpretation and dysrhythmia recognition
• Experience with ventilators (Draeger, Hamilton, Puritan Bennett 840), V60 BiPAP and Airvo systems
• Familiarity with titratable drips: propofol, fentanyl, versed, precedex, levophed, vasopressin, dopamine/dobutamine, cardene, labetalol, insulin, heparin, etc.
• Comfort with Cerner electronic charting and unit workflows
• Ability to work autonomously when interpreting monitors (GE monitors) and making timely clinical decisions
• Trauma and surgical ICU workflows, including care for post-op crani, ex-lap and specialty neuro-surgery cases

Benefits

• Competitive weekly pay so you can enjoy your time off without worrying about the bills
• Holiday premium pay for holidays worked
• Supportive onboarding with a clinical prescreen and a focused orientation to set you up for success
• Licensure assistance & reimbursement for required certifications when applicable
• Flexible scheduling and self-scheduling so you can balance work and life
• A collaborative, experienced team that values critical care expertise
• Opportunities to gain experience across surgical ICU, MICU/medical cardiac and CVICU units
• Access to professional development opportunities and specialty skill validation

Travel Perks: Explore Chandler, AZ

Explore sunny Chandler and the East Valley on your time off. Stroll historic Downtown Chandler for great restaurants, breweries and evening entertainment, shop at Chandler Fashion Center, or catch a show at the Chandler Center for the Arts. Outdoor lovers will enjoy nearby hiking and trails in South Mountain and Usery Mountain Regional Park, Tempe Town Lake for paddleboarding, and quick access to Phoenix attractions like the Desert Botanical Garden and cultural museums. Weekend trips to Sedona or the Superstition Mountains are an easy adventure for your days off.

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