Travel Nurse (RN) - Outpatient Clinic

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

Required Skills/Experience:

• 1 year of experience working as an RN in an outpatient cardiology clinic setting and triage setting is required.
• Previous Charge Experience: Required.
• Medication reconciliation.
• Obtain 12 lead EKG/ECG.
• Obtain vital signs.
• Pain assessment.
• Patient health questionnaire/history/allergies.
• Arrhythmia interpretation.
• Cardiac arrest response.
• Hypertension.
• AED (Automated External Defibrillator).
• Altered level of consciousness.
• Oxygen administration.
• Follow up phone calls.
• Patient education, especially around lifestyle and medication adherence.

Required Credentials:

• Cannot have any hits/suspensions on license or any background hits from any point in the past.
• If you have a multistate/compact nursing license, you will be required to complete a one time 6 hour suicide prevention training according to the WA state regulations.

Special Requests:

• RTO must be listed at time of submission.
• All positions at Providence Health & Services require that any and all lab items requested during onboarding be completed within 72 hours of signing a contract - no exceptions. This means candidates must be responsive and willing to go to a lab to complete health orders ASAP after signing. Failure to comply may lead to a pushed start or cancellation as assessed by the facility.
• References must cover at least 1 full year of relevant experience in specialty within the past 3 years.
• You must be able to complete labs within 48 hours of signing.

Unit Details:

• Adult and geriatric patient population.
• Patient population includes cardiology patients who may be preparing for or recovering from procedures such as cardiac catheterization, PCI/stent placement, EP procedures, structural heart procedures, cardioversions, or vascular/interventional studies.
• Many patients may be medically complex and require careful assessment of symptoms, anticoagulation status, medication changes, and post-procedure complications.
• The clinic role is generally ambulatory, not procedural sedation or cath lab intra-procedure nursing unless specifically trained/credentialed.
• Triage patient calls/messages using clinic protocols and provider direction.
• Reinforce medication instructions already ordered by providers.
• Assess symptoms and determine appropriate escalation.
• Escalate urgently for chest pain, new/worsening shortness of breath, syncope/near-syncope, stroke-like symptoms, uncontrolled bleeding, unstable vitals, or signs of vascular access complications.

Shift & Scheduling:

• Monday-Friday.
• Weekend requirement: No.
• On-call requirement: No.