Travel Nurse (RN) - Medical Surgical / Telemetry Unit

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:

References must cover at least 1 full year of relevant experience in specialty within the past 3 years.

Manager may or may not interview. Clinician must be okay with this. If Clinician has questions, please email the AM.

Previous Employment Requirements: Return Staff Policy If a nurse has held previous employment with Medstar, must be gone for a minimum of 1 year to return as a traveler.

Required Skills/Experience: MS/Tele, Telemetry, Cardiac Tele, Interpretation of dysrhythmias, feeding tube care and management, IV Therapy to include PICC line and peripheral line management & IV Start.

IV therapy/Phlebotomy

Accessing Ports* Blood Product Administration Central line care/management Peripheral Line Care/Management Phlebotomy PICC line management Starting and maintaining IVs Work Settings

Cardiac Telemetry MS/Tele Neuro Stepdown* PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown* Telemetry Respiratory

Chest tubes-Emerson/PleurEvac* External CPAP/BIPAP* High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)* Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs)* Nasal Cannula* Non-invasive airway management* Oxygen administration* Oxygen tanks* Tracheostomy care/management* Genitourinary/Renal

Continuous Bladder Irrigation (CBI)* Pre/Post Hemodialysis Management* Renal failure* Neurological/Psychiatric

CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident)* Pre/Post neurosurgery* Gastrointestinal

Feeding tube care and management Medications

Heparin Protocols PCA Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency response

Interpretation of dysrhythmias Management of dysrhythmias* Telemetry -on the unit monitoring Telemetry- remote monitoring* Use of Rapid Response/Code teams* Professional Topics and Skills

Isolation Precautions* Wound Care/Wound Vac* Orthopedics

Peripheral nerve block catheters* Total Joint Replacements* Plastics

Surgical drains* Additional Skills

IV start

Preferred Skills/Experience: Charge nurse. Teaching Hospital Experience. Community Hospital Experience.

Procedures/Diagnostics/Treatments Performed on Unit: Patient Diagnoses: Pneumonia, respiratory conditions that may include isolation (TB, FLU, COVID-19), COPD, CHF, Hypertensive emergencies, Endocrine disorders, Chron's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Acute Pancreatitis, GERD, Urinary Tract Infections, Sepsis, Hepatitis, Chronic Kidney Disease, Acute Kidney Injury, Stroke, TIA, neurological conditions, hematological conditions, electrolyte imbalances, and Autoimmune disorders. Nurses will be expected to provide care for those requiring special isolation precautions.

Types of Patients on Unit: Adults, Geriatrics

Unit/Facility Details: Total Staffed Beds: 402. General Medicine/Telemetry (C6-1) MedStar Georgetown University Hospital's 16-bed General Medicine/Telemetry Unit cares for adult patients with complex, wide-ranging, multisystem diagnoses, including those needing continuous pulse oximetry and telemetry. This unit can accommodate patients that may require close observation, it typically blends general medicine care and other specialized disciplines to provide comprehensive care to patients. Nurses will collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to manage the overall care of the patient. Our entire staff is committed to the MedStar Georgetown mission of cura personalis, or caring for the whole person.

Special Requests: Willing to work Thanksgiving holiday. No RTO.

Shift & Scheduling: Every other weekend, 6 weekend shifts.

Floating Requirements: Required to float within units of equivalent or lower level of acuity.

Parking cost: yes

Details:

• AUTO OFFER - NO INTERVIEW: Please request an interview for one match from this facility at a time. You will not interview with the hiring manager if the facility chooses to extend an offer to you for this position. All time off requests must be submitted at application. Scheduling requests must be worked out with the manager directly upon starting the assignment. Any offers for this job will require a clear "Yes" or "No" response from the nurse within 24hrs or the offer must be declined.