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:

Required Skills/Experience:

• Telemetry experience (Cardiac rhythm interpretation) – will not transport patient on Tele but must be able to verify/interpret strips on the unit.
• General post-surgical experience.
• Vascular surgical patients comprise a large portion of our patient population. This person would need to have the basic knowledge of what to look at and for (assessment-wise) with this type of patient.
• Peripheral IV starts, tube feedings, TPN, Trach Care, Chest tubes, continuous bladder irrigation, drain management and removal (JP, Accordian), dressing changes, wound vacs.
• Comfortability to discontinue non-tunneled catheters, will wean patients off Epidural pump per order set, PCAs.
• Heparin Drips, Insulin Drips; NO cardiac drips or cardiac push meds.

Preferred Skills/Experience: Ortho post-op (total joints, ORIF) experience.

Required Credentials:

• Must pass EKG exam.
• Roles requiring state licensure only: License should not expire within 45 days following start date

Types of Patients on Unit:

• Surgical:

• Bariatric: Gastric Bypass, Gastric sleeve

• Vascular Surgeries: carotid endarterectomies, femoral endarterectomies, amputations, AAA repair, peripheral artery bypass grafts, fem-pop bypass

• Urology: TURP, cysto, cystectomy, penectomy, nephrectomy, ureteral stents

• General/GI: mastectomy, breast reduction; hemicolectomies, exploratory laps, bowel resection, cholecystectomy, colorectal surgeries; whipples

• Ortho: total joint, ORIF, external fixation, Ortho Trauma

• ENT: parotidectomy, neck dissection, and thyroidectomy

• Plastics: muscle flaps, skin grafts

• Neurosurgery: spinal fusions, laminectomies, craniotomies

• Medical Overflow (Haskell 3):

• CHF, Pneumonia, COVID, COPD, sepsis, cellulitis, GI Bleed, Chron’s, Vascular Gangrene, ETOH withdrawal, IVDA, etc.

Unit/Facility Details:

• Beds: (48) on Merritt 3; Haskell 3 – 10 beds
• Parking: Free

Special Requests: Travel Pairs: If you are in a relationship, EMMC will not schedule you on the same days. If you are not in a relationship, you can be scheduled for the same days if not on the same shift/unit. Managers will not guarantee the same schedule for travel pairs.

Shift & Scheduling:

• Weekend rotation: every other; occasionally back-to-back weekends – flexibility is key
• Holiday Expectations: manager approval

Housing in ME becomes more expensive in the summer months, beginning in May. Be sure to confirm you are comfortable with housing options before applying.