Travel Nurse (RN) - Cardiac Transitional Care 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:

Artificial nails are not allowed for any travelers. Failure to adhere could result in being sent home and/or terminated if policy is not followed.

If candidate worked a perm facility in the last 12 months, 1 reference must be from perm facility.

Eligibility as Current/Previous Employee: cumulative experience applies for previous travelers.

References: At least one reference must be from the same unit/specialty as the job you're applying to.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Cardiac experience preferred.

Unit Details:

• Nurse-to-patient ratios: Stepdown 1:3; floor 1:5 or 6.
• Patient population includes cardiology, heart failure, cardiac surgery, medicine, and hospitalist/med-surg patients.
• RNs are required to titrate heparin, insulin, nitro, Cardizem, nicardipine, Lasix, amio, and dobutamine drips.
• Dedicated charge nurse on the shift; goal is a free charge nurse, but depending on staffing may take 1-3 patients.
• Clinical associates typically run with 2 overnight (1:16); budgeted for 4 (1:8).
• Respiratory support/equipment includes NC, CPAP, BiPAP, HFNC, and trach to vent; dedicated RT for the 9th floor.
• Tele techs on 8SE and 10SE monitor and record telemetry strips; Phillips monitoring.

Shift & Scheduling:

• Self-scheduling in Kronos; generally flexible and allows block scheduling.
• Weekend requirement for the night shift position: 3-4 Saturdays/Sundays, 2 Fridays, and 2 Mondays in a 4-week schedule period.
• Holiday requirement: an eve and a day (Black Friday or Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, New Year's Eve or New Year's Day).
• No call.

Floating Requirements:

• Traveler is first to be pulled off the unit if needed. Rotational pull to the floor assignment; pull log dates are kept by charge nurses. The pull to the floor assignment is typically 1 out of the 3 shifts.