Travel Nurse (LVN / LPN) - Medical Surgical - Orthopedic 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:

Recent experience at a level 1 trauma center is required. No block scheduling. Sterile Processing Tech only: Must have experience at a similar sized hospital (minimum 400 bed size) Surgical Technologist only: Must have Level 1 experience or comparable Level 2 experience (in a larger city/large bed size)

𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀/𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲:

Minimum 1.5yr clinical experience

Minimum 1yr within a hospital setting in the past 3-5yrs.

IV experience required.

𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀:

36 bed adult surgical unit that cares for primarily orthopedic and trauma patients as well as other specialties such as plastics, general surgery. Also serving as the surgical COVID unit. A very busy unit where mobilizing and rehabilitating patients is the main goal. We also have two negative pressure rooms that can accommodate patients who are being ruled out for tuberculosis or who have a diagnosis of active tuberculosis or shingles. In addition, we are the medicine overflow unit for patients with Cystic Fibrosis, so our population can be varied.

LNA ratios to patients: 1:12

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀/𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀/𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁:

The most common diagnosis on the unit: Hips, knees, trauma, TBI’s, Lami’s, skin grafts, new quads, new paras. Travelers need to have ortho trauma experience. Level I Trauma Center experience is preferred, but several years of Level II Trauma center experience is acceptable. On 3 West we utilize our LPNs as support to the RNs (Team nursing model of 2 RNs, 1 LPN and 1 LNA), overseeing 10 patients, giving medication, doing focused assessments, admitting/discharging/educating patients under the direction of the RN. Our LPNs play an important role, with the RN, to help support our LNA vacancies. We are a fast-paced environment.

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀/𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲:

IV certification is preferred as we give many antibiotics on the unit.