Travel Nurse (RN) - Post Anesthesia 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:

New Tower

BJC policy: Every other weekend required.

RNs only - Clinicians who obtained RN degree outside of the U.S. and do not hold MO/IL/Compact license require extended licensing and compliance timeframe.

No medical marijuana cards accepted.

Shift & Scheduling: Rotating shifts as needed (0630, 0730, 0830, 0930)

• Monday-Friday, rotating starts -Weekend REQ: No weekends, no call

Required Skills/Experience: -Skills REQ: Critical care experience, Inpatient, Level I Trauma Center, Phase I PACU, Dysrhythmia recognition/management, Blood Product Administration, Phlebotomy, Starting IVs, IV vasopressors, ICP monitoring, Care of Ventilated patients, General -Will need to pass Relias EKG exam

Preferred Skills/Experience: -Teaching Hospital Experience

• Needs high acuity inpatient PACU and ICU experience preferred.

Types of Patients on Unit: -Pt. population includes adults, occasional adolescents, and geriatric population in level 1 trauma center.

Procedures/Diagnostics/Treatments Performed on Unit: -REQUIRED: post cardiac surgery, lobectomy, chest trauma, Ex-lap and splenectomy and trauma patients. Please call out if they do not have these skills in the screen. -High acuity PACU area with 80% of their patients being admitted into the hospital after the procedure/surgery. -PACU (Recovery): Unit open 24/7. 38 patient bays. Critical care experience required as some patients require artificial airways, invasive monitoring (including ICP), transfusions, and vasoactive drugs. Surgical patients we recover include: Neurosurgery, ENT, plastics, orthopedics, thoracic, vascular, trauma, general, colorectal, GYN, urological, electrophysiology, interventional radiology, and transplant. We do not recover open heart surgeries or liver transplants. -Pre-Op: 30 patient bays. Work up patients preoperatively for a multitude of surgical services. They include: Neurosurgery, ENT, plastics, colorectal, GYN, orthopedics, trauma, transplant, cardiothoracic, hepatobiliary, vascular, endoscopy, interventional radiology and urology. EKG rhythm analysis, transfusion, blood drawing, and IV starting capabilities are a few of the requirements. *night shift would have to learn how to work up a preop patient -REQUIRED: experience with drains, vasoactive drips, mechanical ventilation, and recovery from general anesthesia; needs high acuity inpatient PACU and ICU experience preferred.

Special Requests:

• Block Schedules: No

Floating Requirements: Note: ICU, main PACU, PCU, MS, ER Holding

Parking Cost: $15/day or $70/month

Required Credentials: -SSN – required -DOB – required