Travel Nurse (RN) - Progressive 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:

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

Step Down / PCU - Required

Shift & Scheduling: Able to accommodate 4x12s if candidate prefers.

Block Schedules: No - Discuss with manager

Will work every other weekend

On-Call: No

Orientation: 24 Hours

Required Skills / Experience: Must be able to take tracheostomies with ventilators.

Preferred Skills / Experience: Teaching Hospital Experience

Procedures / Diagnostics / Treatments Performed on Unit:

Types of Patients on Unit: Patient Population: Adults

Unit takes patients of all diagnoses

Daily Census: 34

Unit Details: 38 beds, 38 rooms

Very fast paced unit with a high amount of patient throughput.

Others: Parking Cost: parking permit required, no cost. Will fill out form during orientation

Special Requirements:

Required Work Setting Experience: Telemetry, Neuro Stepdown, PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown.

Required Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency response Skills/Experience: Interpretation of dysrhythmias, Management of dysrhythmias, Telemetry -on the unit monitoring, Use of Rapid Response Teams.

Required Cardiovascular Skills/Experience: Post Cardiac Angiogram, Post MI, Pre/Post Cardiac Cath, Pre/Post Cardiac Surgery, Sheath Removal, TR Band.

Required Gastrointestinal Skills/Experience: Feeding tube care and management.

Required Genitourinary/Renal Skills/Experience: Pre/Post Hemodialysis Management, Renal failure.

Required IV therapy/Phlebotomy Skills/Experience: Accessing Ports, Arterial line management, Blood Product Administration, Central line care/management, Phlebotomy, Peripheral Line Care/Management, PICC line management, Starting IVs.

Required Medication Skills/Experience: Heparin Protocols, Manage Cardiac drips- no titration, Manage Vasoactive drips-no titration, PCA, Procedural Sedation Administration, Titrate Cardiac drips, Titrate Vasoactive drips.

Required Neurological/Psychiatric Case Experience: Craniotomy, CVA, Pre/Post neurosurgery, Spinal cord injury, Traumatic Brain injury.

Required Orthopedics Case Experience: Ortho Trauma, Peripheral nerve block catheters, Total Joint Replacements.

Required Plastic Surgery Case Experience: Skin grafts, Surgical drains.

Required Respiratory Skills/Experience: Care of Ventilated Patient, Chest tubes-Emerson/Pleur-evac, External CPAP/BIPAP, High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC), Interpretation of ABGs, Nasal Cannula, Oxygen face masks, Portable Oxygen tank, Non-invasive airway management, Tracheostomy Management.

Required Professional Topics and Skills: Isolation Precautions, Wound Care/Wound Vac.

SSN required at time of submittal

DOB required at time of submittal

Can auto approve non-holiday RTO. Anything more than the maximum allowed requires facility approval.

Background Policy to be noted prior to submission so we can seek approval prior to offer

Any perm or PRN employee of Memorial must be away for 12 months before applying as a traveler

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.