Required Skills/Experience:
24 months of experience in Progressive Care, Stepdown, Med Surg, Tele, or Med Surg/Telemetry is required.
First-time travelers are accepted with at least 2 years of nursing experience; hospital/medical center experience will be prioritized.
Experience, comfort, and proficiency with heparin, insulin, Lasix, amiodarone, diltiazem, and digoxin are required.
Must be able to comfortably and confidently read EKG/ECG, including all telemetry-related duties and responsibilities such as rhythm strips and dysrhythmia reads.
Special Requests:
Past UnityPoint Health employees who were FTEs or PRN staff in the UnityPoint Health float pool cannot work travel in another market, regardless of which facility they currently work at or have worked at within the past 12 months. If they previously worked travel at UnityPoint Health rather than as FTE or PRN staff, this separation policy does not apply.
Unit Details:
The assignment includes tele reads.
Shift & Scheduling:
Flexible contract hours: 48 per week; 36 per week may be accommodated.
Every other weekend.
Unless the unit is closed, must work 1-2 of 3 upcoming winter holidays.
No call.
Floating Requirements:
The nurse must float across Med Surg, BH, ED, ICU, and some post-procedural areas as needed; there is no home unit, and primary care is Med Surg, with assignments based on where assistance is needed most according to census/staffing.
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