Travel Nurse (RN) - Intermediate 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:

Previous Employment Requirements: Return Staff Policy If a nurse has held previous employment with Medstar, must be gone for a minimum of 1 year to return as a traveler.

Required Skills/Experience

Required Skills: Peripheral Line Care/Management Phlebotomy PICC line management Starting and maintaining IVs Cardiac Telemetry PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown Telemetry Feeding tube care and management Heparin Protocols Manage Cardiac drips- no titration PCA Interpretation of dysrhythmias Management of dysrhythmias Telemetry -on the unit monitoring Isolation Precautions Wound Care/Wound Vac Nasal Cannula Oxygen administration Oxygen tanks Tracheostomy care/management

Preferred Skills/Experience:

Preferred Skills: Accessing Ports* Blood Product Administration* Central line care/management* Neuro Stepdown* CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident)* Pre/Post neurosurgery* Spinal cord injury* Traumatic Brain injury* IV insulin protocols* Titration of Insulin drips* Pre/Post Hemodialysis Management* Renal failure* Surgical drains*

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

Procedures/Diagnostics/Treatments Performed on Unit:

Types of Patients on Unit: Adults, Geriatrics

Patient Diagnoses: Primarily neurosurgery, neurology, and stroke patients: craniotomy, intracerebral hemorrhage, laminectomy, fusion, CVA s/p tPA and/or thrombectomy, seizures, autoimmune disorders, NPH, etc. We also see a wide array of medicine patients: sepsis, cardiac arrhythmias requiring a drip (non-titratable), oncology complications, alcohol withdrawal, diabetes, DKA, heart failure, etc.

Unit/Facility Details: This is a 28-bed Neurosciences and Stroke Intermediate Care Unit. We specialize in neurosciences and stroke, but see all IMC patients.

Type of Facility: Short Term Acute Care

Teaching Hospital

Manager may or may not interview. Clinician must be okay with this. If Clinician has questions, please email the AM.

COVID-19 - all travelers must be able and willing to accept assignments that include COVID-19 patients

Shift & Scheduling: Start Date: 11/3

36 hours or 48 hours

Every other weekend required

Details:

• AUTO OFFER - NO INTERVIEW: This is an auto-offer position. You will likely not interview with the facility prior to receiving an offer. However, an interview can be arranged upon request. 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.