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:

IR PACU

Please note that should you receive an offer for this position, you will have 48 hours to accept/decline.

Must be willing to fulfill a full 13 week contract.

Candidates should expect to work 2-3 of the 4 Summer Holidays (Memorial Day, Juneteenth, July 4th, and Labor Day).

Any RTO should be provided at time of submission to be considered.

Required to have IR PACU experience with phase 1 recovery and ICU experience.

Call is not required yet, but it will be required in the near future.

Shift varies according to the needs of the unit: 3 – 12 hour shifts per week (times vary according to the needs of the unit with potential start times of 0600, 0700, and 0800.

Will not approve July 4 RTO.

Orientation Hours: 36

Patient Age Groups: Neonates, Adolescents, Infants, Adults, Pediatrics, Geriatrics

Daily Census: 50

Will be expected to pre-op patient and care for patient when they return from IR

Compliance requirements: EKG Onboarding exam, Advanced Math, Med/Pharmacology exam, General ICU Competency exam, PACU Competency exam, General ICU skills, PACU skills, CORE exams

Patient Diagnoses: Candidate self schedule with manager final approval. Rotating shifts based upon unit need.

• Weekday call will be 8PM-6AM.
• Weekends will be divided into 2 shifts- 6AM-6PM or 6PM-6AM. Weekend begins Saturday 6AM and ends Monday morning at 6AM.
• Response time is 60 minutes.
• PACU to close at 8PM- any patients left recovering will be transferred to main PACU to complete recovery. The IR PACU call team will follow the patient to main OR PACU (will ONLY recover IR PACU pts in main PACU)

Return Staff Policy: Gone for 90 days to return as traveler

License Hits: University of Kentucky will not accept any licensure hits.

Must know at time of submission if they have previously worked at this facility. This must be noted on the profile in order to check their eligibility for rehire.

BLS, ACLS, PALS - RQI accepted

NIH - AHA, American Stroke Association, NIHSS, Apex Innovations or AACME

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.