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:

Education must be from an ACEN or CCNE accredited program.

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

Corrections Health Unit - PCU - Required

Shift & Scheduling: D/N or Nights

Block Schedules: No

Float to various Oncology Medical-Surgical (MS) units as needed and PCU units

Weekend shifts vary based on unit requirements.

Will accept a 13-19 week assignment

Manager preference is to end 1/10, 1/17, 1/24 to assist with holiday coverage.

Preferred Skills / Experience: Previous Charge Experience

Oncology experience

Types of Patients on Unit: Patients with active oncology diagnosis/treatment including both solid tumor and hematology.

Patients who are admitted for oncology workup

Patients who have a history of cancer but are admitted for other reasons including but not limited to surgical procedures, COPD, sepsis, abnormal labs, pneumonia, etc.

Patients with no oncology diagnosis but admitted for reasons listed above

Some shifts will be a MS assignment, and some will be a PCU assignment.

Skills and Competencies: Medical-Surgical/Telemetry

Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency Response: Interpretation and management of dysrhythmias, Unit-based telemetry monitoring

Endocrine/Metabolic: IV insulin protocols

Gastrointestinal: Feeding tube care and management

Genitourinary/Renal: Pre/Post Hemodialysis and renal failure management

IV Therapy/Phlebotomy: Blood product administration, central line and peripheral line care/management, PICC line management, starting IVs

Medications: Heparin protocols, management of cardiac drips (no titration), PCA (Patient-Controlled Analgesia)

Respiratory: External CPAP/BIPAP, High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC), interpretation of ABGs (Arterial Blood Gases), nasal cannula, oxygen face masks, portable oxygen tanks, non-invasive airway management, tracheostomy management

Patient Population: Active oncology diagnoses/treatments, including solid tumors and hematology.

Oncology workup admissions

History of cancer admitted for other reasons (surgical procedures, COPD, sepsis, abnormal labs, pneumonia, etc.).

Non-oncology diagnoses admitted for reasons listed above.

Patient Ratio: PCU - 1/3, MS - 1/4-5

Unit Details: Unit is a corrections unit for Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections (ODRC) inmates

Locked unit with access controlled by Corrections Officers (CO).

CO to inmate ratio: 1/2

Daily Census: 36

Others: Pre-Approved Time Off: 1 Request

Orientation: 72 Hours

RTO required with submission, must be built into contract

Previous Employment Requirement: Former employees are eligible for a travel assignment once they have been away from the facility for 6 months or more

Current employees are ineligible to be hired as a traveler at any Ohio State University hospital location

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.