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:

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

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

Days/Evening staggered shifts 7a, 8a, 10a, and 11a,

On Call/Weekend Requirement: no on call requirement, weekend rotation included in schedule

Floating requirement: per competency within Pre& Post Op Departments

2 years of experience: Telemetry and Vents, PACU experience or combination of PACU and ICU or high acuity ED experience

Scrubs: All colors and patterns acceptable (no insignia from other institutions); 2 sets of periwinkle OR scrubs will be made available but are optional; takes at least 2 weeks to obtain OR scrub machine access

Travelers are required to work a full work week between/around RTO

PACU experience required for Main/Endo PACU contract. PACU experience preferred but ICU experience accepted for Endo PACU contracts.

Orientation Hours: 40

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

Patient Diagnoses: Pavilion PACU: Neuro (craniotomy, VP shunt, DBS, nerve stim), Spine (ACDF, fusions, XLIF, TLIF), Ortho (total joint replacement,, Plastics (DIEP flap, free flap), Limb Salvage, Transplant (PACU recovers kidney, kidney/panc), General, Optho, ENT, GYN Hybrid OR/IR cases, Neuro IR (cerebral angio, MMA embo), MRI Sedation Cases completed in iMRI

Special Procedures/Unit Details: 1. Pavilion PACU L1, 45 patients per day, mostly Ph I with occasional pre-op/Ph II during off hours, 70% inpatient, 5% pediatric, 95% adult, no neonates

Contracts for 12h shifts with staggered start times between 7a and 11a are available for 3 or 4 days/wk. Night shift 7p-7:30a contracts also available. Vast majority of shifts Monday - Friday

2. Pavilion PACU L2 40 patients per day, mostly Ph I, but includes PhII of pediatric patients younger than 12yo. 30% inpatient, 70% outpatient, 20% pediatric, 80% adult, no neonates.

Unit is open Monday-Friday 7a-8:30p, and remaining patients and evening staff combine with L1 PACU around 8p.

Special Equipment: Ventilators, BiPAP, CPAP, arterial lines, central venous pressure monitoring, EVDs set up with supervision from Neuro ICU RN, dopplers, Vioptix, bare huggers. 4 negative pressure isolation rooms in each PACU.

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.