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:

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 Hard Stop - At least 2 yrs specialty exp required

Telemetry, PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown, Interpretation and Management of dysrhythmias, Starting Ivs, High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)

Required Skills: Central line care/management Peripheral Line Care/Management Starting and maintaining IVs Chest tubes-Emerson/PleurEvac High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) Nasal Cannula Heparin Protocols PCA Interpretation of dysrhythmias Management of dysrhythmias Telemetry -on the unit monitoring PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown Telemetry

Preferred Skills/Experience: MS/Tele, IV insulin protocols

Teaching Hospital Experience Preferred

Preferred Skills: Tracheostomy care/management* Manage Cardiac drips- no titration* Use of Rapid Response/Code teams* IV insulin protocols* Titration of Insulin drips* MS/Tele* Peripheral nerve block catheters*

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

Pending DC license accepted for later start dates at a lower rate, but must have DC license in hand prior to start date

Types of Patients on Unit: Adults, Geriatrics

Our other patients are usually medicine primary; often seeing GI bleeds, pneumonia, liver failure, CHF exacerbations, etc.

We take all thoracic surgery patients, Le Fort patients, and AAA repair patients.

Unit/Facility Details: We are a 28-bed intermediate care unit.

Type of Facility: Short Term Acute Care

We have a Medical-Surgical Population with variety of diagnoses. We are the designated unit for Thoracic Surgery & average about 5-10 cases per week. Our other patients are usually medicine primary; often seeing GI bleeds, pneumonia, liver failure, CHF exacerbations, etc.

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 wiling to accept assignments that include COVID-19 patients

Shift & Scheduling: Start Date: 11/3

On Call/Weekend Requirement: no on call, weekends included in rotation

Every Other weekend

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.