Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $2,642 per week

Company: Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Location: Wilmington
Posted on: September 28, 2024

Job Description:

• Certification Details
• Certs: BLS, ACLS, NIH
• PREFERRED SKILLS / CERTS / EXP: titrate cardiac drips, titrate vasoactive drips, Chest tubes-Emerson/Pleur-evac
  • Job Details
  • RTO after booking is not allowed and is not allowed to be worked out onsite. Any call offs or additional RTO on unit, could possibly turn into a cancel and DNR.
  • Potential for MS assignment of 1:6-7 ..... flexibility is key
  • Ratios: 1:6 for floor for surgical/medicine inpatient patients. Surgical Stepdown patients will be managed by stepdown trained nurse.
  • Shift: 12 HR NIGHTS; 36 or 48 hours accepted. If 48, then no OT billed until after 48 hours. Will accept 13 weeks up until March 15th
  • RTO: 7 days MAX
  • Float Requirement: when needed to like units
  • Weekend Requirement: every other weekend
  • Contract staff will be assigned and expected to work a Storm Team and/or Hurricane Team. Contract staff may be required to report to work during a catastrophic event, mass casualty or disaster. Consolidation to the Centralized Office mid contract may occur and the contract staff may be preassigned to units as needed
  • PATIENT DIAGNOSES: Wide range of patient diagnoses that have had or plan to have surgery or involved in a trauma: Cellulitis, Appendicitis, Cholecystitis, Diverticulitis, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Gun Shots, Stabbings, Falls, Various Cancers, Kidney Stones, Bowel Obstruction, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Limb Ischemia, Hernia, Gangrene
  • SPECIAL PROCEDURES / UNIT DETAILS: Wide range of any inpatient surgical procedure, as well as trauma: Cholecystectomy, Appendectomy, Hernia Repair, TURP, Ostomy Creation or Closure, Wound Debridement, Tumor Removal, Kidney Stone Removal, Amputations, Fem Pop Bypass
  • SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: Wound Vacs, Chest Tubes, NG tube/Corpak, JP Drains, Hemovac Drains, Penrose Drains
  • UNIT SYSTEMS (Medication, Documentation, Communication): Pyxis, EPIC, SBAR
  • SCHEDULING TYPE: Schedule as needed as needed
  • UNIT ORIENTATION: 2 Days of hospital orientation, 24 hours of floor training
  • SCRUBS: All Navy or Navy on bottom/White Top
    • Job Requirements
    • Minimum Years of Experience: Must have 2 years of surgical unit experience
    • Traveler Experience: Travel experience is preferred by not required
    • Locals Accepted / Rate Difference: Yes
    • Required Skills: Interpretation of dysrhythmias, Management of dysrhythmias, use of Rapid Response Teams, Blood Product Administration, Central line care/management, Peripheral Line Care/Management, Surgical drains, Nasal Cannula, Non-invasive airway management, Isolation Precautions, Wound Care/Wound Vac
    • Certs: BLS, ACLS, NIH
    • PREFERRED SKILLS / CERTS / EXP: titrate cardiac drips, titrate vasoactive drips, Chest tubes-Emerson/Pleur-evac
      • Schedule Information
      • Shift: 12 HR NIGHTS; 36 or 48 hours accepted. If 48, then no OT billed until after 48 hours.
      • RTO: 7 days MAX
      • Floating Required: when needed to like units
      • Weekend Requirement: every other weekend
      • SCHEDULING TYPE: Schedule as needed as needed
        • Unit Specific Information
        • Ratios: 1:6 for floor for surgical/medicine inpatient patients. Surgical Stepdown patients will be managed by stepdown trained nurse.
        • PATIENT DIAGNOSES: Wide range of patient diagnoses that have had or plan to have surgery or involved in a trauma
        • SPECIAL PROCEDURES / UNIT DETAILS: Wide range of any inpatient surgical procedure, as well as trauma
        • SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: Wound Vacs, Chest Tubes, NG tube/Corpak, JP Drains, Hemovac Drains, Penrose Drains
        • UNIT SYSTEMS (Medication, Documentation, Communication): Pyxis, EPIC, SBAR
        • UNIT ORIENTATION: 2 Days of hospital orientation, 24 hours of floor training
        • SCRUBS: All Navy or Navy on bottom/White Top
        • Combination acuity unit: Adult medical surgical and surgical stepdown.
          • Additional Details
          • RTO after booking is not allowed and is not allowed to be worked out onsite. Any call offs or additional RTO on unit, could possibly turn into a cancel and DNR.
          • Potential for MS assignment of 1:6-7 ..... flexibility is key
          • Contract staff will be assigned and expected to work a Storm Team and/or Hurricane Team. Contract staff may be required to report to work during a catastrophic event, mass casualty or disaster.
          • Consolidation to the Centralized Office mid contract may occur and the contract staff may be preassigned to units as needed.

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