RN (Registered Nurse)

Job Title

Unit SCU/Telemetry (Cost Center - 20) # beds Total of 10-beds (5 ICU & 5 Telemetry)

Certifications: BLS, ACLS, PALS are Required NIHSS would be a PLUS!

Ratios: 1:3-5 depending on the acuity

EMR: EPIC

Charge Nurse/House Supervisor: No charge nurse at this time, but once they re-establish them on the units they will take a patient assignment (lighter-load)

Nurse Aides: 1 PCT with ratios 1:10

They lose a tech at 3 pm then the night tech comes in from 7p - 7a

Weekend Requirement: 4 weekend shifts in a 4-week schedule. Nights is Fri/Sat, Days is Sat/Sun

Holidays: Work into the perm staff holiday rotation schedule

Scrub Color: Navy Blue - Traveler must provide their own scrubs - Must be neat & clean. Jackets are allowed, but no sweat jackets/hoodies. Jackets can be navy, grey, or black. Hair must be natural hair color - no pink/purple/blue. Excessive or distasteful tattoos must be covered.

Tele/Monitor Techs: Phillips Cardiac Monitors. They have monitor techs in the ICU at the nurses station. Monitors in the 5 ICU rooms are hard-wired. They also have 7 Tele packs but are expanding to 16 Tele packs 5/2021

Drips: Yes

Vents: Vents, Bipap, Cpap, & High-Flow

Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Hospitalist in-house 7 am - 5 pm, then a family medicine resident covers after hours

IV Team: No

RT: 24/7

Pharmacy: 24/7 Pharmacy is not in-house 24/7 but they work with pharmacy to have 'kits' developed for high frequency drips. Can also reach out to the pharmacy at Berkeley as a resource if needed

Shifts: 12-hour shifts: 7am - 7 pm/7pm - 7am. Travelers are not allowed to self-schedule. They are here to serve the needs of the unit; however, they will accommodate block schedules as long as the needs of the unit are met

Floating: Travelers would be required to float to MedSurg w/ full assignment (ratios 1:5-6); however, floating is rare but it could happen

Floor specific orientation: 1 Shift on the unit with a preceptor

Common diagnosis / Types of patients: Any patient vented to surgical. Everything from trauma to bowel obstructions, COPD, Vented OD's, COVID, etc.