Registered Nurse - Telemetry

Registered Nurse - Telemetry

Salisbury, NC, 28144, United States

Job Description

Cross posting for job ID# 3446084. 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. Required skills/certs/exp: Minimum years of experience: 2 years (It is a challenging and very busy unit - must have similar experience with ratios/acuity). Traveler experience: Yes, willing to accept first-time travelers. Locals accepted / rate difference: Yes, same rate. Skills: IV start and telemetry, pre and post procedure patients cardiac pts., cardiac drips, PCI. Certs: ACLS, BCLS, and NIH.

Job details: Target ratios: 1:5-6. Could fluctuate based on unit needs, but travelers must be comfortable taking 6 patients. Unit will accept 13 week length or longer, through 2/27 end date. 36 hours can be offered! Shift: 12 hr nights; 18:45 - 07:15. Local rate waived and approved at posted travel rate! RTO: 7 day max for AYA auto offer. NO block scheduling. Call requirement: Yes; frequency of on call depends on patient census. Float requirement: Yes. Weekend requirement: Every other weekend, 2 Mondays and 2 Fridays in a 6-week period is required.

Patient diagnoses: We are the primary cardiac and stroke unit. Stable pre/post care for pacemaker implantation, implanted cardioverter/defibrillators, and cardiac catheterization, TR bands. Post uncomplicated interventional peripheral vascular procedure/cardiac interventions without sheaths(s). Non-rebreather mask with stable O2 saturation (must be on pulse ox, unstable angina, low risk chest pain evaluation, CHF, dysrhythmias, all NEW CVA, TIA patients. Run multiple drips: Cardiazem, Dopamine, Amiodarone, etc.

Special procedures/unit details: Can titrate Cardizem drips. Should be used to a fast-paced unit. We typically turnover 78 to 90 patients a week. That means a nurse with a 6 patient assignment can end up turning over their complete assignment and starting over. We do have the addition of a team lead to assist with admissions and discharges. Unit currently houses COVID positive patients with the use of opti-flow and Bipap. The high side (23) bed side of CTU is a COVID unit that takes patients on opti-flow and acute Bipaps during a COVID surge. Special equipment: Telemetry and pulse ox High Flow O2 (STABLE), Non-Rebreather Mask (Only if Palliative), Bipap can be used, only if it is chronic use, NO NEW BIPAP Blanketrol NO: UNSTABLE O2 W/ BIPAP, NON REBREATHER, Respiratory Rate > than 35, O2 Sat < 85% HIGH FLOW O2 must have pulse ox ordered NO CONTINUOUS KCl w/ Concentration > than 60mEq/Liter, NO NEW BIPAP.

Unit systems (medication, documentation, communication): Pyxis, Dimensions (EPIC), SBAR. Scheduling type: Self scheduling per above guidelines and with oversight from leadership to balance as needed. NO BLOCK SCHEDULING. Unit orientation: 36 hours. Travelers must be available every day week one for hospital orientation. Scrubs: Navy blue scrubs or white scrubs or a mixture of the two and Novant t-shirts are allowed all days of the week. Jackets are to be the same material (not fleece) and color as uniforms. Also, no crocs with holes.

Job type: Travel nurse

Pay rate: 0/hr

Weekly pay: 0

Gross weekly pay: 1267

Lodging (hourly): 21.97

M&IE (hourly): 13.22

GSA (hourly): 35.19

Lodging (weekly): 791

M&IE (weekly): 476

GSA (weekly): 1267

Lodging (daily): 113

M&IE (daily): 68

GSA (daily): 181

12 hrs night shift | 7:00 PM | 7:00 AM | 36

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