Travel RN - Telemetry - Progressive Care Unit

Travel RN - Telemetry - Progressive Care Unit

American Traveler

Springfield, Illinois, United States

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Nights

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 1

$2,275.00/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is hiring an RN for a PCU/Stepdown Night Shift position requiring at least 1 year of telemetry/stepdown experience and an active IL license.

Details

• PCU/IMC/Stepdown unit in an acute care hospital setting
• Night shift schedule (3x12, 19:15-6:45)
• Will work every other weekend
• No on-call requirements
• Floating required within the hospital or to nearby affiliate facilities
• Cerner charting system used

Requirements

• Active IL RN license required and in hand at time of application
• BLS and NIHSS certifications required; ACLS preferred
• Minimum 1 year of relevant RN experience required
• Required experience in Telemetry, Neuro Stepdown, and PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown settings
• Cardiac monitoring and emergency response skills including dysrhythmia interpretation/management, unit telemetry monitoring, and Rapid Response Team use
• Cardiovascular skills including care of post cardiac angiogram, post MI, pre/post cardiac cath, pre/post cardiac surgery, sheath removal, and TR band
• IV therapy/phlebotomy skills including port access, arterial line management, blood product administration, central/peripheral line care, PICC line management, and starting IVs
• Medication management skills including heparin protocols, cardiac and vasoactive drip management/titration, PCA, and procedural sedation administration
• Respiratory skills including ventilator care, chest tube management, CPAP/BiPAP, high flow nasal cannula, ABG interpretation, and tracheostomy management
• Neurological/psychiatric case experience including craniotomy, CVA, pre/post neurosurgery, spinal cord injury, and traumatic brain injury
• Orthopedic case experience including ortho trauma, peripheral nerve block catheters, and total joint replacements
• Plastic surgery case experience including skin grafts and surgical drains
• Genitourinary/renal experience including pre/post hemodialysis management and renal failure care
• Feeding tube care and management experience
• Isolation precautions and wound care/wound vac experience
• Cerner charting experience preferred
• Teaching hospital and Level I trauma experience preferred
• Previous travel experience required

Additional Information

• Provide direct patient care in a Level I trauma, Magnet-designated acute care hospital with 562 staffed beds
• Scrubs may be any solid color
• RTO requests should be limited to 5 days or fewer
• Must work 2 of the 3 major holidays
• Previous permanent or PRN employees of the facility must be separated for at least 12 months before applying as a traveler
• Local candidates accepted with no radius restriction
• Parking permit required, at no cost, completed during orientation