TRAVEL - RN - MEDSURG - ORTHO (614) - 7P-7A - 12 WEEKS

Orthopedics & Spine Specialty

Location: Overland Park Regional Medical Center

Address: 10500 Quivira Road Overland Park KS 66215 - Floor: 3rd (Tower A)

Building: Tower A

Number of Beds: 36

Number of Staff: 75

Type of staff: Day Shift 1 Charge, 8 RNs, 3 PCTs, 1 Unit clerk Night Shift 1 Charge, 8 RNs, 3 PCTs

Patient Ratios 5-6:1

Type of equipment traction, external fixators, halos, walkers, gait belts, bed alarms, continuous pulse ox, remote telemetry monitoring

EMR Meditech

Skill Set Most recruited for: (Travel RNs, local CNAs and sitters) Must have: candidates without these skills will not be considered for the role. Acute Care hospital experience on Med/Surg or Tele type units Kansas License BLS Preferred or nice to have: candidates with these skills will be considered first. NIH certification List typical procedures performed on unit(s): Wound care/dressing changes

Dress Code: Scrub Color - Royal Blue

Unit Guidelines/Policies: Rotate through every 3rd weekend (sometimes every other if LOA) Shift is 0645-1915, 1845-0715

Awards/Recognition: 0% first year RN turnover 7% total RN turnover (national average is 17%) Increased in Employee Engagement year after year

Any additional information that would entice a worker to select your unit for their assignment: ONT is a 36-bed unit with all private rooms. Fast paced med/surg acuity unit that specializes in orthopedic injury, neurological conditions including stroke and head injuries, and traumas. Every shift, staff check out a iPhone 7 that the log into to utilize a program called mobile heartbeat (iMobile). With this program, communication has become easier within the team and with a program that protects the patient's privacy when communicating within this program. Staff can send out broadcasts to the whole unit, shoot text messages to specific team members (including physical therapy, occupational therapy, radiology, respiratory and more!), see who the caregiver is for any of the patients on the unit, and visualize lab results. The hospital is a busy Level 2 trauma center with 2 freestanding EDs, which feed into this unit keeping it busy and usually full. The unit recently expanded from 26 beds to 36 beds due to the growing volume within its specialty of Orthopedic and Spine Specialty.

Windsor Healthcare Recruitment Group