Travel Nurse RN - Medical-Surgical in Reno, NV

Registered Nurse (RN) | Medical-Surgical
Location: Reno, NV
Agency: Concentric Healthcare Staffing
Pay: Competitive weekly pay (inquire for details)
Contract Duration: 13 Weeks
Start Date: ASAP

About the Position

Job Title

Registered Nurse (RN) – Medical Surgical

Location

Reno, Nevada

Schedule / Job Type

Contract (13 Weeks) | Travel | Full-Time | Onsite | Nights | 3x12 shifts, 36 guaranteed hours per week

Key Responsibilities

• Provide optimal patient care utilizing the nursing process, including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation across adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations
• Deliver comprehensive nursing services to patients presenting with a wide variety of disease processes including renal, hepatic, respiratory, cardiac, neurologic, psychiatric, and infectious diseases
• Diagnose and treat human responses to health problems while demonstrating age-specific competencies for the population served
• Coordinate care with multidisciplinary team members and other healthcare professionals as needed
• Maintain accountability for individualized patient outcomes over an entire episode of care, incorporating family and caregivers into the care plan where appropriate
• Float to other units within scope of competency as organizational needs require; may be asked to pick up one additional shift per scheduling period (every 4 weeks)

Required Qualifications

• Active Nevada Registered Nurse (RN) license required prior to start date
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)
• Minimum of 2 years of Medical-Surgical nursing experience
• Ability to work in a high-volume, fast-paced acute care environment
• Availability to work weekends, holidays, and varying schedules based on department needs

Preferred Experience / Skills

• Experience caring for patients with COPD, sepsis, diabetes, cellulitis, pneumonia, or ETOH withdrawal
• Prior experience in a large, high-acuity inpatient setting such as a Level I or Level II Trauma Center
• Comfort working with a diverse adult patient population ranging from young adults to geriatric patients

Why Join Us

• Join a large, high-acuity regional medical center that serves as the area's only Level II Trauma Center, offering exposure to a broad and complex patient population across a wide geographic region
• Work within a multidisciplinary environment on a 54-bed unit that provides diverse clinical experiences across numerous disease processes and patient populations