RN - Tele

Registered Nurse - Float Pool

Job Title: Registered Nurse - Float Pool

Profession: Registered Nurse

Specialty: Telemetry

Duration: 13 weeks

Shift: 12-hour Days

Hours per Shift: 12 hours

Experience: Minimum 5 years of experience required

License: Valid nursing license required

Certifications: BLS, ACLS (if working in CCU or ED)

Must-Have:

• Must have 5 years of experience
• Prefer someone with 1 year of ICU experience or 1 year of ED experience
• Ideally an ICU/Stepdown traveler that is comfortable floating to lower acuity units
• Must be comfortable taking ratios from 1:2 to 1:10
• Looking for someone who is flexible, adaptable, has multi-functional expertise, and good problem-solving skills

Description:

Will be expected to float to multiple units of varying acuity levels.

May float to Emergency Department or Critical Care Unit if within skillset.

Nurse-to-patient ratios vary depending on the unit:

• CCU: 1:2-3
• IMC: 1:4-6
• Medical-Surgical Level 7: 1:5-6
• Medical-Surgical Level 8: 1:5-8
• Skilled Care: 1:8-10
• Emergency Department: ratios to be determined after unit discovery

Common diagnoses include NSTEMI, pneumonia, sepsis, diabetes, heart disease, and diverticulitis.

Nurses are required to titrate drips if working in Emergency Department or Critical Care Unit.

Traveler would be expected to manage all critical drips, including Heparin.

Charge nurse may take an assignment as needed.

Patient care technicians are available with ratios of 1:7-15.

Typical job duties include assisting with activities of daily living, vital signs, bathing, toileting, feeding, repositioning, answering call lights, and blood sugar checks.

Respiratory therapists are assigned to multiple units, but nurses will administer breathing treatments and manage respiratory equipment, including vents, trachs, BiPAP, CPAP, and Airvo.

Nurses are expected to troubleshoot respiratory equipment.

Monitor techs are available 24/7.

Nurses are expected to read and interpret telemetry strips and perform measurements and rhythm identification.

Self-scheduling is allowed with a requirement of three 12-hour shifts per week.

Travelers will submit their preferred schedule to the manager, but finalization will depend on balancing the schedule.

Weekend work is required every other weekend, and holiday rotation may be necessary.

Assignments will be communicated via text message within two hours prior to shift start.

Travelers must clock in on the assigned unit and complete a daily timesheet.

Dress code is navy blue scrubs.

Cancellation policy applies.

Charting system is Cerner.

BSN is not required.

Trauma level and care setting is acute.

Division is nursing.

Shift notes indicate 12-hour days with weekends as scheduled.

Required certifications are ACLS and BLS.