Travel RN - Telemetry - Progressive Care Unit

Travel RN - Telemetry - Progressive Care Unit

American Traveler

Seattle, Washington, United States

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Nights

Length (weeks): 26

Openings: 1

$2,160.57/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is hiring a Cardiac PCU RN for a night shift Progressive Care Unit role requiring 2+ years of surgical telemetry experience and Epic proficiency.

Details

Work in the Cardiac Progressive Care Unit (PCU) of a hospital setting

Patient population includes myocardial infarction, rule out MI, primary arrhythmias, pre/post open-heart surgery, vascular surgery, coronary artery disease, heart failure, pre/post cath lab, and stroke patients with cardiac involvement

Specialized structural heart support including VAD and TAVR patients

Nurse-to-patient ratio is 1:4, with up to 1:5 at midnight

Night shift schedule, 3x12-hour shifts from 19:00 to 7:30

Every other weekend required

Floating required to like units; travelers must be flexible to floating between sister facilities

Epic EMR experience required

Requirements

Active WA state or compact RN license required (must be in hand at submission)

Minimum 2 years of surgical telemetry experience required

Open heart surgery and vascular (groin/radial band management) experience required

IV skills and NIH Stroke Scale experience required

Required certifications: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS

Prior travel nursing experience required

Skills required: breathing treatments, chest tube set-up/care, CPAP/BiPAP, trach care, sternal precautions, blood/blood product administration, cardioversion/defibrillation, epicardial pacer management, LVAD and open heart 24-28 hours post-op care, telemetry and dysrhythmia interpretation/management

Epic charting system experience required

Additional Information

Provide specialized cardiac telemetry nursing care including dysrhythmia interpretation and management, post-cardiac surgery care, and structural heart support

Teaching hospital and community hospital experience preferred

Must be flexible to float between sister facilities as needed

Must commit to working 3 of the 5 major holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day)

All RTO and scheduling requests must be submitted upfront; post-offer RTO requests may not be granted

First-time travelers will not be considered for this position

Former permanent staff at other (non-Swedish) Providence facilities may be eligible for a travel contract after a 3-month separation period

Returning staff must wait at least 3 months and reside outside a 50-mile radius of the facility to be eligible

Candidates residing within 50 miles may be accepted at a lower bill rate

Two supervisory references covering at least 1 year of experience within the last 3 years are required