Travel RN - GI/Endoscopy

Travel RN - GI/Endoscopy

American Traveler

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Days

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 1

$2,446.00/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for a GI/Endoscopy position at an academic Level I trauma center requiring moderate sedation management and recent GI/pulmonary procedure recovery experience.

Details

• Work in the Endoscopy department of an academic teaching hospital
• Day/evening shifts of 8 hours with rotating start times between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM
• Weeknight call requirement
• May be required to stay past scheduled end time to complete the day's procedure schedule
• Performs pre/post care for all levels of sedation including PACU Phase I and Phase II recovery
• Utilizes RN-driven sedation assessment approach based on the Ramsay Sedation Scale
• Recovers patients from sedated GI and pulmonary procedures including ERCP, EUS, EGD, colonoscopy, endoscopy, and bronchoscopy
• Some patients receive general anesthesia rather than moderate sedation
• Floating required as needed
• Uses Epic EMR

Requirements

• Active WI RN license or compact RN license (pending WI license accepted with submission)
• Current AHA ACLS and BLS certification
• CGRN certification preferred
• Minimum 2 years of recent acute care experience in the specialty within the last 3 years
• Academic Level I trauma center or similar size hospital experience required
• Trauma Level II experience required, Trauma Level I experience preferred
• Epic EMR experience required, ideally within the past 12 months
• Must be able to perform moderate sedation administration and monitoring
• Experience recovering conscious sedation and monitored anesthesia care sedation
• Skilled in airway management and interpretation/management of dysrhythmias
• Experience with medication administration including opioid analgesics, Propofol, Versed, and reversal agents
• Experience obtaining 12-lead EKG/ECG and starting/maintaining IVs
• Must pass a telemetry exam with strict passing criteria prior to start
• Prior travel healthcare experience preferred, though highly experienced candidates may be considered

Additional Information

• Responsibilities include administering and monitoring conscious sedation, recovering sedated patients, and managing airway care
• Utilizes equipment such as bronchoscopy carts, electrosurgical units, ERBE, polyp snares, dilators, and forceps
• Supports procedures including bronchoscopy, colonoscopy, EGD, EBUS, EUS, ERCP, and esophageal variceal banding
• Must reside within 50 miles of the facility; local candidates not accepted
• Located at a Magnet-designated facility ranked as Wisconsin's #1 hospital