Travel Nurse RN - Telemetry - $1,961 per week

TotalMed RN is seeking a travel nurse RN Telemetry for a travel nursing job in Albany, New York.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Telemetry
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Tele / General Surgery / Trauma B3

Active NY license
2 years of experience, or 1 year of experience at 600+ bed academic hospital and a passing score on competency test, EPIC required
ACLS, BLS
Navy scrubs

Unit specifics:

Number of Beds: 36 private rooms
Unit staffing description: RNs, PCAs, ASAs, NPs, Nurse Clinicians, Case Manager, Social Worker, CM/SW Assistant, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy
Type of equipment: wound vacs, traction, IV pumps, chest tubes, NG, trach collars, feeding pumps, Vioptix monitors, suction, medical air, O2, mini infusers, PCA pumps, external fixation (ex-fix), high flow O2, oxi-pendant, Bi-Pap, and C-Pap.
Documentation system: Epic Clinicals, MAK (medications), HEV (bed mgmt.), Pyxis, Vocera
Scheduling requirements: All shifts
Floating policy: to areas with competency.
Patient Experience requirements: Post-surgical, Med/ Surg
Certifications: Academic Medical Center, Level 1 trauma center (adult); Children's Hospital within a hospital

Requested Skill Set:

We care for patients from the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Step-down Unit, Emergency Department, and Post-Anesthesia Care Unit.

Special skills- Wound vac changes, tracheostomy management & teaching, Cortrak management, IV insertion, phlebotomy, Vocera Badge and Web Console communication, telemetry monitoring, traction management, bariatric post- surgery, ostomy management & teaching, chest tube management, surgical and or pigtail drain management and teaching, and TPN.

Procedures performed on unit: Assist with Chest tube insertion; Central Line insertion/removal, Wound Vac changes, NG, Cortrak, indwelling catheters, wound debridement, ex-fix adjustments, derma-close adjustments, and nebulizer treatments.

About TotalMed RN

TotalMed is a Top Ten, travel nursing and healthcare staffing agency with the mission of igniting purpose in healthcare. The organization staffs nurses, therapists, pharmacists, and other clinicians of all specialties in all 50 states. They offer local and travel jobs and match caregivers with the right organization to assist both facilities and patients. As an organization, they focus on putting highly-skilled staff into facilities to ensure adequate staffing for a better patient experience.

TotalMed specializes in recruiting and placing healthcare professionals in travel, PRN, and permanent positions across the country in Nursing and Allied Health. Throughout 2020, the organization filled roles at even the most short-staffed facilities during the most challenging time in healthcare. By matching the right travel healthcare professional with the right organization, TotalMed continues to offer a lifeline to facilities and their patients.

Benefits

• Weekly pay
• Guaranteed Hours
• Continuing Education
• 401k retirement plan
• Sick pay
• Wellness and fitness programs
• Referral bonus
• Employee assistance programs
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Benefits start day 1