Travel RN - Telemetry - Progressive Care Unit

American Traveler is hiring a Registered Nurse for a PCU night shift position requiring 1-2 years of recent telemetry experience and a MO or compact RN license.

Job Details

• 24-bed Intermediate Care Unit treating intermediate medical patients and surgical overflow (TURPs, lap chole, lap appy, lap hernia, eye surgery, oral surgery, diabetic teaching, wound care),
• Fast-paced unit supporting patient throughput from the ED and OR,
• Night shift, 3x12 hours (18:45-7:15),
• Patient ratio of 1:5, with rare flexing to 1:6,
• Weekend requirement of 8 shifts within a 6-week schedule, combination of Friday/Saturday/Sunday,
• Holiday shifts and charge RN assignments as needed,
• No on-call requirement,
• Regular floating required between departments, units, and facilities as needed,
• Uses Epic charting system,
• Not open to block scheduling,

Job Requirements

• Active RN license required (Missouri or compact),
• Kansas license also required in hand at time of consideration due to floating needs,
• BLS and NIHSS certifications required,
• 1 to 2 years of telemetry experience required, with a full year of in-specialty experience within the past 12 months and no employment gap greater than 90 days,
• Teaching hospital experience required,
• Level I Trauma experience preferred,
• Previous charge RN experience preferred,
• Prior travel nursing experience required,
• Skills required: cardiac monitoring and dysrhythmia interpretation/management, use of Rapid Response Teams, IV insulin protocols, feeding tube care, continuous bladder irrigation, IV therapy/phlebotomy including port access, blood product administration, central/peripheral/PICC line care, starting IVs, heparin protocols, PCA administration, CVA management, oxygen administration (nasal cannula, face mask, portable tank), isolation precautions, and wound care/wound vac management,
• Preferred skills: insulin drip titration, renal failure management, ortho trauma and total joint replacement care, surgical drain management, tracheostomy care, and eye surgery experience,
• Two professional references required, one from a supervisor and one from a charge RN, both from within the past year,

Additional Information

• Provide telemetry-level nursing care to intermediate medical and post-surgical patients,
• 5-time Magnet-designated, teaching, Level I Trauma tertiary care hospital with 456 staffed beds,
• Navy scrub color required,
• Free parking provided,
• Candidates must complete Epic training module or test-out option, along with infusion pump and glucometer training prior to start,
• RTO limited to a maximum of 7 days, finalized at time of consideration with no changes after offer,
• First-time travelers are not accepted for this role,
• Local candidates not accepted within a 75-mile radius of the facility,
• Former permanent employees must wait 1 year before returning to any BJC facility as a travel clinician,
• Travel partners are not accepted for this assignment