Medical Surgical Unit - Travel Registered Nurse

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Shift: 7:00 PM - 7:00 AM

Experience:

• 24 months of experience with 3 months worked in the last 12 months.

• 12 months of Medical Surgical Unit experience with 12 months worked in the last 3 years.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have a Idaho license or compact license (required after submission).

• This role may require floating to additional units and locations

• Travel only, local not allowed. Candidates must live >50 miles from facility to be submitted.

• 12 months gap required between for Staff at Program:
Medical Solutions Plus Program
- St. Luke’s Health System and no current placement allowed at Program:
Medical Solutions Plus Program
- St. Luke’s Health System.

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

Required Skills/

Experience:

- RN should read at least basic telemetry.

Special Requests:

- Each employment history entry must include detailed duties, hospital size, unit size, trauma level (if applicable), patient ratio, and teaching facility.

- Any employment gaps greater than 30 days must be explained.

- Exceptions for current or previous employees require approval by St. Luke’s Health System.

- At least one reference must be from the same unit/specialty as the job.

- Block scheduling will be considered to meet unit needs.

Unit Details:

- Uses Epic.

- Nurse:patient ratios: 1:4 without CNA 1:3.

- Common diagnoses/types of patients: post orthopedic surgeries, PN, COPD, CHF, general surgical chole, appe, mastectomies, A fib RVR, MI/rule out chest pain; critical peds are shipped if needed; RSV, pneumonia, respiratory.

- Required to titrate drips; common drips: insulin, Cardizem, Heparin.

- Charge nurse is a house-wide resource and may cover as house supervisor over MS and L&D.

- RT equipment includes nasal cannula, some high flow, CPAP, and BiPAP.

- Tele box and virtual monitor tech.

Shift & Scheduling:

- Self scheduling; first schedule fills unit gaps.

- Every other to every third weekend.

- Holidays occasionally.

- On-call: 2 shifts per contract.

Floating Requirements:

- First to float; may float to ER to task rarely and is primarily on the unit.

14 days maximum time off

1 Charge/Lead reference required from within the last 3 years

Driver’s license required for submission

Certifications:

• BLS (Basic Life Support)

• ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support)

• PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support)

• Skills Checklist:
  Yes
• References:
  Yes
• License Type: registered
• License State:
• Certifications:
  
  Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, Basic Life Support

Job Details

• Job Type: Travel
• Nurse/Patient: – –
• Shift Type:
  Night
• Contract Date:
• Expected Length: 13 weeks
• Hours per Shift: 12
• Shifts per Week: 3