Medical Surgical Float Pool - Travel Registered Nurse- $2730 per week

Trusted is seeking an experienced nurse for this exciting travel nursing assignment. Trusted has streamlined the travel nursing experience by enabling nurses to apply directly to jobs without the need for recruiters. This unique approach provides more transparency, eliminates pesky calls from recruiters, and puts more money in your pocket. Join the thousands of nurses across the country who have already made the switch to a more modern way to work.

Shift: 7:00 PM - 7:00 AM

Experience:

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

• 18 months of Medical Surgical Float Pool experience.

• Experience with Cerner is required.

• Experience with Epic is preferred.

Requirements:

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

• This role will require floating to multiple units

• Travel only, local not allowed. Candidates must live >60 miles from facility to be submitted.

• 6 months gap required between for Staff at Program:
Simpli Fi Program
- Baptist Health UAB and no current placement allowed at Program:
Simpli Fi Program
- Baptist Health UAB.

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:

- First-time travelers accepted with a minimum of 18 months of Med Surg and/or ICU experience and Epic or Cerner experience required. If strictly ICU experience, Cerner is required.

- At least 1 year of trauma/surgical experience.

Preferred Skills/

Experience:

- Chemo experience highly preferred but not required.

Special Requests:

- You can only have 1 active application for the same position (same unit and shift at the same facility). If you apply for day shift, you can also apply for night shift on the same unit and facility, but you cannot apply for another day shift position on the same unit and facility.

- Must be gone from the facility for 6 months before returning as a traveler, measured from last shift worked to start date.

- Up to 7 days off may be approved excluding blackout dates; blackout date requests require NM/Eanh approval.

- Baptist blackout 2026 RTO dates:
Martin Luther King Jr. Day: 1/19-20;
Valentine’s Day week: 2/13-16; entire month of March;
Easter weekend: 4/18-20;
Mother’s Day weekend: 5/10-12;
Memorial Day week: 5/24-5/26;
Father’s Day weekend: 6/14-16;
Fourth of July: 7/3-6;
Labor Day weekend: 8/30-9/1;
Halloween: 10/30-11/2;
Thanksgiving: 11/26-30;
Christmas and New Year’s: 12/21-1/1.

- Holidays cannot be guaranteed off prior to arrival.

Unit Details:

- Typically 1:4 ratio; RNs are expected to turn patients and assist with baths and ADLs.

- Float pool may cover 6 North Trauma Surgical (general surgery and vascular surgery; wound care, chest tubes, NGT, IV skills, medication administration/documentation, escalations), 5 South Neuroscience (CVA, TBI, seizure, AMS, spinal fusion, craniotomy, degenerative diseases, post-trauma, angiogram; IV starts, blood draws from central lines, trach care, PEG, NGT, colostomy/ostomy, wound care, chest tubes, surgical site care, C-collar, abdominal binders, restraints), 5 North Med Surg/Oncology (all patient types except stroke and MI, palliative care, ETOH withdrawal, high-acuity fast-paced MS/oncology;

trach care, chest tubes, PEG tubes, wound care, drains, foleys, IV starts, chemo administration if certified), 3 South Orthopedics (joint replacements, fractures, fusions, laminectomies; PCA pumps, negative pressure dressings, dressing changes, foleys, hemovacs/JP drains), and 3 North MS/Ortho/Urology (urology, ENT, ortho, med-surg; trach care, wound care, wound vacs, IV starts, CVL dressing changes, nurse-driven foley protocol).

- Telemetry is monitored by telemetry techs; RNs are required to interpret and confirm strip readings every 4 hours.

- Uses Plum 360 IV pumps, Omnicell, and Spacelabs monitors.

Shift & Scheduling:

- Flexible contract hours: 36 or 48 per week.

- Every other weekend or 4 weekend days per month.

- No call.

- One major and one minor seasonal holiday per policy.

- 4-week schedule cycle; no self-scheduling, utilizes Smart Square.

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