Travel Nurse RN - Telemetry - COVID19 - $2,361 per week
Company: Mercy General Hospital
Location: Sacramento
Posted on: October 18, 2024
Job Description:
- Certification Details
- ACLS, BLS, NIHSS are required certifications.
- DYSRHYTHMIA EXAM (BASIC) THROUGH RELIAS is required to be sent
along with acceptance.
- Job Details
- A hospital near Sacramento is looking for an experienced
Telemetry RN for a travel contract.
- The right candidate will have 2 years of experience, hold an
active BLS, ACLS, NIHSS and a CA License.
- Job Requirements
- Hold an active BLS, ACLS, NIHSS and a CA License.
- Schedule Information
- 12 hr shifts. 7 - 730. Report is at the bedside.
- OT and extra shifts are available.
- Self-scheduling is used, but is not finalized until Manager
balances it.
- Schedules are out 4 weeks.
- Travelers can access their schedules from home and make
themselves 'available' for extra shifts and make trades with other
staff.
- Block scheduling is generally not available.
- Unit Specific Information
- # beds: 28 beds on main unit, 16 beds on overflow unit
- Ratios: 4:1 ratio for tele patients, 5:1 ratio for non tele
patients.
- EMR: Cerner
- Charge Nurse does not take patients, but will do break
relief.
- Nurse Aides as census and staffing dictate.
- Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
- Holidays: Rotate in with core staff
- Scrub Color: Navy - under shirts must be navy, white, or
black.
- Tele: Must be able to read and interpret EKG strips.
- Vents: Yes
- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house
- IV Team: No
- RT 24/7: Yes
- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes
- Floating: All other Sacramento facilities. Mid-shift float to
another facility is rare.
- Floor specific orientation: 1 - 2 days on the floor with
preceptor.
- Common diagnosis / Types of patients: General floor with a
focus on respiratory. Also house covid-19 patients if applicable.
No aids at night and 1 for days if census allows.
- Additional Details
- Modules are required to be done before start of assignment.
Modules take on average 3-4 hours to complete-this time is not
billable to the hospital.
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