Job Description
Certification Details
- Active BLS, PALS
- CA License
Job Details
- A hospital in California is looking for an experienced Pediatric nurse for a travel contract.
- The right candidate will have 3 full years of experience, hold an active BLS, PALS and CA License.
Job Requirements
- 3 full years of experience as a Pediatric nurse
- Hold an active BLS, PALS and CA License
Schedule Information
- Shifts / Hours : 12 hours; 7a - 7 : 30p / 7p - 7 : 30a
- Weekend Requirement : Every other weekend
- Holidays : 2 of the major
- Call : When Census drops, may be placed on standby
- Breaks : 1 / 2 hour break (clock-out); 3 - 15 min breaks per shift
- Must pass math test with a 95% after offer.
Unit Specific Information
- Unit : Pediatrics (24 hour pediatric hospitalists in house)
- Ratios : 4 to 1 both days / nights
- Certs : BLS & PALS
- EMR System : Cerner
- Charge RN : Yes, do not take patients
- Nurse Aides : Yes, based on census on how many
- Scrub Color : Navy
- Tele : have monitoring but don't have a tech
- Vents : None
- Peds Hospitalist or Intensivist in house : Yes, in house 24 / 7
- IV Team : None
- RT 24 / 7 : Yes
- Pharmacy 24 / 7 : Yes
- Unit Orientation : Total of 4 shifts, 2 in Peds, 1 in PICU, 1 in Burn
- Types of patients : Respiratory distress, appendectomy, dehydration, DKA, seizures, general surgeries only
- Floating : To PICU for low acuity and burn ICU for appropriate level of care peds.
- Additional Notes : Ages up to 13, however will take older developmentally challenged patients; use medfusion pumps.
Additional Details
- CERNER IS REQUIRED
- NO FIRST TIME TRAVELERS
- Must be able to start their own IV's, strong clinical skills.
- Call off policy : Hospital may cancel up to 48 hour per 13 week contract and 36 hours for shorter contracts. For each unscheduled absence by a nurse, the hospital may cancel an additional 12 hours per 13 week assignment.
- Perm address must not be within 50 mi the hospital can request proof and within 2 days we must provide a copy of the DL and copies of 2 utility bills or a telephone bill.
- There will be an online orientation competency that must be completed before a traveler or registry placement can begin their assignment at any of the three Bakersfield Dignity campuses.
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