Travel Nurse On Call RN - OR - Operating Room - COVID19 - $2,453 per week

TotalMed Staffing is seeking a travel nurse RN OR - Operating Room for a travel nursing job in West Allis, Wisconsin.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty : OR - Operating Room
• Discipline : RN
• Start Date : 11 / 18 / 2024
• Duration : 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift : 12 hours, days, evenings, on call
• Employment Type : Travel

Responsible for providing and coordinating comprehensive patient care through the nursing process to deliver safe, therapeutic care in accordance with established standards, policies and procedures.

Using evidence-based practice, clinical decision making, compassion and skilled communication, leads efforts to create the safest patient environment and the best patient experience across the continuum

• General Information
• Beds : 12 (runs 10 rooms daily)
• Experience : 2 years
• First-time traveler : Yes
• Average cases / day : 25-30
• Patient Types :
• General, urology, ortho (total joints, ORIF), spine (multi-level, complex posterior / anterior), OBGYN (D&C, hysterectomy;

no c-sections), limited vascular (simple procedures; no big procedures), robotics (preferred)

• Anesthesia Tech : pediatrics (does not need pediatric experience)
• No cardiac, brain, transplant
• Top 3 OR cases : Ortho, General, OBGYN (need strong skills)
• Covid & PPE :
• Patients are tested 72h prior to procedure
• Urgent / Emergent cases-rapid testing
• COVID positive elective surgeries are cancelled
• Patient Ratios :
• 1 : 1
• Required Certifications :
• RN :
• Required : BLS
• Preferred : ACLS
• Skills required
• RN : Strong circulate skills, able to circulate general, ortho, OBGYN, scrub (preferred)
• Support on the Unit :
• Scheduler M-F
• Charge nurse : free floating
• Manager / Director
• Unit Educator
• Anesthesia in house
• Charting System / Equipment :
• EPIC (preferred)
• Pyxis
• Alaris
• Bedside telemetry monitoring - anesthesia monitors
• Floating :
• Inpatient units as taskers, runners, helping hands, sitter
• Will not patient assignment
• Will not administer any medications outside scope
• Will in a CNA type capacity
• Orientation :
• 2-day orientation
• 1st day : Meet with educator (complete modules, tour, login access, etc.)
• Remainder of the day work with a preceptor
• 2nd day : Full 8h shift with preceptor
• Scheduling :
• Weekend rotation : On-call (see on call schedule)
• 6-week schedules, receive 1-2 weeks prior
• No self-scheduling
• M-F schedule with on-call shifts
• RTO : Approve up to 7 days; additional days email Nurse Manager Shannon Ziglinski
• On-call
• Weekday : Mon-Fri
• 1 day per week
• 4h : 1500-1900
• 12h : 1900-0700
• Weekend : (Sat-Sun)
• 1 weekend per every 5 weeks
• Sat 0700-0700 Mon
• Response time :
• 30 mins
• Sleep room (SDS)
• Anesthesia Tech : same on-call schedule (self-scheduling)
• Holiday Expectations : 1 on-call only
• Other notes :
• Scrub Color : Provide
• Parking : Free
• Culture : Travel friendly, strong support, positive environment, great teamwork

About TotalMed Staffing

TotalMed is a Top Ten, travel nursing and healthcare staffing agency with the mission of igniting purpose in healthcare. The organization staffs nurses, therapists, pharmacists, and other clinicians of all specialties in all 50 states.

They offer local and travel jobs and match caregivers with the right organization to assist both facilities and patients.

As an organization, they focus on putting highly-skilled staff into facilities to ensure adequate staffing for a better patient experience.

TotalMed specializes in recruiting and placing healthcare professionals in travel, PRN, and permanent positions across the country in Nursing and Allied Health.

Throughout 2020, the organization filled roles at even the most short-staffed facilities during the most challenging time in healthcare.

By matching the right travel healthcare professional with the right organization, TotalMed continues to offer a lifeline to facilities and their patients.

Benefits

• Weekly pay
• Guaranteed Hours
• Continuing Education
• 401k retirement plan
• Sick pay
• Wellness and fitness programs
• Referral bonus
• Employee assistance programs
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Benefits start day 1
6 days ago