Certification Details
BLS & ACLS are the only required certifications.
Job Details
- ACLS (AHA), BLS (AHA)
- Can only submit to 1 position at a time across the entire WVU system
- Drivers license address must be outside 50 miles from the facility
- Previous perm candidates must be gone for 2 years
- Previous travelers there for 1 full year must be gone for 2 years
- Travel teams must be submitted together in 1 email
- We are only permitted to submit 2 candidates per opening, if the position is at max, we will hold on to the submission if a spot opens up
- COVID VACCINE REQUIRED : Fully vaccinated means either 2 shots of Moderna or Pfizer or 1 shot of J&J; If a traveler wants to decline based on a Medical or Religious reason, please have them fill out the appropriate Exemption Form.
Job Requirements
- Currently both floors are the same acuity level & are considered to be more Tele acuity vs. PCU / Stepdown.
- Future plans, possibly Summer 2021, is that the 2nd floor (located on the same floor as the ICU) will become a Stepdown unit with higher acuity patients, including the addition of ativan & insulin drips, as well as titrating drips (currently only do set-rate drips).
- The 6th floor would remain Tele acuity.
- BLS & ACLS are the only required certifications
- Ok with 1st time travelers
Schedule Information
- 1 : 5 for both Day & Night shift
- Every-other-weekend. Nights is Fri / Sat; Days Sat / Sun
- The Director tries not to schedule travelers on holidays if possible; however, this will be based off the needs of the unit.
The expectation would still be that travelers could work holidays if needed.
- 12's 7-730 for both day or night shifts
- Use Kronos to enter schedule requests then the clinical coordinator enters & manager approves, at least 2 weeks in advance for 4 weeks at a time.
- Will allow block scheduling if in the contract.
- Sun - Sat
Unit Specific Information
- Currently, PCU / Tele consists of 2 units : 1) 2nd Floor has 20-Beds - all private rooms 2) 6th Floor has 22-Beds (some private, some semi-private).
- Future plans for 2nd floor to become a Stepdown unit.
- Currently, both floors are the same acuity level - more Tele acuity vs. PCU / Stepdown.
Additional Details
- Scrub Color : Navy blue - navy or white jacket - undershirt white or navy - hair must be natural hair color - No pink / purple / blue.
- Distasteful tattoos must be covered.
- Phillips Cardiac Monitors - 2 monitor techs / 69 monitors
- Unit currently has a central monitor station & hardwired in the rooms.
- Data from the monitors, vents, etc. flows directly into EPIC.
- Do nurses read strips? Every 4 hours & export into the patient's chart.
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