Certification Details
- Certs : BLS, ACLS, & NIHSS are required. Must have experience using NIHSS on the floor.
- Chemo cert would be a plus but not required. They occasionally & unexpectedly will get a patient needing chemo
Job Details
A hospital in California is looking for an experienced Telemetry nurse for a travel contract.
Job Requirements
The right candidate will have 3 full years of experience, hold an active BLS, ACLS, NIH and CA License.
Schedule Information
- Shifts / Hours : 12 hours; 7a - 7 : 30p / 7p - 7 : 30a
- Breaks : 1 / 2 hour break (clock-out); 3 - 15 min breaks per shift (CA Law)
- Weekends : Every other weekend or equivalent of 4 weekend days in a 4 week schedule (Example : could be 2 in a row, then off 2 in a row)
- Day Shift Weekend is Sat / Sun; Nights is Fri / Sat
Unit Specific Information
- Scrub Color : Navy blue. If you wear a scrub jacket it also must be navy. If you wear an undershirt underneath your scrub top it must be navy, white, or black.
- Tele : Spacelabs Monitoring - 24 / 7 monitor techs on this unit.
- Vents : No - have high-flow, bedside CPAP (maintained by RT)
- IV Team : No - ICU & ER can assist w / hard IV sticks
- RT 24 / 7 : Yes
- Pharmacy 24 / 7 : Yes - also have clinical pharmacists on the unit throughout the day / evening
- Floating : Tele staff will float to med / surg, the other tele unit (4W), & could be floated to ICU. If floated to ICU, traveler will be given patients with appropriate level of acuity.
They will get orientation to the ICU.
Types of patients : Non-STEMI, R / O MI & ACS, neuro intervential radiology patients, carotid stents, carotid endarterectomy post ICU, high-risk stroke / renal patients, S / P cranies from ICU, get all r / o stroke, CVA, TIA.
Designated unit for stroke.
Medications : Titrate Heparin, Amiodarone, & Cardizem. Dopamine & Dobutamine set rates. Lasix. Occasionally pt may come from the cath lab with Integrilin drip until the infusion is done.
Occasional patient w / chemo, however chemo cert staff will administer, unless candidate has chemo cert.
Additional Details
- Unit : 5W Tele Stroke (Very fast paced. High patient turnover. High acuity / high risk patients) VERY SIMILAR TO A STEPDOWN UNIT!
- ACLS, BLS, NIHSS; Medical Solutions Clinical Team will pre-screen all candidates.
- CERNER REQUIRED
- No duos!
- No first time travelers*
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