Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg / Telemetry - $2,218 per week

Tact Staff is seeking a travel nurse RN Med Surg / Telemetry for a travel nursing job in Ketchikan, Alaska.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty : Med Surg / Telemetry
• Discipline : RN
• Start Date : 12 / 09 / 2024
• Duration : 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift : 12 hours
• Employment Type : Travel

LONG TERM CARE RN

Start Date : ASAP (4 weeks from offer for compliance requirements)

Shift : 3x12 Night (7pm-7 : 30am)

Ratios : 8 : 1 days; 13 : 1 nights

Years of Experience REQ : 2 years of Nursing home / LTC or Home Health preferred. Travel experience is preferred.

Epic REQ? 1 year of Epic experience is preferred.

First-Timers Accepted : Yes

Weekend REQ : TBD

Certs REQ : BLS

Skills REQ : IV Insertion, PICC Lines

Is on-call REQ? No

Will clinician float within scope to meet facility needs? Rarely

Open to accommodating block schedule? TBD

Locals Accepted : No

Pending License Accepted : Yes but w / o an AK license they have to be booked 10-12 weeks out

RTO Restrictions : We do not have any specific requirements around Holidays, however if the traveler is here for more than one recognized holiday we would ask them to work one of the holidays.

Guaranteed Hours : 36 per week

Top 10 Diagnosis / Procedures : CVA, Dementia, RA, Afib, Hip fx, Parkinsons, BKA, PNA, COPD, BKA, Hunntington's dx

Common Equipment : Hoyer lift, SARA lift, tube feeding pump, IV pump

Additional Details : This is an LTC unit; however, since it is the only LTC / Nursing Home in the PeaceHealth system, it functions more like an LTAC or step-down unit to MedSurg.

We do not take trach patients, acute rehab, TPN, Bi-PAP, etc. We use a Pyxis medication system to load our Work Stations on Wheels.

We DO NOT USE MedPacks which is what a lot of the LTC’s down south utilize, our Medpass process is a hybrid between a LTC / MedSurg process.

Epic was designed as an acute care EMR and has been modified to accommodate LTC; however, the modifications make the charting labor-intensive.

FACILITY INFORMATION

Type of Facility : Critical Access

Magnet / Teaching / Level Trauma (if applicable) : Nonprofit, Level IV Trauma Center

Total Staffed Beds : 54

Scrub Color : Provided for LTC

Charting : Epic

Parking Cost : Free

Tact Medical Staffing Job ID #492821. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.

Posted job title : Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical / Tele

About Tact Staff

Our nurses choose Tact assignments because it provides the opportunity to take on new challenges in their careers while they travel across the United States and gain enriching experiences on a professional and personal level.

Our dedicated team of staffing consultants will work with you and be your advocate as you choose to embark on new assignments.

Our team is committed to providing our nurses and allied professionals with the most rewarding healthcare assignments and choices at primer healthcare institutions nationwide.

Let us handle the details; you choose the job and location that are right for you.

Be Adventurous, Make a Difference , Travel with Tact.

Be Adventurous - Becoming a travel nurse or allied professional is not only a professional adventure, but a personal adventure as well.

It is an opportunity to challenge yourself, to explore a new place, and try amazing food...

Make a Difference - Nurses and allied professionals make such a huge difference in so many lives. The care and compassion you show to your patients, does not go unnoticed.

We know how important your jobs is, which is why we take our job as recruiters so seriously. Being able to place nurses and allied professionals in hospitals, where you are doing something as crucial as saving lives, is something we feel thankful to be able to do.

Travel with Tact - From the moment we receive your resume we begin trying to build a relationship with you. We know the importance of becoming your friend, before becoming your recruiter.

Building friendly, yet professional relationships allows us to discover what you truly want... and don't want in a travel assignment.