Travel Nurse RN - Orthopedics - $1,366 per week Job Listing at Chandler Regional Medical Center in Chandler, AZ (Job ID 5003278-2024-10-25)

Description

Certification Details
• ACLS required
• ONS Chemo Provider Card is preferred, not necessarily the ONCC (certification).

Job Details
• MedSurg/Ortho C5 specialty
• 16.0 week contract length

Job Requirements
• ACLS, BLS
• Minimum 2 years of experience - must be recent, within the past 6 months.

Schedule Information
• self-scheduling
• 4 weekend shifts per 4 week schedule period
• holiday rotation schedule
• standby (monitored by our central staffing)

Unit Specific Information
• Unit: MS/Ortho
• 32 beds in the unit
• Nurse-to-patient ratios are 4:1 (with 2-3 PCTs on day shift)
• Common diagnoses/Types of patients include post-op: colorectal, urological, bariatric, hepatobiliary, hysterectomy, breast reconstruction, etc. AND Chemo/Oncology patients
• Experience in strong post-op assessment and time management skills - high patient turnover unit
• RNs are not required to titrate drips
• Common titratable &/or set rate drips: PCAs
• Charge nurse does not take assignment but may help administer chemo on/off the unit
• Nurse aids available on day shift - usually have 12-14 patients each
• RT Equipment includes Cpap, high flow for palliative care patients only
• No tele/monitor techs on unit, RNs are not required to read their own strips
• Charge Nurse/House Supervisor: Charge nurse does not take assignment
• Floating Requirements: Yes, to other med/surg/tele units
• Scrub Color/Dress Code/Scrubs provided: navy blue
• Unit/Department specific orientation: Yes - 2 shifts with a preceptor

Additional Details
• Travelers will need to pass a dysrhythmia exam prior to start (with 2 max attempts).
• There is also a pass/fail Sim Lab on day one of orientation (study guides will be provided with first day instructions.
• Our unit is also equipped/prepped to admit appropriate patients to hall/overflow space and may need to prep some rooms to 'double-bunk'