Travel Nurse RN - Telemetry - $1,992 per week Job Listing at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula in Monterey, CA (Job ID 6319041-2024-10-29)

Description

Certification Details
• Required Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS. PALS

Job Details
• Facility in California seeking a CVICU RN that can receive patient from OR and manage post-care. Please have CA license, BLS, ACLS.

Job Requirements
• CA license
• BLS
• ACLS
• NIHSS
• Recent (within 6 months) post-op open heart experience preferred- within 1 year required.
• Need to have some experience with MedSurg ICU patients including chest tubes, RSI intubations.
• Must have an understanding of sepsis & be able to anticipate physician orders.
• Experience or 'Must have' skills: Need to have some experience with MedSurg ICU patients including chest tubes, RSI intubations.

Schedule Information
• 12Hr shifts 7-7; schedules made out about 2 weeks in advance, able to trade shifts if needed.
• Shifts & Scheduling: 12Hr shifts 7-7; schedules made out about 2 weeks in advance, able to trade shifts if needed.
• Weekend Requirement: Every other essentially - travelers are there to fill in holes so it could be Friday one week & Saturday of another.
• Holiday Requirement: Usually will work into permanent staff rotation & would like flexibility in working holidays. One major winter holiday.

Unit Specific Information
• Ratios: 1:1-2
• Are RNs required to titrate drips? Yes
• Common titratable &/or set rate drips: all critical care drips
• Charge Nurse/House Supervisor: Yes both shifts- responds to codes and rapid responses. They are typically out of the staffing grid. Resource nurse available when staffing allows- both shifts.
• Are there nurse aids on this unit/Ratios: None - sometimes they will have a support tech on that helps with equipment & can function like a tech as needed
• Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Intensivist on 7-530pm, on-call after hours; hospitalist in house 24/7
• RT in ICU 24/7: Yes
• RT Equipment (vents, Cpap, BiPap, etc): Cervo I vents, BiPap (PB 840), CPAP, HFNC
• Is there tele on this unit? Monitor Techs? RNs read strips? Phillips monitors with 24Hr monitoring tech on the unit. Nurses must read and interpret.
• Scrub Color/Dress Code: Provided
• Unit/Department specific orientation: 3 days: Day 1/2 - with educator/ computer training Day 3 - Patient assignment with preceptor.

Additional Details
• ACLS, BLS, NIHSS; START DATE: 11/25
• ***NICOTINE FREE facility, included in drug screen***
• ---ALL RTO needs to be in at the time of submission. NO RTO will be approved after offer is sent.
• ---Do they have EPIC Experience?
• The unit overall is very traveler friendly & many extend their contract. Looking for someone willing and open to learning. They use SBAR and CUSS (Concern • Uncomfortable • unSafe • Stop) when speaking with providers.