Travel Nurse RN - Telemetry - $2,352 per week Job Listing at Memorial Hospital - Bakersfield in Bakersfield, CA (Job ID 6328593-2024-10-29)

Description

Certification Details
• BLS, ACLS, NIHSS required
• Chemo cert would be a plus but not required
• Annual stroke competency through APEX (if during assignment period)

Job Details
• A hospital in California is looking for an experienced Telemetry nurse for a travel contract.
• The right candidate will have 3 full years of experience, hold an active BLS, ACLS, NIH and CA License.

Job Requirements
• 3 full years of experience
• Hold an active BLS, ACLS, NIH
• Active 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

Unit Specific Information
• 5W Tele Stroke - similar to a stepdown unit
• Ratios: 4 to 1
• Scrub Color: Navy blue
• Vents: No - have high-flow, bedside CPAP (maintained by RT)
• IV Team: No - ICU & ER can assist with 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

Additional Details
• Unit: 5W Tele Stroke (Very fast paced. High patient turnover. High acuity/high risk patients)
• ACLS, BLS, NIHSS; Clinical Team will pre-screen all candidates.
• CERNER REQUIRED
• No duos!
• No first time travelers