Travel Nurse RN - ED - Emergency Department - $2,760 per week Job Listing at Mercy Hospital Downtown - Bakersfield in Bakersfield, CA (Job ID 5314960-2024-10-01)

Description

Certification Details
• Certs: BLS, ACLS, PALS, NIHSS
• Scrub Color: Navy blue

Job Details
• A hospital in California is looking for an experienced ER nurse for a travel contract.
• The right candidate will have 2 full years of experience.

Job Requirements
• Hold an active BLS, ACLS, NIH, PALS and CA License.

Schedule Information
• Shifts: 12's Days: 7a-730p; 9a-9:30p; Mids:10a-10:30p, 11a-11:30p, 1p-1:30a, 3p-3:30a; Nights 7p-7:30a.
• Self scheduling but not finalized until the manager balances it.
• Schedules are for 4 weeks.
• Block scheduling is not guaranteed.
• Weekend Requirement: 4 weekend shifts in a 4 week schedule.

Unit Specific Information
• Unit: ED
• Number of beds: 18 Beds
• Ratios: 1 to 4 unless ICU patient would be 1 to 2
• EMR: Cerner
• Charge Nurse: Shift manager & a resource nurse
• Nurse Aides: ED Techs are EMT or aides from other units
• Tele: Phillips
• Vents: yes
• Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Yes - only use MD's in the ER
• IV Team: No
• RT 24/7: Yes
• Pharmacy 24/7: Yes & Omnicell
• Floating: Floating could happen between the 2 facilities to the ER.
• Common diagnosis / Types of patients: Less peds than Mercy Southwest campus. This campus has CDCR (correctional patients) officer comes from the prison & stays with them. All OB are transfer to the other campus. A little more homeless & indigent population here. No cardiac patients. These would be stabilized & transferred out.

Additional Details
• ***CERNER REQUIRED***
• Floor specific orientation: 2 shifts at the primary campus & 1 shift at the other campus
• This must be their primary job.
• They will not work around another work schedule to accommodate hours.
• Must be very teamwork oriented.
• They treat between 85 - 115 patients per day with an average of 100 patients per day.