Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg / Telemetry - $2,079 per week Job Listing at Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center Crisis Response in Wilmington, NC (Job ID 6207196-2024-10-27)

Description

Certification Details
• Certs: BLS, ACLS, NIH

Job Details
• RTO after booking is not allowed and is not allowed to be worked out onsite. Any call offs or additional RTO on unit could possibly turn into a cancel and DNR.
• Ratios: 1:6 for floor for surgical/medicine inpatient patients.
• Shift: 12 HR NIGHTS; 36 or 48 hours accepted. If 48, then no OT billed until after 48 hours.
• Unit will accept contracts from 13 weeks+ up to March 15, 2025 (hard stop) to get the unit through the holidays!!
• RTO: 7 days MAX
• Float Requirement: when needed to like units
• Weekend Requirement: every other weekend
• Contract staff will be assigned and expected to work a Storm Team and/or Hurricane Team. Contract staff may be required to report to work during a catastrophic event, mass casualty or disaster.
• Consolidation to the Centralized Office mid contract may occur and the contract staff may be preassigned to units as needed
• PATIENT DIAGNOSES: Wide range of patient diagnoses that have had or plan to have surgery or involved in a trauma: Cellulitis, Appendicitis, Cholecystitis, Diverticulitis, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Gun Shots, Stabbings, Falls, Various Cancers, Kidney Stones, Bowel Obstruction, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Limb Ischemia, Hernia, Gangrene
• SPECIAL PROCEDURES/UNIT DETAILS: Wide range of any inpatient surgical procedure, as well as trauma: Cholecystectomy, Appendectomy, Hernia Repair, TURP, Ostomy Creation or Closure, Wound Debridement, Tumor Removal, Kidney Stone Removal, Amputations, Fem Pop Bypass
• SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: Wound Vacs, Chest Tubes, NG tube/Corpak, JP Drains, Hemovac Drains, Penrose Drains
• UNIT SYSTEMS (Medication, Documentation, Communication): Pyxis, EPIC, SBAR

Job Requirements
• Minimum Years of Experience: Must have 2 years of surgical unit experience
• Traveler Experience: Travel experience is preferred by not required
• Locals Accepted/Rate Difference: Yes
• Required Skills: Interpretation of dysrhythmias, Management of dysrhythmias, use of Rapid Response Teams, Blood Product Administration, Central line care/management, Peripheral Line Care/Management, Surgical drains, Nasal Cannula, Non-invasive airway management, Isolation Precautions, Wound Care/Wound Vac
• Preferred Skills: titrate cardiac drips, titrate vasoactive drips, Chest tubes-Emerson/Pleur-evac

Schedule Information
• Shift: 12 HR NIGHTS; 36 or 48 hours accepted
• If 48, then no OT billed until after 48 hours.
• RTO: 7 days MAX
• Scheduling Type: Schedule as needed as needed
• Unit Orientation: 2 Days of hospital orientation, 24 hours of floor training
• Float Requirement: when needed to like units
• Weekend Requirement: every other weekend

Unit Specific Information
• Combination acuity unit: Adult medical surgical and surgical stepdown.
• MUST Pass EKG Testing prior to start for this specialty.