Travel Nurse RN - Telemetry - $1,688 per week

Company: Willis-Knighton Bossier Health Center
Location: Bossier City
Posted on: February 11, 2025

Job Description:

• Certification Details
• BLS
• ACLS
• NIHSS
  • Job Details
  • General Information:
  • Beds: 30
  • Minimum years of experience: 3 years
  • Will accept a first-time traveler? Yes
  • Travelers must be separated for 1 year if previously a perm staff
  • Patient Types: Medical, Surgical, Telemetry: Afib/RVR, CHF, Chest pain r/o, Acute Coronary Syndrome, post Cath Lab with TR Bands, Surgical overflow - Abdominal, General, General: Sepsis, PNA, Stroke, DKA, COVID
  • Patient Ratios: RN: Days - 1:5-6, Nights - 1:6, CNA: 2-3 per 30 patients
  • Skills required: Tele RN required, Traveler will be required to PASS an EKG competency exam as part of compliance, prior to arrival (includes MedSurg RN), Cardiac experience - lead placement, cardiac strip analysis/interpretation, Non-titrating Cardiac gtts (Dopamine, Cardizem, Primacor, Amio, Dobutamine, Lasix, Insulin)
  • Support on the Unit: Charge nurse: may or may not have patient assignment, Phlebotomy - peripheral blood draws only, IV/VAT Team for PICC/Midline placement, House Supervisor, 24/7; PCC, RT, 24/7, Hospitalist available, 24/7, OT, PT, ST
  • Charting System/Equipment: EMR: Meditech Expanse, IV Pumps: Alaris, Medication dispensing: Pyxis
  • Floating: Possibly, to comparable units, In rotation with perm staff
  • Orientation: 2 Hospital and 2 on unit
    • Job Requirements
    • Required Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
    • Minimum years of experience: 3 years
    • Tele RN required
    • Traveler will be required to PASS an EKG competency exam as part of compliance, prior to arrival (includes MedSurg RN)
      • Schedule Information
      • Weekend rotation: Every other
      • Will work 4 days one week and 3 days the next week - this is mandatory
      • Can we approve time off? Up to 7 days - must extend contract for any full weeks of RTO
      • May only request (1) weekend off per 13-week contract
      • No call
      • Holiday Expectations: will be required to work 2/3 major holidays
      • Black out dates: Halloween 2024; Black Friday 2024
        • Additional Details
        • Scrub Color: Pewter
        • Parking: Free in designated areas
        • Culture on the unit: Teamwork, Busy - short length of stay
        • Professionalism is a mandatory requirement - no cell phone usage in patient care areas, earbuds cannot be worn, no eating at desk

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