Travel Nurse RN - Telemetry - $2,260 per week
Company: St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center
Location: Phoenix
Posted on: October 11, 2024
Job Description:
- Certification Details
- Need MedSurg/Tele RN and Psych experience preferred.
- Certs: BLS, ACLS
- The right candidate must hold an active BLS, ACLS and AZ
license or compact.
- Job Details
- A large hospital in Arizona is looking for RN's with
MedSurg/Telemetry/Psych experience for a travel assignment on their
Visual Medical unit.
- The right candidate will have two years of MedSurg/Tele
experience and Psych experience.
- This is for travelers going to St. Joseph main campus and/or
St. Joseph Westgate campus.
- We are a MedSurg/Tele Unit that specializes in patients with
Mental illness. Psychiatric experience is preferred, but certainly
not a requirement.
- I am much more interested in their MedSurg/Tele skills and
whether or not the candidate has a desire to work with the mentally
ill.
- Job Requirements
- The right candidate must hold an active BLS, ACLS and AZ
license or compact.
- LEVEL I TRAUMA EXPERIENCE REQUIRED.
- candidate is required to pass DYS exam PRIOR to accepting. 2
attempts.
- All RNs will be expected to complete SIMs Lab for Foley
catheter insertion & central line dressing changes.
- SIMs lab is pass/fail & nurses have been termed during SIMs Lab
for breaking sterile field.
- Schedule Information
- Charge Nurse: Charge, has patients.
- Nurse Aides: Behavior health techs, Security watches via
video.
- Weekend Requirement: Every 3rd weekend.
- Holidays: Work in perm staff rotation.
- Shifts: 12 hr shifts. 7-7.
- Floating: ED psych holds, possibly to MedSurg floors.
- Floor specific orientation: 2 shifts.
- Unit Specific Information
- Number of beds: 14
- Ratios: 1:4 ratios
- Common diagnosis/Types of patients: Medical unit with secondary
psych diagnosis. Confused patients, dementia, low cognitive
ability
- Charge Nurse: Charge, has patients.
- Nurse Aides: Behavior health techs, Security watches via
video.
- Scrub Color: Navy, and panic buttons
- Floating: ED psych holds, possibly to MedSurg floors.
- Additional Details
- Unit: VMU - Visual Medical Unit
- Certs: BLS, ACLS;
- Ratios: 1:4 ratios
- EMR: Cerner
- Scrub Color: Navy, and panic buttons
- Tele: Yes
- Vents: No
- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Psych MD on unit.
- IV Team: SWAT RN available
- RT 24/7: Yes
- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes
- Common diagnosis/Types of patients: Medical unit with secondary
psych diagnosis. Confused patients, dementia, low cognitive
ability
- Additional Notes: Rare physical restraints. Chemical
restraints. All are video monitored by security on unit. 4 days
length of stay.
Keywords: St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center, Prescott Valley , Travel Nurse RN - Telemetry - $2,260 per week, Healthcare , Phoenix, Arizona
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