| Location | Adams Basin, NY |
Trusted is seeking an experienced nurse for this exciting travel nursing assignment. Trusted has streamlined the travel nursing experience by enabling nurses to apply directly to jobs without the need for recruiters. This unique approach provides more transparency, eliminates pesky calls from recruiters, and puts more money in your pocket. Join the thousands of nurses across the country who have already made the switch to a more modern way to work.
Experience:
• 12 months of experience with 3 months within the last 12 months.
• 2 years of Critical Care Float Pool experience with 1 month within the last 6 months.
• 3 months of Epic experience is required.
Requirements:
• Candidates must have a Washington license or compact license (required for submission).
• This role will require floating to multiple units
• COVID vaccination required after submission. Religious and medical declinations accepted.
• Anyone who worked as Staff at a facility in this program in the last 12 months cannot be submitted.
• Anyone currently working at a facility in this program cannot be submitted.
Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.
Additional Details:
MultiCare includes the expected start date they prefer on their job postings. Please keep this in mind when listing your start date availability! If you can start on the day they are requesting, you are more likely to be selected for an interview or offer.
Please expect someone with a 501 (Arkansas) area code or from the facility to reach out to interview you for this position!
Required Skills/Experience:
2 years of PCU experience required.
ICU skills required include cardiac rhythm interpretation, ventilator management, invasive line management, ostomy care, general drain management, and tracheostomy care.
PCU skills required include cardiac rhythm interpretation, chest tubes, lumbar drains, tracheostomy care, and IV medication titration (amiodarone, Cardizem, nitro, dopamine, dobutamine, non-DKA insulin, heparin, and sometimes Cardene).
Med-Surg skills required include IVs, PCAs, chest tubes, drains, ostomies, and IV antibiotics.
If you have a multistate license, you will be required to complete a 1-time 6-hour suicide prevention training according to WA state regulations.
Special Requests:
Any RTO or special requests not included on your application will not be considered.
You can only have 1 active application for the same position (same unit & shift at the same facility). Example: if you apply for day shift, you can also apply for night shift on the same unit and facility, but you cannot apply for another day shift position on the same unit & facility.
Unit Details:
ED holding is expected to be the primary unit; it has mixed diagnoses, including isolation and non-ambulatory patients, and is fast-paced.
ICU patients include respiratory failure, GI bleeds, DKA, sepsis, complicated post-operative patients, CVAs, flap surgeries, post-arrest patients, ETOH, and IVDA.
Higher-level ICU therapies include Rotoprone, manual proning, hypothermia protocol, CRRT, and TPA; the assignment will not take flap surgery patients.
No craniotomies, major traumas, or major cardiothoracic cases are taken.
PCU patients include respiratory compromise, sepsis, renal failure, bleeding disorders, general medical/surgical patients, CHF, COPD, pneumonia, general cases, and orthopedic cases.
Med-Surg assignments include oncology patients (including neutropenic and post-operative patients), psychiatric patients, general medical-surgical patients (including post-operative, COPD, CHF, sepsis, DVT, AKI, dialysis, and COVID cases), orthopedic patients (including total joints, post-surgical patients, and general medical overflow), and palliative patients (including pneumonia, sepsis, CHF, COPD, AKI, DVT, PE, occasional surgical cases, and COVID); COVID is common on the Med-Surg floor.
Rehab patients include stroke, spinal cord injury, TBI, multi-trauma, post-COVID, and post-ICU cases; vents and trachs are present, respiratory therapy provides just-in-time training, and acuity is Med-Surg level.
ACLS transport assignments involve transporting patients throughout the hospital, including all inpatient units, ED, CT, MRI, nuclear medicine, PACU, and Cath Lab.
Day-shift ACLS transport RNs typically become busy at 0730-0800 and do not slow down for the rest of the day.
Patient ratios vary by assignment: ICU is 1:2 based on acuity; PCU and CCU are 1:4 depending on acuity or if a patient is discharging; medical and surgical are 1:5; ED holding has ICU patients at 1:2, PCU patients at 1:4, and MS patients at 1:5; rehab uses a 2:8 team model (RN, LPN, tech).
RT, hospitalist, and intensivist coverage is available 24/7.
Uses Alaris IV pumps and Pyxis medication dispensing.
Floating Requirements:
The clinician may float for partial shifts and will float within their scope of practice and below.
When PCU or ICU nurses are floated to MS, the ratio is 1:5.
14 days maximum time off
2 Manager references required from within the last 12 months
Certifications:
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support)
• NIHSS (NIH Stroke Scale)
• BLS (Basic Life Support)
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