Travel Med Surg RN - $3,420 per week

RadHealth+ is seeking a travel nurse RN Med Surg / Telemetry for a travel nursing job in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Med Surg / Telemetry
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 48 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Description

Requested time off during the course of this assignment MUST be noted and verified at upload.  RTO REQUESTS AFTER UPLOAD/DURING INTERVIEW WILL NOT BE APPROVED!!   NO MORE THAN 5 DAYS OF RTO WILL BE ACCEPTED (less is better).

 

Travelers may not take all holidays off. MUST work TWO blocks (if scheduled/needed): 

Thanksgiving Day/Friday after and weekend after
Christmas Eve through Christmas Day and weekend after 
New Year Eve through New Year Day and weekend after

AHSA Agency Partner Please Note: 
Effective Immediately,  You MUST include your AGENCY Massachusetts Temporary Nursing Service Agency License (Nursing Pool) license up front with all Berkshire Health System nursing submissions. This license is required by the state of MA in order to staff for temporary needs. If you have questions on this requirement, please visit:    We cannot consider your candidate for consideration without this license uploaded with traveler profile.  Thank you!  CC 

AT LEAST TWO SPECIFIC INTERVIEW DATES/TIMES OF AVAILABILITY FOR INTERVIEW MUST BE ADDED TO PROFILE - PROFILES WILL NOT BE PRESENTED WITHOUT THIS INFORMATION.  "ANYTIME" WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. 
 

BERKSHIRE HEALTH SYSTEM WILL NOT CONSIDER ANY TRAVELER WHO RESIDES WITHIN 50 MILES OF FACILITY.  To avoid delays in processing, please include perm address at profile upload.   

PLEASE ENSURE THAT ALL TRAVELERS UPLOADED TO NEEDS ON MY DESK NOTE WHEN THEY CAN BE REACHED AND HAVE VOICEMAIL SET UP ON THEIR PHONES. TRAVELERS WITHOUT VOICEMAIL SET UP WHEN A FACILITY REACHES OUT WILL BE REDIRECTED.  

Unit Size: 20 to 34 beds, depending upon Unit
Patient Ratio:  1:6, typically
Dress Code: Personal scrubs of any color
 

8hrs non-billable orientation
Holiday and OT Multipliers - 1.25%

Submission Requirements

MED SURG TRAVELERS MUST BE WILLING TO FLOAT TO ANY MS UNIT 
CLIENT WILL NOT CONSIDER BLOCK SCHEDULING

• 2 years current Medical Surgical experience [Required]
• Telemetry experience required [Required]
• Willingness to float- Required [Required]
• Basic Dysrhythmia course completion STRONGLY REQUIRED [Required]
   
• Meditech Expanse experience [highly preferred]
• BLS, NIHSS AND ACLS MUST BE IN HAND AT PROFILE UPLOAD.  Facility will not pend certifications. 
• Traveler must have their own vehicle for this assignment
• Perm address must be included in profile
• Any/All RTO must be included in profile. ALL SCHEDULING REQUESTS MUST BE MADE AT THE TIME OF SUBMISSION. Facility will NOT approve scheduling requests at/after time of offer/at interview.  Please obtain this information prior to submittal. Requests after offer may lead to rescinded offer

BERKSHIRE HEALTH SYSTEM WILL NOT CONSIDER ANY TRAVELER WHO RESIDES WITHIN 50 MILES OF FACILITY.  To avoid delays in processing, please include perm address at profile upload.  

Profile Requirements: 
 

• Work History
• Skills Checklist  Medical Surgical (pertinent to position), current to 1 year  [REQUIRED] [DOCUMENT]
• 1 Supervisory Signed Reference (from within the past two years of employment)  [REQUIRED] [DOCUMENT]
• Massachusetts RN license - Must be uploaded with profile [REQUIRED] [DOCUMENT]
• Active American Heart Association BLS - [REQUIRED] [DOCUMENT]
• Active American Heart Association ACLS - [REQUIRED] [DOCUMENT]
• National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale NIHSS   [REQUIRED] [DOCUMENT]

Certification Requirements

• ACLS (AHA)
• BLS (AHA)
• NIHSS

State License Requirements

• Massachusetts

Additional License Requirements

• MA license MUST be in hand at profile upload. Facility will not pend license

About the Facility

BMC is a 298-bed teaching hospital and is ranked among the safest hospitals in the nation by The Leapfrog Group, which has given BMC Straight "A" grades since the inception of Leapfrog's patient safety program, one of only 42 hospitals in the nation to achieve this honor; and recipient of both the 2017 and 2018Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award.

Berkshire Medical Center offers a full continuum of medical specialties, including anesthesiology, dentistry, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, around the clock neurology and neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose and throat), pathology, pediatrics, psychiatry, radiation oncology, radiology, rehabilitation, substance abuse, cardiac rehabilitation, a sleep lab and others. BMC has a state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging department, with MRI, high-speed CT, ultrasound, x-ray, mammography and more, providing 24-hour service.

BMC has previously been honored by Healthgrades with its DistinguBMC Home.jpgished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence and was one of Healthgrades America's Best Hospitals in 2016. BMC is a not for profit medical center fully accredited by The Joint Commission. As a medical center affiliated with Berkshire Health Systems, Berkshire Medical Center, its Hillcrest Campus and North Adams Campus serve all residents of Berkshire County, Massachusetts and communities in adjacent eastern New York, northwest Connecticut and southwest Vermont.


 

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Benefits

• 401k retirement plan
• Weekly pay
• Dental benefits
• Medical benefits
• Referral bonus
• Vision benefits