Job Title: Registered Nurse
Profession: RN
Specialty: Cardiac Progressive Care, Telemetry Cardiac
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 12 hours, Days
Hours per Shift: 36
Experience: 2 years of Critical Care experience
License: Current RN license in California
Certifications: Current BLS, Current ACLS
Must-Have:
- EPIC charting experience
- Successful completion of prior traveler assignments
- Ability to float to other units, including Med/Surg
Description:
The Cardiovascular Unit provides medical, pre-operative, and post-operative surgical care to admitted patients classified as medium to high acuity.
Patients admitted to the unit are stable but have a high potential of becoming unstable.
The patient population consists of young adults through the geriatric community.
Examples of patients include those with cardiac diagnoses, pre/post cardiac artery bypass surgery, carotid endarterectomy, Acute Myocardial Infarction, post pacemaker insertion, arrhythmia detection, congestive heart failure, pneumonia, and other similar disease processes.
The patient-to-nurse ratio shall not exceed 1:4.
Candidates must be willing to float to other units as needed.
Holiday coverage will be required.