Job Title: Registered Nurse
Profession: RN
Specialty: Telemetry
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: Night
Hours per Shift: 12
Experience: Minimum of 2 years in a hospital setting
License: Active RN License required
Certifications: ACLS, BLS
Must-Have:
- 2 years experience in a hospital setting
- Active RN License
- ACLS
- BLS
Description:
2 years of experience in a hospital setting is required.
Candidates must have an active license.
The unit has 47 beds comprising 23 semi-private rooms and 1 private room.
Staff includes a Charge Nurse, RNs, LNAs, a unit clerk, and a Telemetry Tech.
Patient ratios are typically 1:5, with the potential to stretch to 1:6.
Equipment used includes Pyxis, Alaris Pumps, Bladder Scanners, EKGs, Client Chest Tubes, Dinamaps, and Vein Finders.
The EMR system in use is Meditech Expanse.
Shifts typically begin at 0645 for days and 1845 for nights.
Typical conditions cared for include:
- Vascular surgery
- Bariatric surgery
- General surgery
- Telemetry
- Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Sepsis
- Atherosclerosis
- GI Bleeds
- Chest Tubes
- Arrhythmias
The best personality fit for this role is a team player, hard worker, multi-tasker, and flexible.
Candidates may float to Med-Surg Units or other areas of the hospital if patient levels require it.