Travel Nurse RN - Oncology - $2,317 per week in Redding, CA

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: RN (Registered Nurse) Specialty: MedSurg/Oncology Duration: 13 weeks Shift: 12H Days Hours per Shift: 12 hours Experience: Minimum 2 years License: Required Certifications: BLS Certification, COVID Vaccine Required Must-Have: - 2-3 years of experience in specialty - Team player with travel experience Description: Traveler needs to be comfortable caring for oncology patients. Common diagnoses include mostly oncology patients, but there may be overflow from medical-surgical cases.

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: RN (Registered Nurse) Specialty: MedSurg/Oncology Duration: 13 weeks Shift: 12H Days Hours per Shift: 12 hours Experience: Minimum 2 years License: Required Certifications: BLS Certification, COVID Vaccine Required Must-Have: - 2-3 years of experience in specialty - Team player with travel experience Description: Traveler needs to be comfortable caring for oncology patients. The traveler will not have to administer chemotherapy. Holiday requests will be considered, but not guaranteed. The unit has 17 beds. Certifications required include BLS. Staff-to-patient ratios are 1 to 5, and could be 1 to 4 for patients receiving chemotherapy. The electronic medical record system used is Cerner. The charge nurse is a clinical supervisor who will not take patient assignments and will fill in as break relief. There is 1 nurse aide on for 8 hours during the day. Weekend requirement includes 4 shifts in a 4-week schedule. Holidays are worked into the permanent staff rotation. Scrub color is navy. A teleportable telemetry box is available as needed, and monitor tech is present. Nurses must be able to read and interpret telemetry and will need to take a dysrhythmia exam. There is no hospitalist or intensivist on-site. An IV team is available 24/7, and a pharmacy is also available 24/7. Shifts are 12 hours, from 6:45 AM to 7:15 PM. Floating may occur to telemetry with a 1 to 4 ratio and could also include floating between med-surg floors. Floor-specific orientation is 1 shift on the unit. Common diagnoses include mostly oncology patients, but there may be overflow from medical-surgical cases.