Job Title: Registered Nurse
Profession: RN
Specialty: Intermediate Care - Stepdown
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 12H Nights
Hours per Shift: 12 hours
Experience: Minimum 2 years
License: Required
Certifications: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS
Must-Have: Ability to read telemetries and comfort with chest tubes
Description:
Care for patients with a wide range of medical conditions, including COPD, CHF, diabetes, sepsis, renal issues, DKA, alcohol withdrawal, overdoses, pneumonia, and other respiratory conditions.
Provide care for neuro, surgical, and cardiac patients.
Utilize Bipap, Cpap, tracheostomies, chest tubes, NG tubes, PICC lines, central lines, and support for ablation/cath lab patients and dialysis patients.
Use electronic medical records system and medication dispensing system.
Work in a unit with 32 beds, all private rooms.
Maintain nurse to patient ratio of 3-4 patients per nurse.
Participate in holiday and weekend rotations.
Floating to other units will be required, with assignments based on level of care needed.
Expected to work three 12-hour shifts per week.
Dress code consists of scrubs in any color.
Orientation will include education and training specific to the unit.