Travel Nurse RN - Progressive Care Unit in Columbus, OH
TechLink Systems, Inc.
Columbus, OH
Location (On-site, Remote, or Hybrid?): Columbus, OH (onsite)
Contract Duration: 16 weeks
Work Hours: Night 3x12-Hour (19:00 - 07:30)
Total Weekly Hours: 36 Corrections Health Unit - PCU - AYA OFFER - D/N or Nights
ONCOLOGY EXPERIENCE PREFERRED BUT NOT REQUIRED. EPIC CHARTING EXPERIENCE REQUIRED!
Key Responsibilities:
Float to various Oncology Medical-Surgical (MS) units as needed.
Ensure staff safety in a secure corrections unit environment.
Certifications Required:
BLS (Basic Life Support)
Special Procedures/Unit Details:
Unit is a corrections unit for Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections (ODRC) inmates.
Locked unit with access controlled by Corrections Officers (CO).
CO to inmate ratio: 1:2.
Nurse to patient ratio: 1:3 for PCU, 1:4-5 for MS.
Some shifts will be assigned to MS, others to PCU.
Shifts:
Weekend shifts vary based on unit requirements.
If you accept a 12D/N rotating contract, you may be scheduled for days, nights, or a combination of both, depending on the department s needs. Shift assignments are reviewed every 4-week scheduling period, but changes are not guaranteed and are based on staffing priorities at that time.
Systems Utilized:
Medication System: Pyxis
Documentation System: EPIC
Patient Care and Management:
Patient Diagnoses:
o Active oncology diagnoses/treatments, including solid tumors and hematology.
o Oncology workup admissions.
o History of cancer admitted for other reasons (surgical procedures, COPD, sepsis, abnormal labs, pneumonia, etc.).
o Non-oncology diagnoses admitted for reasons listed above.
Skills and Competencies:
o Medical-Surgical/Telemetry
Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency Response:
? Interpretation and management of dysrhythmias
? Unit-based telemetry monitoring
o Endocrine/Metabolic: IV insulin protocols
o Gastrointestinal: Feeding tube care and management
o Genitourinary/Renal: Pre/Post Hemodialysis and renal failure management
o IV Therapy/Phlebotomy: Blood product administration, central line and peripheral line care/management, PICC line management, starting IVs
o Medications: Heparin protocols, management of cardiac drips (no titration), PCA (Patient-Controlled Analgesia)
o Respiratory: External CPAP/BIPAP, High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC), interpretation of ABGs (Arterial Blood Gases), nasal cannula, oxygen face masks, portable oxygen tanks, non-invasive airway management, tracheostomy management
Provider Support:
Interpretation Services
Pharmacy
Physical Therapy
Radiology
Rapid Response Teams
Respiratory Services
Social Services
Transportation
About the Company
TechLink Systems, Inc.
TechLink Systems is a national provider of staffing services with offices in New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Columbus, and Ft Lauderdale as well as a development and support center in Bangalore, India. We are an NMSDC and WBENC Certified Minority Business that has been recently recognized with the TAPFIN 2016 Excellence Award as well as became a TAPFIN Elite Partner of 2016. We serve the contract staffing, recruitment and HR management, project outsourcing, and software development needs of clients nationwide including many Fortune 500 companies. Striving to create personal relationships with clients, TechLink becomes a virtual extension of clients’ own in-house capabilities to help achieve new levels of growth, productivity, and competitiveness. At TechLink, seasoned industry professionals deliver an array of custom-tailored managed services including IT security, support, project management, and much more. The company’s talented recruiters and HR specialists have backgrounds in many cutting-edge, high-performance industries making TechLink Systems an ideal partner for recruitment process outsourcing. We even have a development center located in Bangalore, India, which is used to serve clients’ needs for outsourced software development projects.