Travel Orthopedic Inpatient RN
| Estimated Pay info | Based on similar jobs in your market$37 per hour |
|---|---|
| Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
| Location | Urbana, Illinois |
About this job
Job Description
Trusted Talent is seeking a travel nurse RN Orthopedics for a travel nursing job in Urbana, Illinois.
Job Description & Requirements- Specialty: Orthopedics
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: ASAP
- Duration: 13 weeks
- Shift: days
- Employment Type: Travel
Essential Functions:
\n- Perform all responsibilities and duties required by the unit specific to the scope of service.
- Implement procedures and theories related to the specific area of practice.
- Maintain up-to-date and accurate documentation to assure the integration of information for use by the healthcare team.
- Complete initial assessments upon patient admission and develop appropriate care plans based on patient and family needs.
- Implement care plans, nursing interventions, and patient care procedures.
- Modify plans of care based on continuous evaluation.
- Ensure patient and employee safety by reporting and correcting safety hazards and incidents.
- Communicate with others directly and privately when necessary to resolve issues.
- Offer constructive feedback to assist in the professional development of peers.
- Identify own learning needs and take initiative to address them.
- Fulfill all departmental competency requirements.
Department Specific Job Functions:
\n- Assess ortho and medical/surgical patients every shift.
- Educate ortho and medical/surgical patients on wound care, proper mobility, self-care, medication management, and care transition needs.
- Coordinate with physician and surgeon partners on patient care.
- Delegate and monitor interventions of HCT staff.
- Set up ortho traction and manipulate surgical traction devices for mobility and wound care.
- Manage wound appliances such as wound vacs, drains, pouches, and other urological devices.
Skills:
\nRequired Skills & Experience:
\n- Minimum one (1) year of relevant nursing experience.
Preferred Skills & Experience:
\n- EPIC experience.
Additional Required Skills:
\n- Nursing process
- Nursing trends
- Technology
- Financial and human resource management
- Wound appliance management
- Documentation
- Patient assessment
- Care plan development
- Safety reporting and hazard correction
- Effective communication
- Professional development
- Ortho and medical/surgical patient assessment
- Education on wound care, mobility, self-care, and medication management
- Coordination with physicians and surgeons
- Delegation and monitoring of interventions
- Ortho traction setup and surgical device manipulation
Education:
\nRequired Education:
\n- ASN
Preferred Education:
\n- BSN
Certifications & Licensure:
\nRequired:
\n- Illinois state license in good standing
- BLS (American Heart Association)
Languages:
\n- English: Read, Write, Speak
Trusted Talent Job ID #JN -042026-858213. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: RN - Orthopedic
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Benefits:
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Health savings account / HRA
- Life insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan (with company match)
- Weekly pay
- Holiday pay
- Guaranteed hours (where contract specifies)
- Referral bonus ($1,500)
- Sign-on bonus (where applicable per contract)
- License and certification reimbursement
- Continuing education / CEU reimbursement
- Travel reimbursement
- Housing or housing stipend
- 24/7 recruiter access
- Loyalty / completion bonus program
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