Medical Surgical / Telemetry Unit - Registered Nurse

Trusted is seeking an experienced nurse for this exciting travel nursing assignment. Trusted has streamlined the travel nursing experience by enabling nurses to apply directly to jobs without the need for recruiters. This unique approach provides more transparency, eliminates pesky calls from recruiters, and puts more money in your pocket. Join the thousands of nurses across the country who have already made the switch to a more modern way to work.

Shift: 6:45 PM - 7:15 AM

Experience:

• 24 months of Medical Surgical / Telemetry Unit experience is required.

• 3 months of experience with Epic is preferred.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have a Louisiana license or compact license in hand at the time of application.

• Candidates must live at least 65 miles away from this facility in order to be eligible to apply for this role.

• COVID vaccination required for onboarding. Religious and medical declinations accepted.

• Flu vaccination required for onboarding. Religious, medical, and personal declinations accepted.

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

All staff may be required to work during a hurricane with all necessary safety precautions in place. Please only submit if you are willing to provide care during hurricane season.

No block scheduling allowed.

Even if you worked at an Ochsner facility within the past 12 months, you will still be required to attend some form of orientation.

Patient Diagnoses: Chest pain, CAD, PVD, arrhythmias, DM, COPD exacerbation, PNA, HTN, MI, renal failure, PE, CHF, GI bleed, syncope

Always potential for med-surg overflow (ex: GI bleed, sepsis, CVA, COVID +)

Special Procedures/Unit Details: Pre/post cath lab, PPM/AICD, ablations post-op CABG, post-op thoracatomy, vascular surgeries (CEAs, fem-pops), AAA repair, Titration of drips (ex: Cardizem, Amiodarone, Dobutamine, Nitroglycerin, Dopamine, heparin); Sheath pulling at bedside

• Every other holiday
• Can be pulled to all other inpatient units
• Unable to guarantee any specific scheduling requests (ex: block scheduling)

Special Equipment:

• Telemetry monitoring
• Chest Tubes
• PCAs
• Epidurals
• Wound Vacs

Required Skills/Certs:

• Telemetry
• Interpretation and management of dysrhythmias
• On unit monitoring
• Post MI, post cath, most cardiac surgery
• Port access
• BP administration
• Central line care/management
• Peripheral line care/management
• Starting Ivs
• Manage cardiac drips (no titration)
• Manage vasoactive drips (no titration)
• Titrate cardiac drips
• Titrate vasoactive drips
• Wound Care/Wound vac
• Chest tubes

No call in

RTO must be on profile and brought up in the interview or there is a high chance offer’s will be rescinded.

References: Not required for submission, however 2 Manager/Supervisor references will be required to obtain clearance to start contract. Recruiter, please obtain Manager/Supervisor contact information prior to submission. Charge RNs are NOT acceptable. PDF format

2 references from last 12 months (Manager/Supervisor reference type)

Proof of identification required to apply

Certifications:

• BLS (Basic Life Support)

• Skills Checklist: Yes
• References: Yes
• License Type: registered
• License State: LA
• Certifications: Basic Life Support

Job Details

• Job Type: Travel
• Nurse/Patient: – –
• Shift Type: Night
• Contract Date: 2024-05-06
• Expected Length: 13 weeks
• Hours per Shift: 12
• Shifts per Week: 4