Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg - $2,326 per week

Planet Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN Med Surg for a travel nursing job in Ellsworth, Maine.

• Specialty: Med Surg
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, evenings, rotating
• Employment Type: Travel

ASAP start mandatory

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Address: 50 Union St., Ellsworth, ME 04605

Hospital Beds: 64

General Information

Beds: 27

Minimum experience?

RN – 2 years

Tech – 1 year; Nursing home experience is accepted

Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes

Patient Types:

Total Joints (knees, hips etc), General MS, Appendicitis, colectomies, small bowel, Urology (turp, cysto), CHF, PNA, Sepsis, DM. Patient’s with addictions in addition to other medical issues

Patient Ratios:

RN: Days – 1:5-6; Nights – 1:6-7

Tech: Days & Nights – 1:10-12

Required Certifications:

RN: BLS, ACLS (preferred)

Tech: BLS

Skills required:

RN:

Previous Charge RN experience highly preferred – manager is willing to accept travelers without this ONLY if they are willing to be trained as Charge and to work in that capacity as needed during their contract

Chest tubes, traches, drains, wound vacs, IVs, PCAs, Epidurals (rare), IVABX, Heparin gtts; are not required to reading and interpret cardiac strips but it is preferable

Tech:

ADLs, Feeding, Tray Setup, answering call bells, V/S, blood sugars, ambulate patients, range of motion

Support on the Unit:

Charge nurse: takes assignment most shifts

RT, 24/7

Hospitalist, 24/7

Centralized Tele monitoring tech

The facility has one person to assist with difficult IVs and central lines, but nurses are expected to make two attempts to start their own IVs before asking for assistance.

Rapid Response is not a designated separate team, but is attended by the in-house provider, respiratory, ICU & ED charge nurses, unit charge and staff nurses, and the nursing supervisor at a minimum.

Charting System: Cerner

Floating: If yes, where?

May float to ICU for Med Surg level patients

May float to ED to task/as helping hands

Orientation: (facility and unit)

General hospital orientation

1 shift on unit

Scheduling:

Weekend rotation: Every other; travel pairs are allowed to work the same weekend generally

Will they be on call? If so, what is that schedule? No call

Holiday Expectations: 2/4 as needed

In all contracts it states the facility may call off for 24 hours per contract

Approval of time off? Seek manager approval

Other notes or things you want us to check/verify?

Scrub Color: Any color, must be professional

Free Parking? Yes

Planet Healthcare Job ID #10-341620. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.

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• Medical benefits
• Vision benefits
• Dental benefits
• 401k retirement plan
• Weekly pay
• Referral bonus