Job Description

Job Description

Certification Details

• Required certifications: BLS, ACLS, PALS, NRP.

Job Details

• A Critical Access hospital in Southern Idaho is in need of a Med-Surg RN to work a 13 week travel assignment.
• The nurse will be working 12 hour shifts.
• The nurse is required to have 2 years recent experience and their BLS (ACLS is preferred).

Job Requirements

• Must have 2 years experience.
• Required certifications: BLS, ACLS, PALS, NRP.
• Common titratable &/or set rate drips: Insulin, antibiotics.
• Charge nurse will take a 1:2 assignment on occasion- may be charge if they have charge experience, will typically be travelers that have extended.
• Preferred if RN can read strips.

Schedule Information

• Nurse will be working 12 hour shifts, 7-7.
• Staff are allowed to swap shifts.
• Minimum of 5 weekend shifts per 6-week schedule period.
• Required to work 2 holidays.

Unit Specific Information

• Unit: Medical Surgical Elmore Hospital.
• Number of beds: 10 can expand to 18.
• Nurse to patient ratios: Typically 1:4, average is 1:5 can go up to 1:6 on rare occasion.
• Common diagnoses/Types of patients: Pediatrics to geriatrics.
• Are there nurse aids/patient care techs on this unit: Yes, 1:10.
• RT Equipment: Everything except for vents- CPAP, BiPAP home regimen, occasional high flow.
• Are there tele/monitor techs on this unit: Remote tele tech.
• Floating Requirements: could float to L&D or ED for helping hands.
• Scrub Color/Dress Code: Any scrub color and patterns are allowed. Scrubs are also provided but not required to be worn.
• How many shifts of unit/department specific orientation: Two 12-hour shifts on the unit with a preceptor.

Additional Details

• ACLS, BLS, NRP, PALS.
• This facility has a radius rule of 50 miles.

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