Travel LPN / LVN - ED - Emergency Department - $1,451 per week at Memorial Hospital - Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA 93399
About the Job
- * BLS certification required
- * Adult ER certifications: BLS, ACLS, PALS, NIHSS required
- * Pediatric ER certifications: BLS, ALS, PALS and ENPC preferred or CPEN preferred
Certification Details
- * ER LVN position available
- * The role requires handling all diagnoses from minor walk-ins to critically ill patients, including respiratory failure, asthma, abdominal pain, fractures, substance abuse, stroke alert facility, and STEMI receiving center
- * In the pediatric ER, the facility is a receiving center for pediatrics; in the adult ER, it is a STEMI, CVA, and burn receiving center
Job Details
- * BLS certification required
- * Must have Cerner, IV Skills, travel experience, and acute care experience
- * Basic EKG interpretation test assigned during orientation
- * Critical care RNs will have additional tests such as those included in the STEMI curriculum and Procedural Sedation curriculum
- * Adult ER requires BLS, ACLS, PALS, NIHSS; pediatric ER prefers BLS, ALS, PALS and ENPC or CPEN
- * 2 years experience required
- * ICU nurse-to-patient ratio is 1:2; pediatric patient ratio 1:4; adult patient ratio 1:4; procedural sedation 1:1
Job Requirements
- * Shifts available: 12 hrs, including 7a-7p, 11a-11p, 1p-1a, 3p-3a, 7p-7a
- * No block scheduling
- * Traveler needs to be flexible with the scheduling
- * 3 shifts on unit plus meeting with ER educator to ensure all education is completed
- * Every other weekend required
- * Working 2 out of every 3 holidays is required
Schedule Information
- * Navy blue scrubs for RNs, cranberry for LVNs
- * Adult ER has 28 beds (18 beds and 10 reclining chairs for moderate care); Pediatric ER has 5 beds and 5 reclining chairs
- * Ran out of the lobby areas
- * ER makes use of techs or CNAs and has LVNs that run the fast-track area
- * Phillips - they have a monitor tech
- * M.D.s and mid-level practitioners are available. Quick look and fast track are ran by mid-level practitioners; from 11a-11p the pediatric ER is staffed by a designated pediatric doctor
- * All Candidates must have some experience with Pediatrics and Adults (about 50% of their patient population is Pediatrics)
Additional Details