Travel Nurse RN - Telemetry - $2,541 per week at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Grass Valley, CA 95949
About the Job
- Certs Required: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
- COVID Requirement: Medical or Religious declination accepted.
Certification Details
- A hospital near Sacramento is looking for experienced Telemetry RN for a travel contract.
- The right candidate will have 2 years of experience, hold an active BLS, ACLS, NIH and CA License.
Job Details
- 12 hr shifts. Shift starts 645. Report is at the bedside.
- Self-scheduling is used, but is not finalized until Manager balances it.
- Schedules are out 4 weeks. Travelers can access their schedules from home and make themselves "available" for extra shifts and make trades with other staff.
- Block scheduling is generally not available.
Schedule Information
- Unit: Telemetry 2 South
- # beds: 14 South, 8 East
- Ratios: 1:4
- EMR: Cerner
- Charge Nurse: Yes, generally does not take patients, but will do break relief.
- Nurse Aides: Yes as census and staffing dictates. 1-2 normally.
- Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
- Holidays: Rotate in with core staff
- Scrub Color: Navy - under shirts must be navy, white, or black. Scrub jackets are optional, must be navy.
- Tele: Yes, must be able to read and interpret EKG strips.
- Vents: No
- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Yes
- IV Team: No
- RT 24/7: Yes
- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes
- Floor specific orientation: 1 - 2 days on the floor with a preceptor.
- Common diagnosis / Types of patients: Cardiac patient focus, general overflow. Stable non-titrating Cardizem, Amio, Heparin.
Unit Specific Information
- Modules are required to be done before start of assignment.
- Modules take on average 3-4 hours to complete-this time is not billable to the hospital.
- Travelers will work 2 of the 3 major holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years).
- Holiday time off will be considered, however not guaranteed.
- SACRAMENTO'S FACILITY-WIDE ORIENTATION IS HELD THE FIRST WEEK IN SACRAMENTO AND NOT GRASS VALLEY WHERE THE HOSPITAL IS LOCATED!
- Must be flexible team member.
- Charge RN rounds with interdisciplinary team.
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