WI - RN - IMC Surgical Trauma, Progressive Care Unit - Day/Evening **FILLED** - First Connect

Job Description:

Please Read Before Submitting:

**Do not need prior travel experience for this position.

**Traveler must meet all minimum requirements below to beconsider.

**Do not submit traveler who have or will have expiring licenses and/orcertifications during time frame of entire assignment. Traveler willautomatically be declined.

**Only submit traveler who can work schedule in posting and interestedin the unit.

This job is filled with current traveler extending with new agency - please do not submit profiles

Join the #1 hospital in Wisconsin!

We are seeing a Registered Nurse to join the Surgical Trauma IMC unit (F4/4):

• The F4/4 Trauma and Surgical IMC is a 26 bed unit that consists of a 12 bed intermediate care unit (IMC) for trauma and surgical patients and a 14 bed general care unit.
• The Trauma and Surgical Intermediate Care Unit on F4/4 provides comprehensive multidisciplinary care to patients who have sustained multi-system trauma as well as high acuity surgical patients.
• Major clinical activities may include chest tube management, tracheostomy management, complex wound care, orthopedic stabilization, medication and blood product administration, rehabilitation preparation, mechanical ventilation, central venous pressure and arterial line monitoring and moderate sedation.
• The trauma general care unit provides care for multi-system trauma patients that are admitted to the unit directly from the emergency department, ICU or IMC.

Minimum Requirements:

• Facility Requirement:
• Traveler must have permanent address outside 50 mile radius of Madison (permanent address must be included in traveler's profile: resume, *** portal and all onboarding documentation must have permanent address listed).
• Experience:
• IMC and recent acute medical or surgical experience required.
  
• If ICU experience, must be willing to care for IMC and general care patient population.
• Traveler must have completed two years of acute care experience within last 3 years.
• Traveler must have experience in an Academic Level 1 or Level 2 Trauma Center or similar size hospital.
• Licensure and Certification:
• Traveler must have WI nursing license or compact license from their permanent address state.*Will consider candidates without WI or compact license but must apply for a temporary license under the Wisconsin Act 10 order within 48 hours of offer accepted and provide screenshot of application submitted. Traveler must complete this requirement prior to being cleared to start.
• BLS & ACLS must be certified through American Heart Association ONLY
• Reference
• Needs 2 references from recent work environment/assignments (supervisor or manager only).
• Telemetry
• Traveler must have Basic Arrhythmia experience. Traveler will be required to pass UW Health Telemetry test prior to being cleared to start (not for clinic positions). UW Health Recruitment will send instructions to traveler 2-3 weeks prior to start date.
• Floating
• Travelers are the first to float. The Traveler may have shifts scheduled in multiple units, depending on the current staffing needs and/or different locations within the organization. During the travelers assignment, if the primary unit no longer has a need, shifts will be re-assigned to another unit in order to complete contract.

Location: UniversityHospital, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792

Parking: Permitrequired through UW Transportation.

University Hospital inMadison is a Magnet -designated facility thats ranked Wisconsins #1 hospital and considered one of the nation's leading hospitals,teaching institutions and referral centers.

Position Urgency:
Quick Start

Shifts:
36 hrs/week, Day/Evening, 0700-1930 every weekend

State License Details:
Must Be Currently Active

Minimum Years of Experience:
2

Minimum Guaranteed Hours:
36

Specialty Type:
UW Health is moving away from using outdated file formats for Microsoft (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel). Profiles will need to be submitted in the following format: .docx, .xlsx and .pptx file types or our IS department will be blocking them and we will no longer receive the files nor able to forward internal to our hiring managers.

Sub Specialty:
IMC (Intermediate Care), PCU, Step Down

General Certifications:, General Certifications(BLS/BCLS)

Nursing Certifications:

Contract Length in Weeks:
13