Travel Nurse RN - Telemetry - $2,587 per week

Certification Details Certs: BLS & ACLS NIHSS Job Details A hospital in California is looking for an experienced Cardiac/Stroke Telemetry nurse for a travel contract. The right candidate will have 2 full years of experience. Job Requirements Must hold an active BLS, ACLS, NIHSS and CA License. Schedule Information Shifts/Hours: 12's; 7a-7:30p/7p-7:30a Breaks: 1/2 hour break (clock-out); 3 - 15 min breaks per shift (CA Law) Weekends: Every other weekend or equivalent of 4 weekend days in a 4 week schedule (Example: could be 2 in a row, then off 2 in a row) Unit Specific Information Unit Orientation: 2 - 12 hr shifts on home unit. Nurse will get an additional day of orientation in the ICU in case they would float to ICU and a split shift on one of the MedSurg units. Scrub Color: Navy blue. If you wear a scrub jacket it also must be navy. If you wear an undershirt underneath your scrub top it must be navy, white, or black. Tele: Spacelabs Monitoring - 24/7 monitor techs on this unit. Techs pull strips. Nurses interpret own strips & set alarm rates with monitor tech. Vents: No - have high-flow, bedside CPAP (maintained by RT) IV Team: No - ICU & ER can assist w/ hard IV sticks RT 24/7: Yes Pharmacy 24/7: Yes - also have clinical pharmacists on the unit throughout day & evening Medications: Cardiac medications, such as Cardizem, Amiodarone, set-rate Dopamine; however they do not titrate any cardiac drips or nitro. A lot of Heparin drips per Heparin protocol, Lasix, No insulin. Occasionally patient may come from the cath lab with Integrilin drip until infusion done. Very fast paced, high patient turnover, high acuity, high risk patients Average 600 discharges/month. Floating: will be floated to units: 1E, 6E, 4E, 4W, 5E, 5W. & could be floated to ICU. If floated to ICU traveler will be given patients with appropriate level of acurity. They will get orientation to the ICU. Additional Details CERNER REQUIRED No first time travelers no duos PAY OT after 8 hours/day. BILL OT after 40 hours/week. FLAT RATE FOR ALL OT