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PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center

Travel Nurse RN - Long Term Care - $2,544 per week

PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center, Ketchikan, Alaska, 99901

Salary: Up to $2,544 per week


Certification Details BLS - Basic Life Support State License Verification Job Details LONG TERM CARE RN Start Date: ASAP (4 weeks from offer for compliance requirements) Shift: 3x12 Days (7am-7:30pm) Ratios: 8:1 days; 13:1 nights Years of Experience REQ: Home Health or LTC exp preferred. Travel experience is preferred. Epic REQ? 1 year of Epic experience is preferred. First-Timers Accepted: Yes Weekend REQ: TBD Skills REQ: IV Insertion, PICC Lines Is on-call REQ? No Will clinician float within scope to meet facility needs? Rarely Open to accommodating block schedule? TBD Locals Accepted: No Pending License Accepted: Yes but w/o an AK license they have to be booked 10-12 weeks out RTO Restrictions: For the 8 week contract, no RTO allowed Guaranteed Hours: 36 per week Top 10 Diagnosis/Procedures: CVA, Dementia, RA, Afib, Hip fx, Parkinsons, BKA, PNA, COPD, BKA, Huntington's dx Common Equipment: Hoyer lift, SARA lift, tube feeding pump, IV pump This is an LTC unit; however, since it is the only LTC/Nursing Home in the PeaceHealth system, it functions more like an LTAC or step-down unit to MedSurg. We do not take trach patients, acute rehab, TPN, Bi-PAP, etc. We use a Pyxis medication system to load our Work Stations on Wheels. We DO NOT USE MedPacks which is what a lot of the LTC’s down south utilize, our Medpass process is a hybrid between a LTC /MedSurg process. Epic was designed as an acute care EMR and has been modified to accommodate LTC; however, the modifications make the charting labor-intensive. Job Requirements Home Health or LTC experience preferred Travel experience is preferred 1 year of Epic experience is preferred IV Insertion, PICC Line skills required BLS required Schedule Information 3x12 Days shift Shift timings: 7am-7:30pm Ratios: 8:1 days; 13:1 nights Weekends: TBD Guaranteed Hours: 36 per week Additional Details First-Timers Accepted: Yes Locals Accepted: No Is on-call Required? No Will clinician float within scope to meet facility needs? Rarely Can accommodate block schedule? TBD Pending License Accepted: Yes (with conditions) No RTO allowed for the 8-week contract