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TotalMed Staffing

Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg - $2,203 per week

TotalMed Staffing, Columbia, Missouri, United States, 65201


TotalMed Staffing is seeking a travel nurse RN Med Surg for a travel nursing job in Columbia, Missouri.Job Description & Requirements

Specialty:

Med SurgDiscipline:

RNStart Date:

ASAPDuration:

13 weeks36 hours per weekShift:

12 hours, daysEmployment Type:

TravelTotalMed Advantages:$2203/wk + $500 Travel Allowance. Day 1 Medical, Vision, and Dental benefits! 401k match available!

About Boone Hospital Center:Here, our mission is to improve the health of the people and communities we serve. We accomplish this by making Boone Health an excellent place to work and receive health care. Whether you are a new graduate or an experienced nurse looking for new opportunities, we have a role for you in our mission.

In today’s nursing job market, it’s important to understand what sets one hospital or healthcare system apart from the others. As a Boone Health nurse, you will experience the advantages of an organization that has earned Magnet® recognition, the highest honor for nursing excellence. With our foundation of shared decision-making, we are committed to nurses having a voice in their practice, supporting innovative approaches, advancing scholarly activities all in a setting that provides a healthy working environment where nurses flourish.

Additional Assignment Details:All candidates will need to complete a virtual interview for this role, and offers will be made based on that interview. Please ensure that all candidates have a full skills checklist with their detailed resume combined on one document.We have a multidisiplenary unit. Critical care experience is a must. If the nurse has expertise in a particular discipline we appreciate knowing that and will utilize them with those patients as a rule, but will possibly get exposure to patients in the other disciplines as well.

Floating to PCU is mandatory and nurse must be willing to float there when needed.

Must be float to Med Surg units as needed. Will be required to take up to 4-5 patients when floated.

Unit: 2S ICUNumber of Beds: 32Nurse Patient Ratio: typically 1:2, can be 1:1 or 1:3 as well (Specific ratio is not guaranteed)

Patient Age Groups: Adults, GeriatricTop 10 Diagnosis/Procedures: Respiratory distress/failure, cardiac arrest, DKA, sepsis, ARF, strokes (hemorrhagic and embolic), OHS, TAVRs, vasc surgs, thoracotomies, carotids.

Special procedure done on the unit: Many procedures are done at the bedside. Bronchs, trachs, central line insertions, intubations, arterial line and swan ganz line placement, chest tube insertions.

Common Equipment: Alaris pumps, Prisma flex, Arctic Sun, IABP, Impella, SCDs, Phillips Monitors, Belmont rapid infusor, ceiling lifts, bard and CADD pumps, bladder scanners.Common Medications: Vasopressors, sedative and anxiolytics. Paralytics, cardiac dysrhythmic meds.Vasoactive Drip Titration is Required - Levophed, epinephrine, vasopressin, nicardipine, cleviprex

• Required: IV Insertion, PICC/Central Line Management, Vascular Device Access/Care, Dialysis Fistula Care/Management, A-Line Management, CVP

• Preferred: PA Line Management, IABP

Cardiac Skills• Required: Sheath Removal, Cardioversion/Defibrillation

• Preferred: Obtain 12 Lead EKG, Epicardial Pacer Management

Airway Skills:• Required: Procedural Sedation, CPAP/BiPAP, Ventilators, High Freq Vents/Oscillators, Nitric Oxide, Trach Care

Critical Care Skills:• Preferred: EVD Management, ICP Monitoring, Impella/LVAD, Dialysis (obtain details - peritoneal/CRRT/CVVHD), Rapid Infuser

Ortho/MS/Onc Skills:• Required: Feeding Tubes, Wound Vac

• Preferred: Epidural/PCA Pumps

About TotalMed Staffing

TotalMed is a Top Ten, travel nursing and healthcare staffing agency with the mission of igniting purpose in healthcare. The organization staffs nurses, therapists, pharmacists, and other clinicians of all specialties in all 50 states. They offer local and travel jobs and match caregivers with the right organization to assist both facilities and patients. As an organization, they focus on putting highly-skilled staff into facilities to ensure adequate staffing for a better patient experience.TotalMed specializes in recruiting and placing healthcare professionals in travel, PRN, and permanent positions across the country in Nursing and Allied Health. Throughout 2020, the organization filled roles at even the most short-staffed facilities during the most challenging time in healthcare. By matching the right travel healthcare professional with the right organization, TotalMed continues to offer a lifeline to facilities and their patients.Benefits

Weekly payGuaranteed HoursContinuing Education401k retirement planSick payWellness and fitness programsReferral bonusEmployee assistance programsMedical benefitsDental benefitsVision benefitsBenefits start day 1