Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg / Telemetry - $2,186 per week

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Job description

Tact Staff is seeking a travel nurse RN Med Surg / Telemetry for a travel nursing job in Ketchikan, Alaska.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Med Surg / Telemetry
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 10/21/2024
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours
• Employment Type: Travel

MEDICAL RN
Start Date: ASAP (4 weeks from offer for compliance requirements if candidate has AK license in hand).
Shift: 3x12 rotating. Will be working a mix of 12 hour days, eves, nights depending on the need of the unit.
Ratios: 1:4
Years of Experience REQ: Minimum of 1 year Required. Facilitation skills preferred.
Epic REQ? 1 year of epic required
First-Timers Accepted: Yes but Travel experience is preferred.
Weekend REQ: TBD
Certs REQ: BLS, ACLS, and PALS. NIHSS preferred.
Skills REQ: IV Insertion required and tele interpretation preferred.
Is on-call REQ? No
Will clinician float within scope to meet facility needs? Yes, Will float as needed.
Open to accommodating block schedule? TBD
Locals Accepted: No
Pending License Accepted: AK license needed. Will consider candidates without an AK license, but they will be booked 10-12 weeks out to allow processing time.
RTO Restrictions: No
Guaranteed Hours: 36 GWW
Top 10 Diagnosis/Procedures: Congestive Heart Failure, Orthopedics, Diabetes Mellitus, UTI, Hypertension, Pneumonia, GI Bleed, Renal Failure, COPD, Pancreatitis, AMS,Bowel Obstruction, BIPAP, Wound/ dressing changes (wound vac)
Common Equipment: walkers, canes, crutches, vital sign machines, glucometer, thermometer, bedside commode, shower chair, CPM machine (continuous passive motion), hoyer lift, sara steady (powered),nurse call system

FACILITY INFORMATION
Type of Facility: Critical Access
Magnet / Teaching / Level Trauma (if applicable): Nonprofit, Level IV Trauma Center
Total Staffed Beds: 54
Scrub Color: All - Any Color; Provided in OR
Charting: Epic
Parking Cost: Free

Tact Medical Staffing Job ID . Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical/Tele

About Tact Staff

Our nurses choose Tact assignments because it provides the opportunity to take on new challenges in their careers while they travel across the United States and gain enriching experiences on a professional and personal level.

Our dedicated team of staffing consultants will work with you and be your advocate as you choose to embark on new assignments. Our team is committed to providing our nurses with the most rewarding healthcare assignments and choices at primer healthcare institutions nationwide. Let us handle the details; you choose the job and location that are right for you.

Be Adventurous, Make a Difference, Travel with Tact.

Be Adventurous - Becoming a travel nurse is not only a professional adventure, but a personal adventure as well. It is an opportunity to challenge yourelf, to explore a new place, and try amazing food

Make a Difference - Nurses make such a huge difference in so many lives. The care and compassion you show to your patients, does not go unoticed. We know how important your jobs is, which is why we take our job as recruiters so seriously. Being able to place nurses in hospitals, where you are doing something as crucial as saving lives, is something we feel thankful to be able to do.

Travel with Tact - From the moment we receive your resume we begin trying to build a relationship with you. We know the importance of becoming your friend, before becoming your recruiter. Building friendly, yet professional relationships allows us to discover what you truly want and don't want in a travel assignment.

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