Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg - $2,300 per week

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Job description

eTeam Inc is seeking a travel nurse RN Med Surg for a travel nursing job in Twin Falls, Idaho.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Med Surg
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: 9 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours
• Employment Type: Travel

Unit Notes
Unit ER/ED
Trauma Level? STEMI Receiving? Stroke Center? Level 3 Trauma, STEMI and Stroke Receiving Highly organized team with focus toward high reliability, cusotomer service, and zero harm. Expectations toward these measures are assisted with leader representation sharing examples and improvement opportunities.
# Beds/Trauma Bays 25 Beds (2.5 Zones), 3 Triage Rooms, 3 Trauma Bays, Hazmat Shower and Flood tent available for mass causality
Do you have a Fast Track 4 Rooms perpedicular to the ER space that are sometimes utilized as Fast Track No LPNs in this ED
Do you have a separate Triage area? If so, do you allow/require travelers to do Triage? 3 Triage Rooms
Do you have a separate holding area in the ER or are ER holds intermixed w/in the ER? "ER Holds can be found throughout the ER;
Avg wait time for patient is 90 mins from admission order to transfer for inpatient;
At a max 4-8 hours for hold patients; typically Peds and Psych patients Will admit Peds patient as they have 10 bed inpatient unit, but if higher acuity will be transferred out.
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Do you have separate Psych/seclusion rooms? 2 designated" safer" rooms, but can see them throughout the ER if needed
Is Security in-house 24/7? Housed in the ER? 24/7 located in the ER
On average, how many patients do you treat in the ER/day? 109 per day
Nurse: Patient Ratios 1:04, Staffing Goal: Designated zones (8 rooms) to have 3 RNs and 1 CNA per zone
Required Certifications (i.e., BLS, ACLS, PALS, TNCC, ENPC, NRP, NIHSS?) "BLS, ACLS, PALs,TNCC
Prefer ENPC "
Common diagnoses/Types of patients Abd pain, DM, HTN, STEMIs, NSTEMIs, Stroke, Prioritized traumas, and more.
Experience or 'Must have' skills "Must Have: 1 year of ER experience
Must have some trauma experience (MVAs, GSWs, Stabbings, etc.)
Must have Triage experience
Prefer: Trauma Bay experience
Prefer: Epic Experience- please call out if they do not have any
No first time travelers - must have 2-3 travel assignments successfully completed"
Common drips? Must be able to titrate all critical gtts and procedural sedation for adults and pediatrics. Also important to understand drips that require filter tubing and management of blood products/components via rapid infuser.
ED Physician/Mid-Levels 1-4 Physicians plus PA and NPs; No designated Peds Physician
Charge Nurse/House Supervisor? Does the charge nurse take an assignment? 1 Charge per shift; may end up with patient assignment- more common nights
Nurse aids/EMT/Paramedics/Patient Sitters? Ratios? Duties? "CNAs- 1 per zone
May be asked to float throughout the ER to different zones to assist as needed.
Job Duties: 12 Lead EKGs, dept support and assisting providers, and more

Pharmacist 12hrs typically 9-9ish"
Pharmacy Designated to the ER 12 hrs per day, typical
Is RT in the ER 24/7? Do they do ABG's, breathing Tx, & EKG's? RT available 24/7, will administer resp tx and manage equipment
RT Equipment (Vents, Cpap, BiPap, High Flow, etc.) Are RNs required to do anything with these besides trouble shoot? Cpap, Bipap, Airvo/Optiflow, & Vents
Do you have Monitor Techs in the ER? Are RNs required to read their own strips? What brand are the Tele monitors? Falls to RNs responsibility; Must be able to read and interpret tele;
X-Ray or CT in the ER? Transport? Adjacent to dept; transport avialable, but RNs expected to transport if acute
Does Phlebotomy draw labs or RN's draw? RNs to do blood draw on IV starts; Phlebotmy available 24/7 for blood draws upon request
Shifts & Scheduling (Do you allow self-scheduling? Block scheduling?) "Mid Shifts: 1P- 1:30A, 2P- 2:30A, 4P-4:30A, 6P-6:30A
First few week travelers will be asked to fill in the gaps; after that will be asked what their availability; scheduler may utlize a template for scheduling but asked to fill gaps in the perm schedule
Template scheduling often allows 5 days off in a row every 3-4 weeks
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Weekend Requirements "EOW, typically a little less if utilizing the template
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Holiday Requirements May be asked to go into the Holiday Rotation
Is there call or a standby requirement? "Could be asked to go on Call, callback pay available, if needed.
(Rate is dependent on contract- refer to recruiter for more information)"
Floating Requirements "Floating not required; could be asked to float to another unit for tasking, if need
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Scrub Color/Dress Code Navy Blue
Unit/Department specific orientation 1-2 days with a preceptor in the moment leader rounding, chart reviews and feedback as needed.
Additional Notes Max of 5 days of RTO per contract- prefer if they can schedule a traveler full time around RTO
Additional Questions
Facility Follow Up
Notes obtained: Phone Implementation, Email, or On-Site? Via Team with Unit Manager with Garth Blackburn, AM Cassondra Terkildsen, & CNM Bri Jarosz 7.29.24

eTeam Inc 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: RN (Registered Nurse)

About eTeam Inc

eTeam was formed in 1999 with the goal of becoming the company of choice for clients, talent and staffing professionals. Today, we're one of the fastest-growing global companies and ranked as one of the best companies to work for by Staffing Industry Analysts. We aspire everyday to do quality work for our clients and help our talent work at some of the most amazing companies.

Benefits: Health and dental insurance

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits

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