Job Description
Job DescriptionJOB DESCRIPTION
RN - MedSurg/Tele
- About Facility:
- 1 Medical Center Blvd. Winston-Salem, NC 27103
- 885 licensed beds
- Level 1 Trauma Designation
- Teaching Hospital: Yes, Academic Medical Center
- Chest Pain Center
- Stroke Center
- Unit Information:
- Beds: 20 beds total, 10 in 5A and 10 in 5B
- Minimum Years of Experience required? 2 years of MedSurg experience
- Will you accept a first-time traveler? No
- Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:
- Transitional Care Unit
- General MedSurg: CHF, COPD, kidney/liver/GI/respiratory issues, CIWA patients, infections, wounds, etc.
- Mostly medical patients seen on this unit, but any service line can admit, so could see some general surgeries and other patients
- Patient Ratios:
- 1:5
- Required License, National Certification, Certs:
- BLS, ACLS
- Skills required:
- Trachs, chest tubes, IV starts, wound care, dressing changes, wound vacs, drains, cardiac rhythm interpretation (will check off on strips during shift), central line blood draws
- Non-titrating Drips (required): Heparin, Lasix, Protonix
- Non-titrating Drips (preferred): Cardizem, Amiodarone (please note in offer if they have this experience. Can teach here if no experience)
- Support within the Department:
- 1 CNA for 5A, 1 CNA for 5B
- 1 Charge to cover both areas, could take patients if needed
- Receptionist/HUC? No
- Phlebotomy 24/7 RNs could collect labs as well
- RT 24/7
- Hospitalist 24/7
- Residents 24/7
- Telemetry monitoring/tech? Bedside monitors w/ central monitor at nurses' station
- Technology/Equipment:
- EMR: EPIC
- IV Pump: Alaris
- Med dispensing: Omnicell
- Floating:
- Could float within scope of practice at hospital
- Orientation (facility and unit):
- NEO
- 2 shifts on unit to orient
- Scheduling:
- Weekend rotation: Every other
- On call? No
- Holiday Expectations: 50% of holidays in contract
- Approval of RTO: ok to approve up to 7 days
- Shift times: 0630-1900
- Schedule cycle: Scheduler will make schedule 6-week increments. Travelers will be plugged into holes in the schedule
- Do not allow traveler overtime unless approved through upper leadership (not common)
- Other notes:
- Scrub Color: Royal Blue
- Parking: Free
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Company DescriptionFounded in 2002 by three former Monster.com executives; TalentBurst is an award-winning full-service Staffing Firm working directly with Fortune 500 companies in the US and Canada. We specialize in Contract and Contract to Permanent roles across many industries and have direct/contractual relationships with all our clients. Please visit our website www.talentburst.com or come meet us at our offices in Natick, MA, Miami, FL, Christiansburg, VA, Vineland, NJ, Houston, TX & downtown San Francisco, CA
Company Description
Founded in 2002 by three former Monster.com executives; TalentBurst is an award-winning full-service Staffing Firm working directly with Fortune 500 companies in the US and Canada. We specialize in Contract and Contract to Permanent roles across many industries and have direct/contractual relationships with all our clients. Please visit our website www.talentburst.com or come meet us at our offices in Natick, MA, Miami, FL, Christiansburg, VA, Vineland, NJ, Houston, TX & downtown San Francisco, CA