Travel Med Surg / Telemetry - $1,908 per week

Premier Medical Staffing Services is seeking a travel nurse RN Med Surg / Telemetry for a travel nursing job in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Med Surg / Telemetry
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

• Minimum Years of Experience required: 2 years Tele-MS
• Will accept a first-time traveler: Yes, dependent on experience. Must have strong background in Med Surg
• Required certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
• Floating: Yes, to other med/surg units
• Weekend rotation: every other
• On call: No
• Holiday Expectations: Travelers will work 75% of holidays
• Skills required:
  • Ability to provide direct and indirect patient care, strong interpersonal communication skills, ability to work collaboratively, solid written and oral communication skills, ability to tolerate moderate to high stress levels, and experience reading telemetry strips
  • Chest tubes, traches, PIV starts, drain & tubes, PCA pumps
  • Gtt management - Amiodarone (occasionally), Fentanyl PCA, Ketamine PCA, Heparin

ADDITIONAL DETAILS:

• Patient Ratios: RN: 5-6:1
• Orientation includes:
  • NEO
  • 2 days departmental

MORE INFORMATION:

• Location: 1 Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
• 885 licensed beds
• Level 1 Trauma Designation
• Teaching Hospital: Yes, Academic Medical Center
• Chest Pain Center
• Stroke Center
• Unit Information: 26 beds
• Patient Types/Common Diagnoses: General Medicine - DM, GI, Resp, Renal, Wounds/Dressing Changes, chest tubes, trachs, lab draws required
• Support within the Department:
  • CNA: Provides basic nursing care to assigned patients and assist RN where needed
  • Receptionist/HUC
  • Charge nurse - occasional in modified assignment
  • Phlebotomy - for routine, RN responsible for STAT draws
  • IV/VAT Team: No
  • Rapid Response Team
  • RT 24/7
  • Hospitalist 24/7
  • Intensivist 24/7
  • Telemetry monitoring/tech: Centralized Telemetry, sign strips q shift
• Technology/Equipment:
  • EMR: Epic
  • IV Pump: Alaris
  • Med dispensing: Omnicell
  • Monitors: n/a
  • Unit specific equipment: Phillips Vital Sign equipment, lifts
• Schedule cycle: 6 weeks schedule
• Scrub Color: royal blue
• Parking: Free employee parking
• Unit Culture: patient centered, highly reliable, and strong teamwork

Minimum Years of Experience required: 2 years Tele-MS Will accept a first-time traveler: Yes, dependent on experience. Must have strong background in Med Surg Required certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS Floating: Yes, to other med/surg units Weekend rotation: every other On call: No Holiday Expectations: Travelers will work 75% of holidays Skills required:Ability to provide direct and indirect patient care, strong interpersonal communication skills, ability to work collaboratively, solid written and oral communication skills, ability to tolerate moderate to high stress levels, and experience reading telemetry strips, Chest tubes, traches, PIV starts, drain & tubes, PCA pumps, Gtt management - Amiodarone (occasionally), Fentanyl PCA, Ketamine PCA, Heparin

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