Med Surg Float RN
Huntington, WV
Travel Nurses, Inc.
3x12 hrs

Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical Float

Location: Huntington, West Virginia Employment Type: Travel/Contract Contract Length: 13 weeks Unit: Medical Surgical

Schedule and Logistics

• Shift: Day, 3x12-hour shifts (7:00 to 19:00)
• Hours: 12 per day, 36 per week
• Call: None
• Weekends: Schedule is sent in 8-week increments. Full-time weekend requirement is 4 Saturdays and 4 Sundays.
• Block scheduling: Not offered, but the facility will attempt it. The nurse may start mid-schedule, and block scheduling can be difficult to accommodate around PTO requests.
• Time off: Travelers may request standard and/or holiday time off (only one of the three major holidays). No blocks are approved. Approval is at the client's discretion.
• Float: Clinicians may float within scope to meet facility needs.
• Parking: Free for travelers in the parking lot and parking garage.
• Scrub color: Hunter Green

Experience

• Required: 1 year of experience
• Preferred: 2 years of experience; orthopedic experience

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in West Virginia
• Med Surg (1 year of experience)
• Med Surg experience within the last year
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Orthopedics experience
• Experience with Cerner

Eligibility

• Does not accept pending licenses.
• Does not accept local candidates. Local radius rule: 50 miles.
• First-time travelers are accepted only if they have prior experience in the facility's charting system.

Background and Screening

• Criminal background check (7-year check within 1 year of start, updated annually, covering all locations lived or worked in the past 7 years, including sex offender registry)
• International background check required if the candidate lived or worked abroad (run separately)
• Background check completed within 30 days of start
• EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks within 30 days of start, updated for each renewal or extension
• Drug screen within 30 days of start (full lab report required)
• Proof of 2 clinical references (hospital evaluation also accepted)
• Complete employment application or resume
• Skills checklist for the applicable unit, updated annually
• Performance evaluation on file if the candidate has worked with the agency for over 1 year
• Internal evaluation on file if the candidate has worked with the agency for over 2 years

Health and Immunizations

• Initial physical attesting to ability to meet the physical demands of the position (one entry also requires annual updates)
• TB: QuantiFERON-Gold or T-SPOT within 6 months of start, updated annually; chest X-ray if history of positive TB; TB screening questionnaire
• Hepatitis B: surface antibody titer and surface antigen test within 6 months, plus completed vaccine series or declination form
• Hepatitis A: total antibody within 6 months
• Hepatitis C: antibody within 6 months
• Measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella: positive titer required; if low, 2 vaccines or prior positive titer documentation
• Tetanus/diphtheria/Tdap within 10 years of start
• Flu vaccine, or an approved medical or religious exemption, required during flu season (exemptions require approval before start and masking during flu season)
• Seasonal COVID vaccine required; candidates opting out must complete a COVID declination form

Onboarding Documents and Training

• Facility modules assigned through HealthStream before start; must be completed within 1 week of start
• Orientation and annual education review, with attestation form completed before start
• Confidentiality agreement, completed before start
• IT user ID and access agreement, completed before start
• Timekeeping account created before start
• Respiratory protection policy review
• Religious or medical exemption forms for flu and vaccines (if applicable)

Hospital Information

• Short-term acute care
• Major teaching hospital
• Level II Trauma center
• 330 staffed beds