Telemetry RN
Martinsburg, WV
Host Healthcare
4x12 hrs, Days, Nights
Referral Bonus

Telemetry RN - 2 South

Location: Martinsburg, West Virginia

Contract Length: 13 weeks

Shift: Nights, 12-hour shifts (7a-7:30p or 7p-7:30a), 48 hours per week

Unit Details

• Unit: 2 South, 2nd floor, 20 beds, all private rooms
• Currently telemetry only. Stepdown is not applicable at this time, and no return date has been given.
• Nurse-to-patient ratio: 1:5 for telemetry patients
• 2 PCTs staff the 20 beds. PCT duties include ambulation, fingerstick blood sugars, vital signs, bathing, I&O documentation, feeding, and turning. PCTs share q2h rounding with nurses.
• Typical patients: telemetry, post-catheterization, medical/surgical with telemetry monitoring needs, and respiratory difficulty
• Daily volume is variable, from 1-2 admissions and discharges to as many as 10.
• Cardiac monitoring: 10 rooms have hardwired monitors, and the rest are portable telemetry-capable. Monitor techs are on the 6th floor and call the assigned nurse about issues they see. Nurses must understand basic dysrhythmias and verify telemetry strip interpretation.
• Pharmacy: A unit-based pharmacist works 7a-3p, 5 days a week. The main pharmacy covers 24/7. Nurses reconstitute antibiotics, and telemetry patients may be on heparin titration.
• Respiratory therapy is in the building 24/7. Nurses may give nebulizers, but RT is nearly always available. No ventilators are on the unit.
• At least one covering hospitalist is available 24/7.
• Venous access: Nurses place IVs and draw labs from central lines only when ordered. There are no other IV requirements.
• Point-of-care testing: Blood sugar checks use an AccuChek glucometer. Unit managers complete competency and send it for access.
• A designated charge nurse is assigned. Under full staffing, the charge nurse is out of staffing to support the unit.
• Travelers may be asked to precept or charge when needs cannot be covered. This is discussed first, and the traveler's comfort level is respected.

Required Qualifications

• ACLS (AHA), BLS (AHA), and NIHSS
• Valid driver's license, disclosed at submission
• 5 years of experience as an RN
• At least 1 year of travel experience required

Submission Requirements

• Can submit to only 1 position at a time across the system
• Driver's license address must be more than 50 miles from the facility
• Previous permanent candidates must have been gone for 2 years.
• Previous travelers who worked there for 1 full year must have been gone for 2 years.
• Travel teams must be submitted together in one email.
• Only 2 candidates may be submitted per opening. If the position is at its maximum, the submission is held until a spot opens.
• Any license hits must be disclosed at submission.

Scheduling and Float

• Hired for day or night shift. Extra shifts may be picked up, but RNs will not be made to work a different shift.
• Block scheduling is available based on unit needs. Travelers may self-schedule.
• No on-call.
• Every other weekend is required. Day shift works Saturday/Sunday, and night shift works Friday/Saturday.
• Every other holiday is required: Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's.
• Floating may occur to a comparable or lower-level unit (telemetry or med/surg). Staff are occasionally pulled to help with admitted boarded patients in the emergency department or telemetry patients housed in the ICU.
• Call-offs go through the hospital supervisor at least 2 hours before the shift starts.

Orientation

• Day 1 is a mix of required education modules and shadowing. Report to the corporate center for a badge and parking pass, then to the main campus 2nd floor.
• Day 2 is orientation shift. Day 3 is independent.

Dress Code

• Navy blue scrubs, provided by the nurse