Med Surg / Telemetry RN
Saint Louis, MO
Access Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Days

Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical

Assignment Overview

• Location: Saint Louis, Missouri
• Contract length: 16 weeks
• Shift: Day shift, 3x12-hour shifts, 7:00 AM to 7:30 PM
• Hours: 12 per day, 36 guaranteed per week
• Unit: 6900 GI/GU, a high-turnover surgical patient unit that also takes medical overflow
• Ratio: 1:4-6
• Weekends: Every other weekend
• Scrub color: Navy
• Facility: Short-term acute care, magnet and teaching hospital, Level I trauma center, 1,266 staffed beds

Patient Population and Unit Details

• Patient diagnoses: Ostomy, colon resection, colon cancer, bladder cancer, GU, medical overflow
• Drips given on the unit: Heparin, Lidocaine (pain only), Bicarb, Bivalirudin, Amiodarone (stable, non-titrated, occasionally)
• Other therapies: PCAs, epidurals, and CBIs with different irrigation solutions
• Special procedures: Foleys, CBI (continuous bladder irrigation), TURPS, colorectal patient protocols

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Missouri
• 2 years of Med Surg / Telemetry experience
• Med Surg / Telemetry experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) issued by the American Heart Association
• BLS issued by the American Heart Association
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Colostomy care
• Experience with feeding tubes
• Blood product administration
• Central line blood draw
• Peripheral line care and management
• Phlebotomy skills
• Experience with PICC lines
• IV insertion skills
• Experience with titratable or cardiac IV medications
• PCA management
• Experience with Epic

Scheduling and Other Requirements

• Does not accept first-time travelers
• Does not accept local candidates (75-mile radius)
• On-call is not required
• Does not accommodate block schedules
• May float within the service line to meet facility needs
• Return-to-origin restriction: no more than 7 days

Onboarding and Compliance

• Government-issued ID
• Criminal background check within 6 months of start, with a 7-year search; exclusion searches must be rerun quarterly
• Education verification, employment application, and two professional references
• Badge photo taken within 6 months of start
• Drug screen within 1 year of start; it cannot expire during the assignment
• TB: two negative PPDs (second within 30 days of start), or a T-Spot or Q-Gold within 1 year of start; annual TB questionnaire
• Tdap vaccine or declination; measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella immunity (titer, vaccines, or MD statement)
• Hepatitis B declination
• Flu vaccine or approved exemption during flu season (10/01 to 03/31)
• Physical exam within 1 year of start
• N95 fit test
• Regulatory compliance education quiz with a score of 80% or higher
• Approximately 16 hours of orientation modules
• Vehicle registration required for day shifts
• Signed HIPAA acknowledgement, confidentiality form, latex allergy questionnaire, hand hygiene policy, fingernail policy, and dress code policy
• Parking passes available at additional cost