Med Surg RN
Saratoga Springs, NY
Access Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Days

Registered Nurse - Med Surg

Location: Saratoga Springs, New York Employment Type: Travel/Contract Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Day, 3x12 hours (7:00 to 19:30) Hours: 12 per day, 36 per week Nights Ratio: 1:5 or 1:6

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in New York
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Med Surg experience (2 years), with experience within the last year
• Experience in an acute care setting
• One completed travel assignment
• Experience with Epic
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association (facility accepts American Heart Association only)
• Successful passing of the Advanced EKG/ECG test within 72 hours of signing for listed units (including Telemetry, PCU, ICU, and ER). The facility requires a 90% pass rate and a 100% score on lethal rhythms.
• Negative 10-panel drug screen within 60 days of start, using the facility's specified lab panel
• Negative PPD or QuantiFERON Gold within 1 year of start, or a 2-step PPD with the second step read before starting (chest X-ray accepted for past positive PPD)
• Immunity to rubeola (measles), mumps, rubella, and varicella, through titer or vaccine documentation (2 MMR boosters or positive titer for measles, mumps, and rubella; 2 varicella boosters or positive titer for varicella)
• Hepatitis B titer, declination, or 3-dose vaccine series
• Mandatory seasonal flu vaccine, or an approved religious or medical exemption submitted 2 weeks before start
• Physical exam within 1 year of start
• Standard background check, with annual updates
• Completion of a Pharmacology Competency Exam (required as applicable by profession)
• Completion of New York State Child Abuse Mandatory Reporter Training, required for RNs educated outside New York or graduated before 1990 from a New York program
• Two professional references from the past 2 years

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification, preferably from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross (facility accepts American Heart Association only)
• Color blind test

Assignment Details

• Float within scope of practice at the unit leader's discretion, based on skillset. Traveler must be willing to float.
• Travelers must live outside the following counties, as the facility is not signing new contracts with travelers whose primary residence is in them: Warren, Washington, Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Albany, Columbia, Greene, Dutchess, and Ulster. Extensions are reviewed case by case.
• Flu season begins December 5. Exemption requests are due 2 weeks before start.