Travel Nurse RN - ED - Emergency Department
Bakersfield, CA
First Connect Health
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Title: RN Emergency Room
Location: Bakersfield, CA, 93311
Duration: 13 Weeks
Shift: Nights (12*3)

Requirements:

3+ Yrs. of exp.
CA RN License Required.
ACLS, BLS, NIHSS, PALS Required.

Description:

Nights, EOW, first to float

**This is a Nurse Shift Manager position. Traveler must have strong Charge RN experience, or management experience. Nurse Shift Managers (NSMs) will take patients and provide direct patient care when necessary. While the Charge Nurse is typically the first to take on patient assignments, NSMs will also fulfill the Charge Nurse role and manage the department. They are expected to assist with patient care as needed, including triaging ambulance patients, starting IVs, and administering medications, etc. Essentially, NSMs will provide support wherever it is required within the department." 

- # beds 21 (Fast track staffed with midlevel's & LVNs) - Certs BLS, ACLS, PALS, & NIHSS are required 

- Ratios 1 to 4 unless ICU patient would be 1 to 2 

- EMR Cerner 

- Charge Nurse Shift manager & a resource nurse 

- Nurse Aides ED Techs are EMT or aides from other units 

- Weekend Requirement "4 weekend shifts in a 4-week schedule 

- Weekends are Fri/Sat for nights & Sat/Sun for days" 

- Holidays 1 major & 1 minor 

- Scrub Color Navy blue. If you wear a scrub jacket it also must be navy. If you wear an undershirt underneath your scrub top it must be navy, white, or black. 

- Tele- Phillips - Vents- Yes - Hospitalist or Intensivist in house- Yes - only use MD's in the ER 

- IV Team - No 

- RT 24/7- Yes 

- Pharmacy 24/7- Yes & Omnicell 

- Shifts- 12's Self-scheduling but not finalized until the manager balances it. Schedules are for 4 weeks. Block scheduling is not allowed - Floating- Floating could happen between the 2 facilities to the ER. If floated prior to shift, would get a 2 hour notice prior start. Mid-shift floating could happen. The facilities are only 6.5 miles apart. 

- Call - if put on stand by/call, traveler must report within 30 mins - Floor specific orientation

- 2 shifts at the primary campus & 1 shift at the other campus 

- Common diagnosis / Types of patient’s- Typical ER patients. Some days they have MedSurg Tele holds in the ER. ER Nurses will be expected to take these patients. - Additional Notes

- They are a Primary Stroke Center. They rarely hold "5150 psych holds" longer than 12 hours. They utilize the MET Team (Mobile Eval Team). Could see 115 patients one day than 175 patients the next day. This must be their primary job. They will not work around another work schedule to accommodate hours. Must be very teamwork oriented.