Travel Nurse RN - Stepdown
Newburgh, IN
Malone Healthcare - Nursing
3x12 hrs, Days, Nights
Referral Bonus

Internal Job Description

Stepdown - Days
NO LOCAL CANIDATES (40 MILE RADIUS RULE)
Contract Length: 13 weeks
Start: 2/9 or 2/23 - Bi-weekly orientation
Guaranteed hours: 36 (will accept 48s upon request)
*OT will go into effect after 52hrs on 48hr contracts
Primary location: Gateway
Shift Requirement: 12hr Days 6:30-7
Float Requirement: First to float within skillset. Deaconess Midtown (IN) campus (8 miles apart) & potential to float to Deaconess Henderson (KY 11 miles). 2 HR notice given for cross campus float. Mid-shift float within same campus. Cross campus mid-shift float is unlikely but possible.
On Call/Call Back Requirement: N/A
Weekend/Holiday Requirement: Three weekends out of every six week schedule. Every other holiday.
Required Certs to be attached upon submittal: Must have current active compact license. AHA BLS, AHA ACLS and NIHSS.

Minimum Experience REQUIRED: 2 years RN experience, 1 full year of stepdown experience, 1 travel assignment, trauma level II experience.
Charting Experience: Recent EPIC experience required (will be required to do a checkoff class)
Patient Population: Cardiac (post cath stents/interventions, pacers), CIWA/BH, Sepsis, DKA, CVA, CPAP, feeding tubes, crani POD 2, GI bleeds, hypothermic/bear hugger.
Skillset:
REQUIRED- Tele/12-lead EKG interpretation (TRAVELERS REQUIRED TO PASS TELE TESTS), Initiate/titrate drips (antiarrhythmics, Heparin, Insulin, etc.). Post surgical assessment/care. NIHSS/Neuro assessments/dysphagia screen.
PREFFERED- Stable home vents, PleurX drain/pericardial drains, lumber drains, VP shunts, Narcan drips. Must have strong assessment and critical thinking skills!
Hard worker, resilient and manages change well, social candidates.

Unit Information: 16 beds; Ratio: Days 1:3-4; NOCs 1:3-4 (1:5 for M/S). CN takes 1:2 patient assignment.
Unit Strengths: Fantastic CNA support, very helpful charge nurses, great teamwork.
Scrub Colors: Navy blue scrubs - No competing health systems or agency logos
* 3 call-ins can result in termination *
*** Teaching hospital, may require precepting of students & new-hires ***