Travel Nurse RN - Telemetry
Albany, NY
TotalMed RN
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Tele / General Surgery / Trauma B3
 

Active NY license
2 years of experience, or 1 year of experience at 600+ bed academic hospital and a passing score on competency test, EPIC required
ACLS, BLS
Navy scrubs

Unit specifics:
 

Number of Beds: 36 private rooms
Unit staffing description: RNs, PCAs, ASAs, NPs, Nurse Clinicians, Case Manager, Social Worker, CM/SW Assistant, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy
Type of equipment: wound vacs, traction, IV pumps, chest tubes, NG, trach collars, feeding pumps, Vioptix monitors, suction, medical air, O2, mini infusers, PCA pumps, external fixation (ex-fix), high flow O2, oxi-pendant, Bi-Pap, and C-Pap.
Documentation system: Epic Clinicals, MAK (medications), HEV (bed mgmt.), Pyxis, Vocera
Scheduling requirements: All shifts
Floating policy: to areas with competency. 
Patient Experience requirements: Post-surgical, Med/ Surg
Certifications:  Academic Medical Center, Level 1 trauma center (adult); Children’s Hospital within a hospital

Requested Skill Set:

We care for patients from the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Step-down Unit, Emergency Department, and Post-Anesthesia Care Unit.

Special skills- Wound vac changes, tracheostomy management & teaching, Cortrak management, IV insertion, phlebotomy, Vocera Badge and Web Console communication, telemetry monitoring, traction management, bariatric post- surgery, ostomy management & teaching, chest tube management, surgical and or pigtail drain management and teaching, and TPN.

Procedures performed on unit:  Assist with Chest tube insertion; Central Line insertion/removal, Wound Vac changes, NG, Cortrak, indwelling catheters, wound debridement, ex-fix adjustments, derma-close adjustments, and nebulizer treatments.