Location: Honesdale, Pennsylvania
Employment type: Travel/Contract
Contract length: 13 weeks
Schedule: Monday-Friday, Day shift (4x10 hours), 8:30-19:30, 10 hours per day, 40 hours per week
On call: 7-10 call days in a 4-week period, based on 4-week schedules
Required Qualifications
Education and Licensure
Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
Valid RN license in Pennsylvania
State license verification (primary source online verification)
Experience
PACU - Post Anesthesia Care, minimum 1 year of experience
PACU - Post Anesthesia Care experience within the last year
Certifications
ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) issued by the American Heart Association or American Red Cross, required for PACU/SDS. Renewal is required 2 years from the issue date, regardless of the expiration date on the certificate.
BLS (Basic Life Support) issued by the American Heart Association or American Red Cross, required. Renewal is required 2 years from the issue date.
PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) issued by the American Heart Association or American Red Cross, required for PACU/SDS. Renewal is required 2 years from the issue date.
Tech certification verification is not applicable to this role.
Competencies
Medication Test/Pharmacology Competency Exam, required for all RNs.
Competency exam, required as applicable by profession. Must meet or exceed the Angoff score or otherwise achieve a passing score.
Skills checklist, required annually.
Background and Compliance Checks
Background check within 1 year of start, including SSN trace, county searches for the last 7 years of locations lived, worked, or in school, nationwide search, and sex offender search. Updated annually.
EPLS/GSA/SAM check, completed annually.
HHS/OIG check, completed annually.
Pennsylvania child abuse search, required by the client.
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services fingerprint results, required by the client.
Pennsylvania PATCH search results, required by the client.
Documents and Health Requirements
Government-issued photo ID (driver's license or state ID).
Emergency contact form, required prior to start.
Physical exam within 1 year of start, not required to be updated annually.
Negative TB test (PPD, QuantiFERON Gold, or T-spot) within 1 year of start, renewed annually. If past positive, a negative chest X-ray dated after the positive is required, with an annual TB questionnaire. Chest X-rays are acceptable for 5 years with an annual TB questionnaire, subject to client confirmation if over 1 year old.
Rubeola (measles), mumps, and rubella: candidates born in 1957 or later must provide titer proof or vaccination records (2 MMR doses at least 28 days apart for measles and mumps; 1 vaccine or positive titer for rubella). Candidates born before 1957 are subject to client confirmation.
Hepatitis B: titer, declination, or 3-dose vaccine series.
Varicella: titer, 2 vaccines at least 4 weeks apart, or history of chickenpox.
Tetanus/diphtheria/Tdap, required every 10 years.
9-panel drug screen within 1 year of start (instant drug screen acceptable).
11-panel drug screen within 14 days prior to start.
Flu vaccine or declination required during flu season (10/1-3/31). Working candidates must submit documentation by 11/1. A flu declination form is required if declining, and a mask must be worn per hospital policy until flu season ends.
COVID: copy of vaccination card or declination.
Two professional references (travel, allied, or per diem acute care) within 3 years of start.
Facility
Wayne Memorial Hospital
3.8rating(16 reviews)
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4.0rating
Pros
Staff was friendly, ratios weren’t terrible typical 1:4 most days
Cons
Scheduling was sometimes hard to follow and they would wait until the week before to release the next schedule.