Step Down Unit RN
Newburgh, Indiana
Deaconess Gateway Hospital

Step Down Unit Registered Nurse

Overview

• Travel assignment in Newburgh, Indiana
• 13-week contract
• Nights, 12-hour shifts: 6:30 PM - 7:00 AM
• Guaranteed 36 hours per week; may accept 48s upon request
• Primary location: Gateway
• No local candidates within 40 miles

Required Qualifications

• Current active compact license
• AHA BLS
• AHA ACLS
• NIHSS
• 2 years RN experience
• 1 full year of stepdown experience
• 1 travel assignment
• Trauma level II experience
• Recent EPIC experience
• Tele/12-lead EKG interpretation
• Ability to pass tele tests
• Initiate/titrate drips, including antiarrhythmics, Heparin, and Insulin
• Post surgical assessment/care
• NIHSS/Neuro assessments/dysphagia screen

Preferred Qualifications

• Stable home vents
• PleurX drain/pericardial drains
• Lumber drains
• VP shunts
• Narcan drips
• Strong assessment and critical thinking skills

Float / Coverage

• First to float within skillset
• May float to Deaconess Midtown campus and potentially to Deaconess Henderson
• Mid-shift float within the same campus is possible
• Cross-campus float notice: 2 hours

Schedule / Weekend Requirements

• Three weekends out of every six-week schedule
• Every other holiday

Unit Details

• 16-bed unit
• Ratios: Days 1:3-4; Nights 1:3-4; 1:5 for M/S
• CN takes 1:2 patient assignment

Additional Notes

• Clinical interview
• Teaching hospital; may require precepting students and new-hires
• Navy blue scrubs
• COVID-19 vaccine not required, subject to change