Med Surg/Telemetry RN
St. Louis, Missouri
Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Registered Nurse – MS/Tele

Overview

• Location: Saint Louis, Missouri
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Start date: 3–4 weeks out, per compliance tier
• Shift: Day shift, 4x12 hours (7:00 AM–7:30 PM)
• Hours: Can sign for 36 or 48 hours per week
• Facility type: Short-term acute care; Magnet and teaching hospital; Level I Trauma Center; 1,266 staffed beds
• Scrub color: Navy blue
• Charting system: EPIC

Schedule and Assignment Details

• Ratio: 1:4–5
• Weekends: Every other weekend
• On-call: Not on-call
• Block schedule: Does not accept block schedules
• Floating: Clinician will float within scope to meet facility needs
• Guaranteed hours: 3 shifts per 13 weeks; cancelled shifts must be the regular shift length
• RTO: No more than 7 days of RTO per 13-week contract

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Missouri
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• At least 1 year of Med Surg / Telemetry experience, with experience within the last year
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) issued by the American Heart Association
• BLS issued by the American Heart Association
• Experience working with renal transplant patients
• Experience working with liver transplant patients
• Experience working with trauma patients
• Experience working with orthopedic patients
• Experience working with medical patients

Clinical Experience Focus

Telemetry experience with patients including:

• Kidney, liver, and pancreas transplants
• Abdominal surgeries for hepatobiliary diseases
• Acute transplant rejection treatment
• Trauma, orthopedic, and general medicine patients

Compliance Requirements

Certifications and Training

• BLS (AHA only); certificates of completion accepted for up to 1 month after completion
• Basic Dysrhythmia exam, required for MS/Tele RNs; must be completed for each new contract. The first attempt must be completed within 1 week of assignment. Candidates have up to 3 attempts to pass.
• Unit-specific competency exam, updated annually
• Unit-specific skills checklist, completed within 1 year of start
• Regulatory compliance education quiz with a score of 80% or higher, updated annually
• Orientation modules required for all RNs (approximately 16 hours, completed online before start)

Background and Screening

• Criminal background check within 6 months of start (7-year search)
• Education verification
• EPLS/SAM and HHS/OIG searches, run quarterly
• Missouri EDL search, run for each new assignment and renewed quarterly
• Missouri Highway Patrol check, renewed annually
• Drug screen within 1 year of start, covering the panel listed in the posting; must not expire during the assignment
• Two professional references; supervisors within the past year are preferred
• Employment application
• Government-issued ID; SSN and DOB confirmation

Health Requirements

• Physical exam within 1 year of start
• Two negative PPD tests (one within 1 year, one within 30 days of start), or a negative T-Spot or Q-Gold within 1 year of start; yearly TB questionnaire
• Tdap vaccine or declination
• Rubeola, mumps, rubella, and varicella: positive titer, two vaccines, or MD statement of immunity
• Hepatitis B: not required; facility declination form completed through DocuSign
• Flu vaccination or medical/religious exemption required during flu season (10/01–03/31)
• N95 fit test required (acceptable models: 3M VFlex 1804, 3M 1860)

Facility Documents

• Badge photo taken within 6 months of start
• Vehicle registration form (day shifts)
• HIPAA acknowledgement, confidentiality form, latex allergy questionnaire, hep B declination, hand hygiene policy, fingernail policy, and dress code policy, each reviewed or signed before start
• Annual updates required for HIPAA, confidentiality, and latex forms