Step Down LPN / LVN
Dayton, Ohio
Miami Valley Hospital

Step Down

Overview

• Travel/Contract assignment in Dayton, Ohio
• 36 or 48 hour shift available
• Night shift: 4x12 hours, 19:00–7:30
• 20-week contract

Required Qualifications

• Valid LPN / LVN license in Ohio
• ICU - Intensive Care Unit (1 year of experience)
• ICU - Intensive Care Unit experience within the last year
• BLS - Basic Life Support issued by American Heart Association
• Ventilator experience
• Ability to read and interpret EKG strips
• Step-down/PCU experience with 1:5 patient ratio
• Experience with Epic

Preferred

• Level 1 or 2 experience
• Travel experience

Unit Details

• Working with Tele, drips, and vents
• Patient population includes COPD, CHF, Pneumonia, Flu, Sepsis, Diabetic Ketoacidosis, and Post Covid
• Supports trach, vents, bipaps, and high-oxygen requirements
• Uses insulin drips, heparin, Cardizem, and other sporadic drips
• No orally intubated patients on the unit
• Targeted patient ratio is 1:4, with ratios up to 1:5–6
• Unit may use team nursing or primary nursing depending on unit needs

Floating

• Traveler will be first to float at discretion
• May float in and out of specialty clusters
• If assigned to MVH, may float to main campus (Dayton), south campus (Centerville), and North Campus (Englewood)

Scheduling

• Must be available to work every other weekend and holiday

Other Notes

• Navy blue scrubs
• N95 fit testing is required prior to working on the HRRU unit unless PAPR is offered or needed
• RTO must be requested with initial submittal; no RTO will be added after the offer