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

Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical

Overview

• Location: Saint Louis, Missouri
• Facility type: Short-term acute care hospital; Magnet and teaching hospital; Level I Trauma Center; 1,266 staffed beds
• Unit: 6900 GI/GU, a high turnover surgical patient unit with medical overflow
• Contract length: 16 weeks
• Shift: Night, 4x12 hours (19:00-07:30)
• Hours: 48 hours per week; can sign for 36 or 48 hours per week; guaranteed 36 hours
• Scrub color: Navy
• Charting system: Epic
• Parking: Monthly passes available (at additional cost)

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Missouri (current state license with Nursys verification; pending license accepted)
• Med Surg / Telemetry experience (2 years)
• Med Surg / Telemetry experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) issued by the American Heart Association
• BLS issued by the American Heart Association
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• IV skills, including starting IVs
• Phlebotomy skills
• Experience with feeding tubes (care and management)
• Experience with PICC lines (management)
• Colostomy care
• Blood product administration
• Central line blood draw
• Peripheral line care and management
• PCA
• Telemetry remote monitoring
• Experience with Epic

Patient Population and Clinical Work

• Patients with ostomy, colon resection, colon cancer, bladder cancer, and GU conditions
• Drips given on the unit: heparin, lidocaine (pain only), bicarbonate, bivalirudin, and amiodarone (stable, non-titrated, occasionally)
• PCAs, epidurals, and continuous bladder irrigation (CBI) with different irrigation solutions
• Procedures and protocols: Foley catheters, CBI, TURPS, and colorectal patient protocols

Scheduling and Policies

• Night shift, 4x12 hours
• Every other weekend
• Not on-call
• Does not accept first-time travelers
• Does not accept local candidates (within 75 miles)
• Does not accept block schedule requests
• Return-to-origin restrictions: no more than 7 days
• Float within the service line to meet facility needs
• Nurse-to-patient ratio: 1:4-6

Onboarding Requirements

• Criminal background check, 7-year search, completed within 6 months of start; quarterly exclusion and sanctions searches
• Drug screen within 1 year of start
• Physical exam within 1 year of start
• Negative TB test or chest X-ray; TB questionnaire
• Hepatitis B declination
• Tdap vaccine or declination
• Measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella immunity (titer, vaccines, or MD statement); some declinations are not permitted
• Influenza vaccine or exemption during flu season
• N95 fit test
• Two professional references
• Employment application
• Education verification
• Regulatory compliance education with a passing score of 80% or higher
• Orientation modules (approximately 16 hours), completed before start