Med Surg RN
Appleton, Wisconsin
ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton

Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical

Location: Appleton, Wisconsin (primary locations: Appleton and Neenah) Employment type: Travel Start date: ASAP Contract length: 13 weeks Guaranteed hours: 36 per week. GSA hours are not guaranteed during the orientation week. Holidays where the unit is closed are not guaranteed hours.

Schedule and Shift

• 12-hour night shifts (NOCs), starting at 5:30 PM
• Weekends: per job posting, with an every-weekend candidate preferred
• Holidays: rotation as needed
• Any missed shift must be made up within 2 weeks of the absence
• Schedule provided in 2-week increments; location may change up to 2 hours in advance
• 8-hour unbillable orientation

Role and Assignment

• Part of the Clinical Resource Team (CRT), which requires comfort floating between units and facilities
• Floats throughout all Med/Surg units at Appleton and Neenah, and may float to all facilities as needed (primarily Neenah and Appleton, and must be open to smaller locations)
• Assignment is based on skillset; traveler will only take patients within their skillset
• Units: 5th floor cardiac (pre/post procedure, heart cath, and pacemakers) and Neuro (stroke, post-TNK, neurosurgery)
• Patient ratio: 1:5-6 on days and nights under the new staffing model, with RNs paired with support staff (LPN/CNA) based on acuity
• Scrub color: Black

Primary Cases

Medical/surgical, general surgical, oncology, renal, CIWA, CHF, COPD, stroke, surgical trauma and ortho, DKA, and pediatric patients (rare)

Required Qualifications

• Wisconsin RN license
• AHA BLS
• NIHSS
• Minimum experience: 3+ years as an RN and 2+ years of Med/Surg experience
• Previous travel experience required (per the source's "previous travel required" note)
• Charting experience within the last year in the facility's electronic medical record
• Not open to travelers whose facility or home location is within 50 miles of the corporate center in Neenah

Preferred Qualifications

• AHA ACLS
• 1 travel contract (strongly preferred)
• Experience with pre/post cath, post pacemaker, and TR bands (strongly preferred)

Other Notes

• Hard worker, resilient, manages change well, and social