Med Surg / Telemetry RN
Omaha, Nebraska
The Nebraska Medical Center

Registered Nurse – MS/Tele

Location: Omaha, Nebraska Unit: 5 West, a 40-bed non-specialty med-surg unit caring for patients 18 and older, including telemetry patients Contract Length: 13 weeks (26-week option available) Hours: 36 hours/week (48-hour option available), 3x12-hour nights, 19:00–07:30 Ratios: Days 1:8; Nights 1:9

Role Overview

• Team-based care model with bedside RNs, LPNs, nursing assistants, lead nurses, and virtual nurses. Virtual nurses handle RN-license administrative tasks that don't require physical presence (e.g., admission/discharge paperwork, patient education, dual nurse sign-offs).
• Patients include sepsis, respiratory, GI, endocrine, cardiac, and COVID-19 cases. Staff manage titratable drips, chest tubes, tracheostomies, complex wound care, post-bariatric procedures, high-oxygen delivery systems, and end-of-life care.
• Drips are required on all floors.
• Travelers are first to float and must be prepared to float frequently.
• Float scope: may float within scope to meet facility needs, including another campus. Units may include 4CS, 5 West, 6 Neuro, 4/5 Lied, 6/7 Lied, 7 HVU, 8 Werner, 9 Trauma, a med-surg unit at another campus, Observation, and SOTU.
• LPNs are assigned on some, but not all, floors.

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Nebraska
• Med Surg / Telemetry experience (2 years)
• Med Surg / Telemetry experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• BLS certification issued by the American Heart Association
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Experience in a large hospital setting
• Experience in an academic medical center setting
• Experience with drips
• Experience with Epic

Schedule Requirements

• Weekends: 4 of 8 possible weekend shifts in a 4-week period. Days cover Saturday and Sunday; nights cover Friday and Saturday.
• Holidays: must work 2 of 3 major winter holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's).
• Time off: up to two weeks of RTO permitted, submitted with the application. Additional requests are at manager discretion after confirmation.

Facility and Work Environment

• Nicotine-free facility
• Mandatory gray scrubs with the facility logo. Details on obtaining them are shared after confirmation. Gray T-shirts are also sold in the company store.

Onboarding Requirements

• Background and compliance: Background check within 30 days of start and updated annually; SAM and OIG checks within 30 days, rerun every 30 days; education verification; state-specific registry search (must be completed within 48 hours of receipt); government-issued photo ID; license primary source verification; NURSYS verification for RNs and LPNs; orientation safety manual acknowledgement; annual skills checklist
• Health: Physical exam within 1 year and updated annually; N95 fit test within 1 year (3M 1860 Small/Regular or 3M 1870+); Tdap within 10 years; TB screening (annual PPD for 2 consecutive years or a 2-step, QuantiFERON, or T-SPOT within 1 year, plus a chest X-ray and signed TB questionnaire if history of positive PPD); MMR/measles, mumps, and rubella immunity (2 vaccines or positive titer); hepatitis B titer (declination acceptable if non-reactive); varicella immunity (2 vaccines or positive titer)
• Drug testing: Within 60 days of start and updated annually; instant tests not accepted
• Vaccines: Flu vaccine preferred, not mandatory; documentation or declination required. COVID vaccine preferred; medical/religious exemption or declination accepted.
• References: Not required per the current client policy.