Step Down Unit RN
Henderson, Kentucky
Methodist Hospital

Step Down Unit Registered Nurse

Role

• Registered Nurse for the Step Down Unit / Stepdown-Tele RN role.

Location

• Henderson, Kentucky

Contract

• Travel assignment
• 13 weeks
• Start date: 11/16
• 36 guaranteed hours per week
• 12-hour day shift

Schedule

• Every third weekend
• Every other holiday

Float Scope

• First to float within skillset
• May float to Deaconess Newburgh (IN) campus and Deaconess Gateway (IN)
• Mid-shift float within the same campus is possible
• Cross-campus mid-shift float is unlikely but possible

Required Qualifications

• Current active compact license
• AHA BLS
• AHA ACLS
• NIHSS
• 2 years as RN
• 1 solid year of stepdown/PCU experience
• 1 travel assignment
• Recent EPIC experience
• Tele interpretation
• Ability to initiate and titrate insulin, heparin, and cardiac drips

Preferred Qualifications

• PIV insertion
• Stable home vents
• Chest tube / indwelling drain management
• CBI
• Stable drips such as lasix and protonix
• Blood product administration
• Continuous BiPap
• Drain management
• Neutropenic precautions
• Strong assessment and critical thinking skills
• Hard worker, resilient, adaptable, and social

Unit Details

• Stepdown/PCU patient population
• Includes patients with sepsis, CHF, COPD, DKA, cirrhosis, dementia, and surgical urology, abdominal, and ortho cases
• Unit has 10 beds
• Tele unit has 15 beds
• Day ratios: SDU 1:4-5; Tele 1:5-6
• Night ratios: SDU 1:5-6; Tele 1:6

Additional Notes

• Clinical interview
• Bi-weekly orientation
• Travelers must pass tele tests
• Teaching hospital; may require precepting students and new hires
• Navy blue scrubs
• No competing health systems or agency logos
• 3 call-ins can result in termination
• COVID-19 vaccine not required, subject to change