Medical Surgical / Telemetry RN
Newburgh, Indiana
Deaconess Gateway Hospital

Medical Surgical / Telemetry Registered Nurse

Overview

• Travel assignment in Newburgh, Indiana
• 13-week contract
• Day shift: 12 hours, 6:30 AM - 7:00 PM
• Guaranteed 36 hours per week; may accept 48-hour contracts upon request
• No local candidates within a 40-mile radius

Unit

• Neuro Cardiac Unit
• 32 beds
• Primary location: Gateway

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Indiana
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Med Surg / Telemetry (2 years of experience)
• Med Surg / Telemetry experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• NIHSS
• Experience working with Level 2 Trauma patients
• Tele/12-lead EKG interpretation (travelers required to pass tele tests)
• Ability to initiate and titrate cardiac, insulin, and heparin drips
• Experience with heart catheterization recovery including femoral and transradial band management
• Experience with Epic

Preferred Qualifications

• NG/PEG tubes
• PIV insertion
• Tikosyn dosing
• Chest tubes

Schedule and Staffing

• Three weekends out of every six-week schedule
• Every other holiday
• First to float within skillset
• May float to Deaconess Midtown campus and potentially to Deaconess Henderson
• 2-hour notice for cross-campus float
• Mid-shift float within the same campus
• Cross-campus mid-shift float is unlikely but possible

Additional Details

• Clinical interview required
• Bi-weekly orientation
• Recent EPIC experience will require a checkoff class
• 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