Stepdown RN
Burlingame, California
Mills-Peninsula Medical Center

Registered Nurse - Step Down

Location: Burlingame, California Employment Type: Travel/Contract Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Nights, 3 x 12 hours (7:00 PM - 7:30 AM), 36 hours per week Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in California
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• 2 years of experience as an RN
• 1 year of Stepdown experience, with Stepdown experience within the last year
• ICU - Intensive Care Unit experience
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• BLS issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification
• Cardiology experience, including medical cardiology patients
• Experience working with Medical patients
• Experience working with post cardiac catheterization patients, including post-cardiac catheterization care
• Experience working with Neuro/stroke patients
• Experience with respiratory patients, including high-flow oxygen up to BiPAP
• Experience with heparin infusions
• Experience with diltiazem
• Experience with amiodarone

Onboarding Requirements

• Background: 7-year background check completed within 6 months of start, plus federal and state exclusion searches, sex offender search, and education verification (highest level achieved, unless high school)
• Health: Physical exam within 1 year of start; negative 9-panel drug screen within 6 months of start; TB screening questionnaire within 90 days of start, renewed annually; TB test or chest X-ray; measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, and hepatitis B immunity documentation; Tdap within 10 years; seasonal flu documentation during flu season
• Mask fit test: Required within 1 year of start, renewed annually
• Color vision: In-person exam by a licensed healthcare provider before start (online exams not accepted)
• Credentials: Primary-source license verification and NURSYS verification within 30 days of start
• Employment history: 7 years of work history on the application with no gaps; work history verification; 2 professional references
• Other: Electronic health record questionnaire (RNs); EKG exam onsite after start for ICU and MS/Tele RNs at certain locations