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

Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical

Overview

• Location: Appleton, Wisconsin (primary locations: Appleton and Neenah)
• Employment type: Travel
• Start date: ASAP
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: 12-hour night shifts (NOCs), starting 5:30 PM, ending 6:00 AM
• Guaranteed hours: 36 per week. Hours are not guaranteed the week of orientation. Guaranteed set hours apply except during holidays when the unit is closed.
• Weekends: Per job posting (up to every, up to every other, etc.). Open to an every-weekend candidate.
• Holidays: Holiday rotation as needed
• On-call/call-back: None
• Scrub color: Black
• Orientation: 8-hour unbillable orientation
• Schedule: Provided in 2-week increments. Location is subject to change up to 2 hours in advance.

Assignment and Float Scope

• Floats throughout all Med/Surg units at Appleton and Neenah.
• May float to other facilities in the system as needed, primarily Neenah and Appleton, and must be open to smaller locations.
• Units include:

  • 5th floor cardiac (pre/post procedures, heart catheterization, and pacemakers)
  • Neuro (stroke, post-TNK, neurosurgery)
• Assignments are based on skillset. The nurse will only take patients within their skillset and must be comfortable floating between units and facilities.
• Patient ratio: 1:5-6 (days and nights, new staffing model). RNs are paired with support staff (LPN/CNA) based on acuity.

Primary Case Types

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 3+ years of experience as an RN
• Minimum 2+ years of Med/Surg experience
• Prior travel experience required
• Recent electronic charting experience within the last year (software familiarity)

Preferred Qualifications

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

Additional Notes

• Not open to candidates whose home location is within 50 miles of the system's corporate center in Neenah.
• Any missed shift must be made up within 2 weeks of the absence.
• Sought traits: hard worker, resilient, manages change well, and sociable.