Stepdown RN
Newburgh, Indiana
Deaconess Gateway Hospital

Registered Nurse - Step Down Unit

Location: Newburgh, Indiana Employment Type: Travel Start Date: 12/14 (bi-weekly orientation) Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: 6:30 AM - 7:00 PM, 12-hour days Guaranteed Hours: 36 per week (will accept 48-hour weeks upon request) Interview: Clinical interview required Local Candidates: Not open to local candidates (40-mile radius rule)

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Indiana
• Minimum of 1 year of step-down experience, with step-down experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• ACLS issued by American Heart Association
• NIHSS certification
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Experience working with Level 2 trauma patients
• Experience with titratable drips (e.g., antiarrhythmics, heparin, insulin)
• Experience with post-operative recovery, including post-surgical assessment and care
• Experience with neuro checks
• Experience with Epic

Patient Population

• Cardiac (post-cath stents and interventions, pacemakers)
• CIWA/behavioral health
• Sepsis
• DKA
• CVA
• CPAP
• Feeding tubes
• Post-op craniotomy (POD 2)
• GI bleeds
• Hypothermia (Bair Hugger)

Schedule and Float

• Weekends: 3 out of every 6-week schedule
• Holidays: every other holiday
• On-call/call-back: N/A
• Float: first to float within skillset to another campus in the system 8 miles away and potentially to a facility in Kentucky 11 miles away
• Cross-campus float requires 2 hours' notice; mid-shift float within the same campus is common, while mid-shift cross-campus float is unlikely but possible
• Guaranteed set hours apply except during holidays when the unit is closed; hours are not guaranteed the week of orientation

Unit and Work Environment

• 16 beds
• Ratios: days 1:3-4; nights 1:3-4 (1:5 for med/surg); charge nurse takes 1:2 assignment
• Strengths: strong CNA support, helpful charge nurses, and good teamwork
• Teaching hospital; may be required to precept students and new hires
• Navy blue scrubs; no competing health system or agency logos

Other Requirements

• 3 call-ins can result in termination
• COVID-19 vaccine not required (subject to change)