Med Surg Telemetry RN
Wilmington, North Carolina
Novant Health Scotts Hill Medical Center

MS/Tele Registered Nurse

Overview

• Travel/contract role in Wilmington, North Carolina
• Night shift: 18:45–07:15
• 36 or 48 hour shifts accepted
• 13-week contract
• Ratio: 1:6
• Self-scheduling
• Every other weekend
• No call requirement
• May be required to float to the main campus, about 32 minutes away
• Unit orientation: 24 hours
• Scrubs: navy blue or white

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in North Carolina
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Med Surg / Telemetry (2 years of experience)
• Med Surg / Telemetry experience within the last year
• BLS issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• NIHSS
• Must pass EKG testing prior to start
• Must be able to work holidays
• No block schedules unless a weekend block

Preferred Qualifications

• Charge experience
• ACLS
• Telemetry
• Telemetry on the unit monitoring
• Post Angiogram
• Post cardiac surgery
• Post MI
• IV insulin protocols
• Bariatric surgery
• Continuous Bladder Irrigation (CBI)
• Accessing/Managing Ports
• CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident)
• Substance Withdrawal
• Surgical drains
• Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs)
• Pre/Post Thoracic Surgery
• Tracheostomy care/management
• Previous Charge Experience
• Electronic Documentation
• Community Hospital Experience

Clinical Skills

• Med/Surg
• MS/Tele
• Interpretation and management of dysrhythmias
• Telemetry remote monitoring
• Rapid Response/Code team use
• Bowel obstruction
• Colostomy/ileostomy management and care
• Feeding tube care and management
• Pre/Post Hemodialysis Management
• Renal failure
• Blood Product Administration
• Central line blood draw
• Peripheral Line Care/Management
• Phlebotomy
• PICC line management
• Starting and maintaining IVs
• Heparin
• Insulin
• PCA
• Chest tubes-Emerson/PleurEvac
• BiPAP/CPAP management/maintenance
• High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
• Nasal Cannula
• Non-invasive airway management
• Oral suctioning
• Oxygen administration
• Oxygen tanks
• Isolation Precautions/PPE
• Wound Care/Wound Vac

Patient Diagnoses

• Diabetes
• Dementia
• COVID
• Pneumonia
• COPD
• Sepsis
• Encephalopathy
• GI bleed
• Anemia
• Hip fracture
• CHF
• UTI
• Various surgical recovery cases
• Renal failure
• Hypertension
• Cellulitis
• Failure to thrive

Unit Systems

• Pyxis

Additional Notes

• Locals accepted
• Storm Team and/or Hurricane Team assignment may be required
• May be required to report during a catastrophic event, mass casualty, or disaster
• Consolidation to a centralized office mid-contract may occur
• Candidate may be preassigned to units as needed