Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg
Portland, Oregon
Oregon Health & Science University Hospital

Registered Nurse – Bariatrics

Overview

• Location: Portland, Oregon
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Day (5x8 hours), 8:30 to 17:00
• Hours: 8 per day, 40 per week
• Weekends: Not required
• On-call: Not required
• Float: May float within scope to meet facility needs
• Time off: No holidays

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in Oregon
• Minimum of 2 years of bariatric experience
• Bariatric experience within the last year
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Experience with Epic

Background and Screening

• Background check within 6 months of start, completed upon initial hire and not required annually. It must be initiated within 24 hours of a signed contract. Education verification is included.
• Work history verification for the last 2 employers. If the last employment was 7 years or more, only one verification is required.
• Federal exclusion checks (EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG) completed no more than 30 days before start, run for all aliases on the background
• National sex offender search completed within 30 days before start, run for all aliases on the background
• Open court cases are not permitted. If a conviction appears on the background, the traveler must complete a personal statement.
• Advanced screening release authorization must be on file before the candidate is cleared.

Onboarding and Training

• Required training modules completed before start, including information privacy and security essentials (30 min), integrity foundations (25 min), harassment prevention fundamentals, medication-administration training, and Vocera badge training (25 min) for inpatient RNs. Glucometer training is not required for operating room RNs.
• Safe vaccine administration module (online and in-person) for RNs, except operating room RNs
• Respirator (PAPR) training is required only if a candidate fails the fit test.
• Traveler network account information form must be completed within 48 hours of signing.