Stepdown RN
Morgantown, West Virginia
Ruby Memorial Hospital

Trauma General Surg Stepdown/MedSurg RN

Overview

• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Nights, 12-hour shifts (36 hours/week)
• Shift times: 7a-7:30p; 7p-7:30a
• Start dates: ASAP or January
• Unit: 7 East Trauma & General Surgery Inpatient Unit, a nationally recognized Comprehensive Bariatric Surgery Center
• Beds: 30 total (12 floor, 18 stepdown)
• Ratios: 1:6 for floor (med-surg) patients, 1:3 for stepdown patients
• Common diagnoses: Multi-trauma, TBI, fractures, general surgery (cholecystectomy, ostomies, etc.), bariatric surgery, and other med-surg conditions as needed
• Scrub color: Royal Blue

Required Qualifications

• BLS certification
• Level 1 trauma experience
• 1:6 ratio experience
• Experience with complex wound care, drains, devices, traumatic injuries, chest tubes, respiratory support, TBIs, complex spinal cord injuries, and other medical and surgical conditions
• Ability to read cardiac strips. Monitor techs read, run, and monitor telemetry, but the RN must validate their readings.

Schedule and Coverage

• Weekends: End of week or 2 weekends per 4-week schedule
• Weekend nights: 12-hour weekend nights (Fri/Sat/Sun or Sat/Sun/Mon)
• Holidays: Required; will work into the permanent staff holiday schedule as needed
• Floating: Required to like units (floor/stepdown)
• Call/standby: Unknown

Unit Support

• Charge nurse: Budgeted free charge nurse 24/7, with a house supervisor available
• Nurse aides: Called "Clinical Associates"; 4 when fully staffed
• Respiratory therapy: Available 24/7, for stable/chronic vents only
• Titratable drips: Unknown whether RNs titrate. Common drips are heparin and PCA on the floor, and insulin and Cardizem (non-pressers) on stepdown.

Submission Requirements

• Candidates may only be submitted to one position at a time across the health system.
• Driver's license address must be more than 50 miles from the facility.
• Previous permanent candidates must have been gone for 2 years.
• Previous travelers who worked there for 1 full year must have been gone for 2 years.
• Only 2 candidates may be submitted per opening. If the position is at maximum, submissions are held until a spot opens.
• Travel teams must be submitted together in one email.
• Individual unit requirements apply.