Med Surg Telemetry RN
Evansville, Indiana
Deaconess Hospital

Registered Nurse – Medical-Surgical (MS RN, Days)

Location: Evansville, Indiana Employment Type: Travel Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: 12-hour days, 6:30 AM – 7:00 PM Start: Bi-weekly orientation Unit: Medical-Surgical, 41 beds Coverage: No local candidates (40-mile radius rule)

Required Qualifications

• Current active compact RN license
• AHA BLS and NIHSS certifications (attached at submittal)
• Two years of strong Med/Surg experience
• One travel assignment
• Trauma level II experience
• Strong assessment and critical thinking skills
• Will be required to complete a charting checkoff class

Schedule and Hours

• Guaranteed 36 hours per week (48 hours on request)
• Guaranteed set hours per week, except during holidays when the unit is closed
• Orientation week hours are not guaranteed
• Weekends: three weekends out of every six-week schedule
• Holidays: every other holiday
• No on-call or call-back requirement

Float Requirements

• First to float within skillset
• Mid-shift float within the same campus
• Cross-campus float to another campus about 8 miles away and a facility about 11 miles away across the Kentucky state line, with 2 hours' notice (cross-campus mid-shift float is unlikely but possible)

Clinical Scope

Patient population: Post-surgical (Whipple, vascular, pre/post heart cath, bariatric, ENT, podiatry, open bellies), dementia, altered mental status, CIWA/detox, q2h turns, fall risks, thyroid surgeries

Skillset: PIV insertion, chest tube and indwelling drain management, CBI, titrating drips (heparin, lasix, protonix), epidural management, ostomy care, blood product administration, tele interpretation, wound care (packing, wound vacs, dressing changes), pre/post heart cath care (femoral and TR bands, no interventions)

Unit Information

• Ratios: Days 1:5–6; nights 1:6–7
• Charge nurse takes a patient assignment
• Teaching hospital: may require precepting students and new hires
• Navy blue scrubs; no competing health system or agency logos

Other

• COVID-19 vaccine not required (subject to change)