Medical Surgical / Telemetry RN
Marion, Illinois
Heartland Regional Medical Center

Medical Surgical / Telemetry Registered Nurse

Overview

• Travel assignment in Marion, Illinois
• 13-week contract
• Start: ASAP
• Guaranteed hours: 36 or 48 per week
• 12-hour day shift
• Primary location: medical center in Marion
• No local candidates within 40 miles

Required Qualifications

• Current active Illinois RN license
• AHA BLS
• AHA ACLS
• NIHSS
• 2 years of strong Med Surg/Telemetry experience
• 1 travel assignment
• Neuro experience
• Recent EPIC experience

Preferred

• Strong assessment and critical thinking skills
• Comfortable taking medical overflow patients
• Hard worker, resilient, manages change well, social candidates

Unit Details

• Neuro unit with 22 beds
• Patient ratio: 1:4
• Charge nurse has a patient assignment
• Patient population includes Neuro and Neuro-Surgical patients, CVAs, elective back/neck surgeries, cerebral angiogram, and general medical patients

Schedule

• 12-hour days
• Every other weekend
• Every other holiday

Float Scope

• May float to the medical unit
• May take medical-surgical ratios of 1:5 or 1:4 in primary care

Clinical Skills

• NIHSS and dysphagia screening
• Strong neuro assessments
• Basic tele interpretation
• Strict I&O
• Straight cath and Foley care
• Heparin drip initiation and titration
• Blood and blood product administration
• Venipuncture and blood cultures
• NG tubes
• Indwelling drain management
• Stable drips such as Protonix and Lasix

Additional Notes

• On-call and call-back: N/A
• Scrub color: Navy Blue
• COVID-19 vaccine not required, subject to change
• Hours are not guaranteed during orientation week
• Traveler is guaranteed set hours per week except during holidays when the unit is closed