Tele Float RN
Tacoma, Washington
Saint Joseph Medical Center

Tele Float

Overview

• Role: Tele Float RN
• Location: Tacoma, Washington
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Nights
• Hours: 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week
• Schedule: Full time, every other weekend

Unit / Setting

• Primary assignment is in Med/Surg and Telemetry
• The role covers the entire med surg/tele division
• Med Surg at SJMC includes 6 telemetry units
• May also float to alternate med surg/tele units and throughout Region Two

Required Qualifications

• BLS
• At least 2 years acute care experience
• Must be able to titrate drips
• Cannot have been full time, part time, or PRN with any facility associated with CommonSpirit, including CHI and/or Dignity, within the past year

Clinical Details

• RNs take 4–5 patients
• CNAs take 8–11 patients
• Tele is monitored remotely by telemetry techs; RNs verify strip readings
• Common respiratory support includes CPAP, BiPAP, and trachs
• No vents

Floating / Assignment Scope

• Required to float to all MS/Tele divisions
• May float to:

  • 7th Floor: surgical, abdominal surgeries, trauma, Whipple
  • 8BC: long-term low acuity, placement waiting, long-term antibiotic therapy
  • 9th Floor: general medical, chronic and acute
  • 2 South: short stay, cardiac, COVID
  • 3 South: Neuro
  • 4 South: ortho and spine
  • 10th Floor Med Surg Oncology
  • ER Transition Unit
  • ERT
  • CDU
  • MSW
• If needed, travelers will float throughout Region Two:

  • St. Clare Hospital – Lakewood, WA
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital – Enumclaw, WA
  • St Joseph Medical Center – Tacoma, WA

Additional Assignment Details

• May be assigned as a CNA if RN short
• May be assigned as an entrance screener if needed
• 1–2 winter holidays required
• Call/standby: up to 4 times during the contract
• Breaks must be taken when offered and cannot be refused
• No specific scrub color required
• Orientation includes 4 hours each on 7th, 8BC, 9th, 2 South, 3 South, and 4 South