Step Down Unit RN
Newburgh, Indiana
Deaconess Gateway Hospital

Step Down Unit Registered Nurse

Overview

• Travel assignment in Newburgh, Indiana
• 13-week contract
• Nights, 12-hour shifts: 6:30 PM - 7:00 AM
• Guaranteed 36 hours per week; may accept 48-hour contracts upon request

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Indiana
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• ACLS issued by American Heart Association
• NIHSS
• Stepdown (1 year of experience)
• Stepdown experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• Trauma level II experience
• Experience with Epic
• Telemetry and 12-lead EKG interpretation
• Initiate and titrate drips (antiarrhythmics, Heparin, Insulin, etc.)

Preferred

• Stable home vents
• PleurX drain/pericardial drains
• Lumber drains
• VP shunts
• Narcan drips

Schedule and Float

• Three weekends out of every six-week schedule
• Every other holiday
• First to float within skillset
• May float to Deaconess Midtown campus and potentially to Deaconess Henderson
• Mid-shift float within the same campus is possible

Unit Details

• 16-bed Step Down Unit
• Ratios: Days 1:3-4; Nights 1:3-4; 1:5 for M/S
• CN takes 1:2 patient assignment

Additional Notes

• No local candidates within 40 miles
• Clinical interview
• Teaching hospital; may require precepting students and new hires
• Navy blue scrubs
• COVID-19 vaccine not required, subject to change