Med Surg / Telemetry RN
Saint Louis, Missouri
Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Registered Nurse, Medical Surgical (6900 GI/GU)

Overview

• Location: Saint Louis, Missouri
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 16 weeks
• Facility: Short-term acute care; Magnet and teaching hospital; Level I trauma center; 1,266 staffed beds
• Scrub color: Navy

Schedule

• Shift: Night, 3x12 hours (19:00 to 7:30)
• Hours: 36 guaranteed hours per week (can sign for 36 or 48)
• Weekends: Every other weekend required
• On-call: Not required
• Block schedule: Not accepted
• RTO restrictions: No more than 7 days

Unit Details

• Unit: 6900 GI/GU, a high turnover surgical patient unit that also takes medical overflow
• Ratio: 1:4 to 6
• Patient diagnoses: Ostomy, colon resection, colon cancer, bladder cancer, GU
• Drips and other therapies (beyond those in the skills list): Lidocaine (pain only), bicarbonate, bivalirudin, amiodarone (stable, non-titrated, occasionally), epidurals, and continuous bladder irrigation (CBI) with various irrigation solutions
• Special procedures and protocols: Foley catheters, CBI, TURPs, colorectal patient protocols
• Telemetry: Centralized telemetry
• Float scope: May float within the service line

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Missouri
• Med Surg experience (2 years)
• Med Surg experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)
• BLS issued by the American Heart Association
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Phlebotomy skills
• IV insertion skills
• Experience with PICC lines
• Experience with feeding tubes
• Colostomy care
• Blood product administration
• Central line blood draws
• Peripheral line care and management
• Experience with titratable or cardiac IV medications
• PCA (patient-controlled analgesia)
• Experience with Epic

Preferred

• Basic knowledge of telemetry (centralized telemetry is preferred)

Not Accepted

• First-time travelers
• Local candidates within a 75-mile radius
• Pending license is accepted

Pre-Start Requirements

• Criminal background check (7-year search, including state and federal exclusion checks), completed within 6 months of start
• Primary source license verification and Nursys verification
• Education verification
• Drug screen, completed within 1 year of start
• Physical exam, completed within 1 year of start
• TB test: two negative PPDs (one within 1 year, one within 30 days of start), or a T-Spot or Q-Gold within 1 year of start
• Immunity documentation for rubeola, mumps, rubella, and varicella (positive titer, two vaccines, or MD statement)
• Tdap vaccine or declination
• Annual flu vaccine or medical/religious exemption during flu season (10/01 to 03/31)
• N95 fit test
• Two professional references
• Employment application
• Unit-specific competency exam and skills checklist (within 1 year of start)
• Required orientation modules (about 16 hours) and regulatory compliance quiz (80% to pass)
• Photo for badge, taken within 6 months of start
• HIPAA acknowledgement, confidentiality form, latex allergy questionnaire, hand hygiene and dress code policies, and fingernail policy

Parking

• Parking passes are available for a fee.
• Straight night shift workers have no parking charge.