Med Surg Telemetry RN
Titusville, Florida
Parrish Medical Center

Registered Nurse - MS/Tele (Night)

Overview

• Specialty: Registered Nurse
• Location: Titusville, Florida
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 13 weeks, spanning the holiday months
• Facility: Acute care hospital, 210 total staffed beds
• Unit: Mixed unit, high acuity
• Shift: Night, 4x12 hours (19:00 to 07:00), 12 hours per day, 48 hours per week
• Parking: Free in any unrestricted space

Schedule and Assignment Terms

• Weekend requirement: Every other weekend
• Holidays: Must be willing to work holidays. The clinician may not be scheduled for all holidays but must be willing to be scheduled based on unit or department needs.
• Block scheduling: Not allowed
• Float: Floating required, within scope
• Local travelers: Not accepted. Must live more than 30 miles from the facility.
• RTO (time off requests): No RTO during the first or last week of the assignment. No RTO on 11/25-11/27, 12/24-12/25, or 12/31-1/1. Traveler will be removed if they request RTO on these dates, with no exceptions.
• Attendance: 3 call-outs results in termination. Notice of 48 hours or less to change a shift may result in forfeiting guaranteed hours for the pay period. Notice of 1 week or more to change a shift may result in termination.

Required Qualifications

• Licensure: Valid RN license in Florida
• Experience: Med Surg / Telemetry experience (2 years)
• Recent experience: Med Surg / Telemetry experience within the last year
• ACLS: Advanced Cardiac Life Support issued by American Heart Association
• BLS: Basic Life Support issued by American Heart Association
• NIHSS: NIHSS certification
• Education: Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Total joints experience: Required
• Rapid Response experience: Required

Certifications and Licenses

• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support): Required. Must be AHA (RQI acceptable).
• BLS (Basic Life Support): Required. Must be AHA (RQI acceptable).
• NIH Stroke Certification: Required. Acceptable from AHA, Apex Innovations, AACME, HealthStream, or BlueCloud. Renewed on a 2-year schedule.
• State license: Required, verified through primary source online verification.
• NURSYS verification: Required.
• Education: Verification of ASN, BSN, or MSN required. A transcript or diploma can serve as a placeholder while verification is pending. Certain schools are not accepted for ASN RN degrees.

Background and Screening

• Background check: Must be completed within 6 months of start. Includes Social Security trace, counties, nationwide, national sex offender, education verification, and MVR if driving is part of the job.
• Exclusion screening: EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG required.
• Fingerprinting: Florida AHCA Level II fingerprint clearance required before start. Candidates cannot start with fingerprints pending. Results must be dated within 30 days of start and resubmitted every 5 years.
• Drug screen: 9-panel drug screen within 3 months of start, including cutoff values. Instant screens are not acceptable except as a case-by-case placeholder.
• Driver's license or state ID: Government-issued photo ID required.

Health and Immunizations

• Physical exam: Required within 6 months of start. Latex allergies are accommodated.
• TB: PPD, QuantiFERON Gold, or T-SPOT within 1 year of start. If history of past positive, chest X-ray within 2 years and an annual TB questionnaire are required.
• MMR (measles, mumps, rubella): 2 vaccines or a positive titer required. Negative or equivocal titers require proof of 2 prior doses 4 weeks apart or a facility waiver.
• Hepatitis B: Titer or series required. Negative or equivocal titers require a 2-dose Heplisav-B series or a 3-dose series of Engerix-B, PreHevbrio, Recombivax HB, or Twinrix, or a facility declination.
• Varicella: 2 vaccines or a positive titer required. Negative or equivocal titers require proof of 2 prior doses 4 weeks apart or a facility declination.
• Flu and COVID: Vaccination documentation or a facility-specific declination or exemption is required. Flu vaccine or declination is due within the first week of start.
• Vaccination records: The facility does not accept records with handwritten dates, incorrect patient information, or records more than 10 years old.

Competencies

• Medication/pharmacology competency exam: Passing score of 84% or higher.
• Competency exam: Passing score of 84% or higher.
• Color blind test: Passing score of 80% or higher, completed within 1 year of start.

Orientation and Onboarding

• Clinical orientation: Must be available for 5 mandatory shifts during orientation week (36-40 hours in the first week).
• Online modules: Plan for at least 4 hours to complete modules before start. Required eLearning modules must be completed before start, with the final due date the Monday before start at 3 PM PST.
• Time-sensitive forms: Non-employee orientation quiz and information form, and the Pyxis authorization form for RNs.
• Other facility documents: Facility job description, confidentiality statement, tobacco-free acknowledgement, orientation acknowledgements, orientation packet, timecard expectations acknowledgement, IV medication patient placement review, and RN minimum requirements.
• EKG study guide: Provided for RNs to use when reviewing for the EKG portion of online modules.

Work History

• References: 2 professional references within 2 years of start.
• Performance evaluation: Required on file within the last year if the candidate has completed any prior assignment through an agency.
• Skills checklist: Required.