Medical-Surgical/Telemetry Registered Nurse
Omaha, Nebraska
The Nebraska Medical Center

Job Opportunity: Registered Nurse (MS/Telemetry)

Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Employment Type: Travel/Contract
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Description

• Option for 36 or 48-hour shifts and 13 or 26 week contract lengths.
• Must be prepared to float frequently to meet hospital staffing needs, including potential floating to Bellevue campus.
• Unit: Medical Surgical/Telemetry (20-bed general medical surgical and telemetry unit including ortho patients).
• Patient types include: Total Knee and Hip replacements, complicated orthopedic cases, pulmonary, sepsis, GI, endocrine, cardiac, renal, and psychiatric illnesses.
• Behavioral health patients on 7th floor with potential for violent behavior (detox, dementia, etc.); secured floor with safety and de-escalation training provided.
• Nurse-to-patient ratios: 1:5 days / 1:6 nights (night ratio can rarely be 1:7).
• Drip management required on all floors.
• EPIC charting experience required.
• Care team includes CNAs, care techs, transport team, paramedics; LPNs assigned on some floors.
• 100% nicotine-free facility.
• Weekend shifts: 4 out of 8 possible in a 4-week period (days: Sat/Sun; nights: Fri/Sat).
• RTO (Request Time Off) restrictions: Up to two weeks permitted; must be submitted with application.
• Holiday requirement: Must work 2 out of 3 major holidays.
• Locals not accepted (must live more than 100 miles from facility).
• Pending license accepted but must be in hand at time of submission or booking will be six weeks out.
• Scrubs: Mandatory Steele gray scrubs with facility logo (provided after confirmation).
• Parking available with permit or daily rate.

Required Qualifications

• License: Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license for Nebraska. Pending license accepted with conditions.
• Experience: Minimum 2 years of RN experience in a large, urban hospital.
• Prior Travel Experience: First-time travelers NOT accepted unless they have 2 years of experience at a Level I Academic Medical Center.
• Certifications:

  • BLS (Basic Life Support) - Required
  • ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - Preferred
  • CPI (Crisis Prevention Intervention) - Preferred
• Skills:

  • Experience with drips on all floors.
  • EPIC electronic medical record charting experience required.
  • Comfortable caring for behavioral health patients and trained in safety/de-escalation.

Additional Requirements & Compliance

• Government-issued photo ID required.
• Background check within 30 days of start, including nationwide and federal enhanced searches.
• SAM and OIG checks required within 30 days of start and monthly thereafter.
• Education verification required.
• State-specific abuse/neglect registry check required.
• Orientation safety manual acknowledgment required.
• Primary source license verification and NURSYS verification required.
• NIH Stroke Certification, Medication Test/Pharmacology Competency Exam, Color Blind Testing, and Competency Exam as applicable.
• Physical exam and fit mask test (3M 1860 Small/Regular or 3M 1870+) required within 1 year and updated annually.
• Immunizations and health documents required:

  • Tdap/Tetanus vaccine within last 10 years
  • Annual PPD or equivalent TB testing
  • MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) vaccines or positive titers
  • Hepatitis B titer or declination
  • Varicella vaccines or positive titer
  • Drug screen within 60 days of start and annually thereafter
  • Flu vaccine preferred (documentation or declination required)
  • COVID vaccine preferred (medical/religious exemption or declination accepted)
• References: 2 work references from past 2 years required.
• Annual skills checklist required.
• Eye exam required only for OR staff (not applicable here).

Notes

• Travelers are first to float and must be flexible.
• Facility is a teaching hospital with complex patient population.
• Strict nicotine-free policy.
• Locals not accepted to ensure travel status.
• Holiday and weekend shift requirements apply.

This position is ideal for experienced RNs comfortable with medical-surgical and telemetry patients, including behavioral health, who have prior experience in large urban hospitals and are ready for a travel contract with floating responsibilities.