Medical Surgical - Neuro RN
Kansas City, Missouri
Saint Luke's Hospital

Medical Surgical - Neuro

Overview

• Travel/contract RN position in Kansas City, Missouri
• Night shift: 3x12 hours, 6:45 PM to 7:15 AM
• 36 hours per week
• 13-week contract
• Patient ratio: 1:5 on all shifts

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Missouri
• Med Surg / Telemetry (2 years of experience)
• Med Surg / Telemetry experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing

Clinical Skills and Patient Population

• MS/Tele
• Interpretation and management of dysrhythmias
• Rapid Response/Code team use
• Blood product administration
• Peripheral line care and management
• Phlebotomy
• Starting and maintaining IVs
• Heparin
• CVA care
• Pre/post neurosurgery care
• Nasal cannula
• Tracheostomy care and management
• Isolation precautions/PPE
• Neurological patients
• Neurosurgical patients
• Post-surgical patients
• Spine surgery patients
• Overflow intermediate patients
• Pituitary surgical patients
• GammaTile patients
• Crani surgical patients
• Craniotomy patients

Schedule and Assignment Notes

• On-call is not required
• No more than 7 days of requested time off
• Guaranteed hours: 3 shifts per 13 weeks
• Scrub color: navy blue

Compliance and Pre-Start Items

• Government-issued ID
• Background check
• Education verification
• NURSYS verification
• State license verification
• Physical exam within 1 year of start
• Fit test / fit mask
• Tdap or declination
• TB clearance
• Measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella immunity documentation
• Drug screen within 1 year of start
• Flu vaccination or approved exemption during flu season
• Two professional references
• Employment application
• Unit-specific skills checklist
• Unit-specific competency exam
• Color blind testing
• Dysrhythmia/EKG competency exam
• HIPAA acknowledgement
• Latex allergy questionnaire
• Confidentiality form
• Regulatory compliance education
• Hep B declination
• Hand hygiene policy acknowledgement
• Fingernail policy acknowledgement
• Dress code policy acknowledgement

Additional Notes

• EPIC charting is used
• Regular floating may be required between departments, units, and facilities as needed