Med Surg/Telemetry RN
Wilmington, North Carolina
New Hanover Regional Medical Center

MS/Tele RN

Location: Wilmington, North Carolina Employment Type: Travel/Contract Contract Length: 13 weeks (contracts of 13-26 weeks accepted) Contract Hours: 36- or 48-hour weekly contracts accepted Shift: Night, 3x12-hour shifts (18:45-07:15), 36 hours per week Ratio: 1:5-6

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in North Carolina
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Med Surg / Telemetry experience (2 years)
• Med Surg / Telemetry experience within the last year
• BLS issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• Must pass the Dysrhythmia/EKG competency exam before start. Minimum score is 82%, with up to 3 attempts allowed.
• Must attend unit team meetings, which may fall outside your scheduled shift
• Complete facility orientation: 24 hours of unit orientation, plus hospital orientation and daily classes during week 1

Experience Notes

• First-time travelers are accepted.

Unit and Assignment Details

• Isolation area for COVID patients
• Multi-level care, including stepdown (cared for by stepdown staff, not MS staff)
• Unit systems: Pyxis, Epic, and SBAR
• Scrubs: Navy

Float Scope

• Float is required as needed to units within your skillset, including inpatient boarding in the ED (patients with inpatient orders awaiting beds).
• Travelers are expected to float before core team members.

Schedule and Policies

• Every other weekend is required.
• Time off after booking is not allowed, and you may not work out onsite on RTO. Call-offs or additional RTO on the unit could result in cancellation and a DNR.
• No more than 7 days of RTO is accepted for the offer.
• Contract staff are assigned to a Storm Team and/or Hurricane Team and may be required to report during a catastrophic event, mass casualty, or disaster.
• Mid-contract consolidation to a centralized office may occur, and you may be preassigned to units as needed.

Compliance Requirements

• Background check within 90 days of start
• Negative 10-panel drug screen within 30 days of start
• Physical within 1 year of start
• Negative TB test (PPD, Qgold, or Tspot) within 1 year of start
• Immunity documentation (titer or 2 vaccines) for rubeola (measles), mumps, rubella, and varicella. Declinations are not accepted.
• Hepatitis B documentation (titer, vaccine series, or declination)
• Flu vaccination, with exemptions reviewed case by case
• Fit test, with any N95 mask within 1 year of start acceptable
• 2 professional references within 3 years of start
• Employment application
• Facility online orientation modules and compliance training, including education, medication safety, and annual compliance training, plus confidentiality and tobacco-free campus acknowledgements