Medical Surgical / Telemetry RN
Newburgh, Indiana
Deaconess Gateway Hospital

Medical Surgical / Telemetry Registered Nurse

Overview

• Travel assignment in Newburgh, Indiana
• 13-week contract
• 12-hour nights, 6:30 PM–7:00 AM
• Guaranteed 36 hours per week
• Primary location: Gateway
• No local candidates within a 40-mile radius

Unit

• Cardiac Renal Unit
• 34 beds
• Patient ratios: Days 1:4-5; Nights 1:6-7

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Indiana
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• 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
• ACLS issued by American Heart Association
• NIHSS
• Trauma experience
• Experience with Epic
• Strong assessment and critical thinking skills

Preferred

• Social candidates
• Hard worker
• Resilient and manages change well

Schedule and Float

• Three weekends out of every six-week schedule
• Every other holiday
• First to float within skillset
• May float to Deaconess Midtown campus and potentially to Deaconess Henderson
• Mid-shift float within the same campus is possible; cross-campus mid-shift float is unlikely but possible
• 2-hour notice given for cross-campus float

Clinical Experience and Skills

• Tele/12-lead EKG interpretation
• Recover heart caths, including femoral/TR bands
• PIV insertion
• Chest tube and indwelling drain management
• Drip management, including cardiac drips such as cardizem and amio, and other drips such as heparin, lasix, and protonix
• CBI
• Detox/CIWA protocol experience
• Central line care

Patient Population

• Post cardiac procedure patients, including heart cath, ablation, and pacemaker
• A-fib RVR
• ESRD
• CHF
• Sepsis
• Tracheostomies
• Nephrostomy tubes/CBI/renal biopsy
• Behavioral health/detox

Additional Notes

• Travelers are required to pass tele tests
• Teaching hospital; may require precepting students and new hires
• Navy blue scrubs
• No competing health systems or agency logos
• 3 call-ins can result in termination
• Covid-19 vaccine not required, subject to change