Stepdown RN
Waupaca, Wisconsin
ThedaCare Medical Center-Waupaca

Stepdown ICU Registered Nurse (Night Shift)

Location: Waupaca, Wisconsin Employment Type: Travel Contract Length: 13 weeks Start Date: ASAP Shift: 12-hour nights, 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM Guaranteed Hours: 36 per week

Required Qualifications

• Wisconsin RN License
• AHA BLS
• NIHSS
• 1 to 2+ years of experience
• ICU/IMU experience
• Comfort caring for some patients on drips

Preferred Qualifications

• BSN (strongly preferred, not required)
• Stepdown experience (strongly preferred)
• Critical access experience (strongly preferred)
• Previous travel experience (preferred)

Unit and Assignment Details

• Primary location: Level IV Trauma Center
• Unit type: Stepdown/med/surg with higher acuity than a true ICU, due to the rural setting
• Unit size: 20 beds, with an average daily census of 12 to 18
• Patient ratios: 1:5 normally, up to 1:7 on busier days
• Float scope: Throughout the facility within skillset, and to other facilities in the system within a 60-mile radius (minimal, given unit needs)
• Exclusion: Travelers coming from a facility, or whose home location is within 50 miles of the system's corporate center, are not considered

Schedule

• Every other weekend
• Holiday rotation
• Any missed shift must be made up within 2 weeks
• 8-hour orientation
• Guaranteed set hours per week, except during holidays when the unit is closed
• GSA hours are not guaranteed during the week of orientation
• Scrubs: Black

Other Details

• Charting experience within the last year