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Registered Nurse – MS/Telemetry Unit

Location: Rochester, New York
Employment Type: Travel/Contract
Contract Length: 13 weeks (with possible extension)
Shift: 3x12 hour rotation (Day 7:00 AM–7:00 PM / Night 7:00 PM–7:00 AM)
Weekend Schedule: Every other weekend
Floating: Required
Local Candidates: Not accepted; must live more than 75 miles away

Unit & Patient Population

High volume Medical-Surgical/Telemetry unit
Patient ratio experience required: 1:6 (must be able to manage 1:5 to 1:7 ratio)
Complex care unit including medicine, orthopedic overflow, and complex long-term patients
Telemetry monitoring and use of rapid response/code teams

Required Skills & Experience

Minimum 1 year experience managing patient ratios as specified
Charge nurse experience required
EPIC charting experience required
Clinical skills including:
- Pacemaker (temporary and permanent) care
- Feeding tube management
- Blood product administration
- Central line, peripheral line, and PICC line care/management
- Phlebotomy and IV starts
- Heparin protocols
- Ortho trauma and total joint replacements
- Surgical drains
- Respiratory support: High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC), nasal cannula, oxygen face masks, portable oxygen tanks
- Tracheostomy management
- Isolation precautions
- Wound care including Wound Vac

Required Licenses & Certifications

New York RN license in hand – no exceptions
BLS (AHA Provider/Instructor/RQI acceptable)
NIH Stroke Scale Certification (valid and current)
ACLS, PALS, NRP, TNCC, EFM as required by unit (AHA accepted)
State license primary source verification within 30 days of start
NURSYS verification within 30 days of start

Health & Compliance Requirements

Physical exam within 1 year, updated annually
Fit mask (N95) certification within 1 year, updated annually
Negative TB test or chest X-ray within 1 year; TB questionnaire accepted in lieu of annual renewal
Immunizations or positive titers required for:
- Measles (Rubeola)
- Mumps
- Rubella
- Hepatitis B (surface antibody positive titer, completed series, or declination)
- Varicella
Drug screening within 30 days of start
Seasonal flu vaccination or signed declination during flu season
Snellen eye exam within 1 year (not required annually)
COVID vaccination copy preferred but not required

Background & Verification

7-year criminal background check within 3 months of start (including felony, SSN trace, national sex offender, education verification)
EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks within 3 months of start, run monthly
Foreign equivalency education evaluation if applicable
Education verification from primary source required (not hard copies)
Employment verification of at least 2 past employments
References (2 within 3 years) required for certain candidates
New York state-specific checks including sex offender registry and Medicaid exclusion list

Additional Information

Must provide government-issued photo ID
Candidates must complete health-related requirements and lab work within 5 days of contract signing
Scrub color: navy bottoms, navy or white tops
Floating to other units as needed
First-time travelers accepted if patient ratio experience requirement is met

Requirements / Qualifications

Valid RN license in New York
Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
Minimum 1 year of Med Surg / Telemetry experience within the last year
Experience managing patient ratios of 1:6 (able to manage 1:5 to 1:7)
Charge nurse experience
Floating to other units as needed
NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification, valid and current
Experience with EPIC charting system
Clinical skills including:
- Pacemaker (temporary and permanent) management
- Feeding tube care and management
- PICC line management
- Starting IVs
- Heparin protocols
- Ortho trauma care
- Total joint replacements care
- Respiratory support including High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) and portable oxygen tanks
- Tracheostomy management