Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg - $2,855 per week at PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center summary:
The Travel Nurse RN in Med Surg provides essential nursing care in a long-term care setting with a focus on health management for patients dealing with various diagnoses. The role requires valid state licensure, certification in Basic Life Support (BLS), and preferred experience in home health or long-term care services. This position entails working night shifts, managing patient ratios, and utilizing medical equipment to support patient care.
Certification Details
- BLS - Basic Life Support
- State License 1 Verification
Job Details
- LONG TERM CARE RN - For Auto Offers, RTO must be 3 days max
- Start Date: ASAP (4-6 weeks from offer for compliance requirements) IF NOT LICENSED, WILL NEED TO BOOK 10-12 WEEKS OUT TO ALLOW ENOUGH TIME FOR LICENSE TO POST.
- Shift: 3x12 Night (7pm-7:30am)
- Ratios: 8:1 days; 13:1 nights
- Years of Experience REQ: Home Health or LTC exp preferred. Travel experience is preferred.
- Epic REQ? 1 year of Epic experience is preferred.
- First-Timers Accepted: Yes
- Weekend REQ: TBD
- Certs REQ: BLS
- Skills REQ: IV Insertion, PICC Lines
- Is on-call REQ? No
- Will clinician float within scope to meet facility needs? Rarely
- Open to accommodating block schedule? TBD
- Locals Accepted: No
- Pending License Accepted: Yes but w/o an AK license they have to be booked 10-12 weeks out
- RTO Restrictions: We do not have any specific requirements around Holidays, however if the traveler is here for more than one recognized holiday we would ask them to work one of the holidays.
- Guaranteed Hours: 48 per week
- Top 10 Diagnosis/Procedures: CVA, Dementia, RA, Afib, Hip fx, Parkinsons, BKA, PNA, COPD, BKA, Huntington's dx
- Common Equipment: Hoyer lift, SARA lift, tube feeding pump, IV pump
- This is an LTC unit; however, since it is the only LTC/Nursing Home in the PeaceHealth system, it functions more like an LTAC or step-down unit to MedSurg.
Job Requirements
- Valid state licensure/certification as required for services being performed
- Home Health or LTC experience preferred
- 1 year of Epic experience preferred
Schedule Information
- Shift: 3x12 Night (7pm-7:30am)
- Weekend REQ: TBD
- Guaranteed Hours: 48 per week
Additional Details
- Must sign SS verification release.
- Pending License Accepted: Yes but w/o an AK license they have to be booked 10-12 weeks out.
- RTO Restrictions: We do not have any specific requirements around Holidays, however if the traveler is here for more than one recognized holiday we would ask them to work one of the holidays.
Keywords:
Travel Nurse, Registered Nurse, Med Surg, Long Term Care, Healthcare, Nursing, BLS Certification, IV Insertion, Epic, Patient Care