Travel Nurse RN - ED - Emergency Department - $2,698 per week

Company: Memorial Hospital - Bakersfield
Location: Bakersfield
Posted on: October 23, 2024

Job Description:

• Certification Details
• Active BLS, NIHSS, ACLS, PALS and CA License.
  • Job Details
  • A hospital in California is looking for an experienced ER nurse for a travel contract.
  • The right candidate will have 3 full years of experience.
  • ER Basic EKG interpretation test assigned during orientation.
  • Critical care RNs (ED/ICUs/PICU) will have more than just the basic interpretation test (like those included in the STEMI curriculum and Procedural Sedation curriculum assigned to them).
  • Adult ER has 28 (18 beds and 10 reclining chairs for moderate care); Peds ER has 5 beds and 5 reclining chairs.
  • There are 3 triage nurses to start the day.
  • MDs and mid-level's--quick look and fast track ran by mid-level's; from 11a-11p the peds ER is staffed by a designated pediatric doctor.
  • All diagnosis from minor walk ins to critically ill patients, respiratory failure, asthma, Abd pain, fractures, substance abuse, stroke alert facility, STEMI receiving center; some psych holds (maybe 1 per day).
  • Some nurses will work just peds ER, some just adult ER and some do both.
  • For peds ER, need to have significant peds ER experience, not just general experience.
  • 30,000 kids per year seen in ER. approx 325 visits per day between both ERs.
  • Traveler friendly, very team oriented, no gossip, must treat all team members well INCLUDING EMS.
  • In the peds ER, they are a receiving center for pediatrics; in adult ER, they are a STEMI, CVA and burn receiving center (there is a burn nurse that will come into the ER to assess).
  • All Candidates must have some experience with Peds and Adults (50% of their patient population is Peds roughly).
    • Job Requirements
    • MUST HAVE 3 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
    • CERNER REQUIRED.
    • Will be required to float to Peds ER.
    • 2 years experience required.
    • Adult ER-BLS, ACLS, PALS, NIHSS is required; Peds ER-BLS, ALS, PALS and ENPC preferred or CPEN preferred.
      • Schedule Information
      • Use ER techs or CNAs, have LVNs that run fast track area.
      • Every other weekend.
      • 2 out of every 3 holidays.
      • Navy blue for RN, cranberry for LVN.
      • Phillips - they have a monitor tech.
      • Mids 3p-3a, EOW, first to float.
        • Unit Specific Information
        • ICU ratio is 1:2; peds 1:4; adults 1:4; procedural sedation 1:1.
        • 3 shifts on unit plus meet with ER educator to make sure all education is completed.
          • Additional Details
          • ACLS, BLS, NIHSS, PALS.
          • WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY TRAVEL TEAMS, INCLUDING DUOS.

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