RN – Emergency Room

Specialty: Emergency Room
Facility: Mercy Hospital Downtown – Bakersfield
State License: CA
Certs/Licenses:
Years of Experience: 2 year(s)
Shift: 12H Nights Nights, EOW, first to float
Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours per week
Description: Specialty: ERFacility: Mercy Hospital Downtown – BakersfieldState License: CACerts/Licenses: Years of Experience: 2 year(s)Shift: 12H Nights Nights, EOW, first to floatGuaranteed Hours: 36 hours per weekDescription: Unit Notes:- Unit: ED – # beds: 18 Beds (Fast track staffed with midlevel’s & LVNs)- Certs: BLS, ACLS, PALS, NIHSS, – Ratios: 1 to 4 unless ICU patient would be 1 to 2- EMR: Cerner – Charge Nurse: Shift manager & a resource nurse – Nurse Aides: ED Techs are EMT or aides from other units- Weekend Requirement: 4 weekend shifts in a 4 week scheduleWeekends are Fri/Sat for nights & Sat/Sun for days”- Holidays: 1 major & 1 minor- Scrub Color: Navy blue. If you wear a scrub jacket it also must be navy. If you wear an undershirt underneath your scrub top it must be navy, white, or black.- Tele: Phillips- Vents: yes- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Yes – only use MD’s in the ER- IV Team: No- RT 24/7: Yes- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes & Omnicell- Shifts: 12’s Days: 7a-730p; 9a-9:30p; Mids:10a-10:30p, 11a-11:30p, 1p-1:30a, 3p-3:30a; Nights 7p-7:30a. Self scheduling but not finalized until the manager balances it. Schedules are for 4 weeks. Block scheduling is not guaranteed- Floating: Floating could happen between the 2 facilities to the ER. If floated prior to shift, would get a 2 hour notice prior start. Midshift floating could happen. The facilities are only 6.5 miles apart.- Floor specific orientation: 2 shifts at the primary campus & 1 shift at the other campus- Common diagnosis / Types of patients: Less peds than Mercy Southwest campus. This campus has CDCR (correctional patients) officer comes from the prison & stays with them. All OB are transfer to the other campus. A little more homeless & indigent population here. No cardiac patients. These would be stabilized & transferred out.- Additional Notes: This must be their primary job. They will not work around another work schedule to accommodate hours. Must be very teamwork oriented. They treat between 85 – 115 patients per day with an average of 100 patients per day. Cancellation Policy:Hospital can cancel up to 4 shifts per 13-week assignment, 3 shifts for assignments that are less than 13 weeks (Hospital may also pay full hours for a particular shift, in lieu of cancellation). Charting System:Cerner BSN Required:False License to Submit:Yes Trauma Level: Care Setting:Acute Division:Nursing Shift Notes:Nights, EOW, first to float Required Certifications:ACLS, BLS, NIHSS, PALS