RN – Medical-Surgical

Specialty: Medical-Surgical
Facility: WVU Uniontown Hospital
State License: PA
Certs/Licenses:
Years of Experience: 2 year(s)
Shift: 12H Nights 12 hr nights, weekends as scheduled
Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours per week
Description: Specialty: Med SurgFacility: WVU Uniontown HospitalState License: PACerts/Licenses: Years of Experience: 2 year(s)Shift: 12H Nights 12 hr nights, weekends as scheduledGuaranteed Hours: 36 hours per weekDescription: Unit Notes:50 mile radius rule – ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST INCLUDE A COPY OF CANDIDATE’S UNEXPIRED DRIVER’S LICENSEANY HITS ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSE MUST BE DISCLOSED AT TIME OF SUBMISSIONUnit”1W MedSurg: (Cost Center 3427) 2E MedSurg: (Cost Center 3424) “# beds”1W MedSurg = 28-Beds (all private) 2E MedSurg = 29-Beds (all private) NOTE: 2E MedSurg includes 2N & 2S but they refer to entire area of 2E as all one big unit “CertsBLS is the only required certificationRatios1:6-7 Charge Nurse/House SupervisorThey have a Clinical Manager Mon-Sat who acts as both charge nurse & nurse manager. They don’t take patients unless the census is >24 then they will take patients. Nights has a resource nurse who takes a full patient assignment. Nurse AidesBoth 1W & 2E will each have 2 CNA’s on Days but no CNA’s on nights Weekend RequirementEOW – Sat/Sun are weekend shifts for both Days or Nights. They are required to work 2 Fridays per schedule. Most staff group their Friday with their weekend shifts, working Fri/Sat/Sun to get it out of the wayHolidaysWork into the perm staff holiday rotationScrub ColorNavy Blue – jackets (if worn) must also be navy blueTeleThey can have patients on remote tele but there are no monitors on this unit. Tele patients are monitored remotely by the monitor tech on the 3rd floorNurse’s Read Strips?NoDrips Heparin & possibly MSO4 for comfort measures, but no cardiac gttsVentsBipap, Cpap, High Flow – all managed per RT Shifts”RN’s – All 12’s: 7a-7:30p; 7p-7:30aCNA’s – Only 8’s: 6:00am – 2:30pm & 2pm – 10:30pmThey allow self-scheduling & blocked schedules as long as needs of the units are met “FloatingOnly floating would be to other MedSurg units Floor specific orientation1 shift w/ a preceptor Common diagnosis / Types of patients”1W: Mainly post surgicals & ortho 2E: Mainly MedSurg, pneumonia, dialysis, palliative care, hospice, end of life, chemo (volume for inpatient chemo is fairly low). The director & manager administer chemo. Currently any COVID patients are also housed on this unit on one of the hallways – classified as ‘dirty’. ‘Clean’ patients are housed on a different hallway. Could be assigned to both ‘clean’ & ‘dirty’ patients at the same time. MUST be comfortable with this. ” Cancellation Policy:Client may cancel 2 shifts per 13-week assignment and 1 shift for assignments less than 13 weeks Charting System:EPIC BSN Required:False License to Submit:Yes, willing to wait Trauma Level: Care Setting:Acute Division:Nursing Shift Notes:12 hr nights, weekends as scheduled Required Certifications:BLS Certification