RN – Telemetry

Specialty: Telemetry
Facility: Chandler Regional Medical Center
State License: AZ
Certs/Licenses:
Years of Experience: 2 year(s)
Shift: 12H Nights 4 weekend shifts per sched (Sat/Sun); First to float; must work 2 of 3 major holidays
Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours per week
Description: Specialty: TelemetryFacility: Chandler Regional Medical CenterState License: AZCerts/Licenses: Years of Experience: 2 year(s)Shift: 12H Nights 4 weekend shifts per sched (Sat/Sun); First to float; must work 2 of 3 major holidaysGuaranteed Hours: 36 hours per weekDescription: Unit Notes:Auto Offer off of PrescreenMUST BE ABLE TO TITRATE CARDIAC DRIPS!!**Travelers will need to pass a dysrhythmia exam PRIOR TO SIGNING CONTRACT (2 MAX ATTEMPTS), within 48 hours of offer. If traveler fails, they will be sent home and made a DNU for 6 months for CSH AZ and CSH Sac regions**There is also a pass/fail Sim Lab on day one of orientation. If traveler fails Sim, they will be sent home and made a DNU for 6 mo***Will float between all Tele and MedSurg units****Floating is required. Depending on skill level, nurses will float to ICU, Cardiac Tele, as well as all Tele units, MedSurg, any & every holding area (this could be in the Cath Lab, ER, observation floor, even a hallway) They staff the observation floor 1st, then the other units. Floating would include between Chandler & Mercy Gilbert campuses. Notification of campus and unit given 1.5 hrs prior to shift start. Floating to different units mid-shift can happen. Rare to float to another campus within a single shift, but possible. The distance between the 2 campuses is 9 miles. Depending on traffic takes 15 minutes. All interstate. Must clock-out when leaving one campus then clock-in when arrive at the other campus. ***Tele B3A***- Unit: CV Tele B3A- # beds :32 bed- Certs: BLS, ACLS- Ratios: 1:3-4- Charge Nurse: Yes, no patient assignment. Also have a Clinical Supervisor in a management role.- Techs: PCTs – 1 per every 16 patients.- Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend.- Scrub Color: Navy- Tele: Centralized tele. RNs must be able to interpret EKGs.- Vents: No- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Hospitalist rounds during the day and on call at night.- IV Team: No- RT 24/7: Yes – Pharmacy 24/7: Yes- Shifts: 12 hr shifts. 7-7.- Floating: To similar or lower acuity.- Floor specific orientation: 2 days on the floor.- Common diagnosis / Types of patients: Post cath lab, post vascular procedures, day 2 CABG patients, general tele. Amio, Cardene, Nitro, Heparin, Dobutamine to titrate down ONLY. No pediatrics, 15 y/o and older.***Tele Neuro***- Unit: A3 Neuro- # beds: 28 bed- Certs: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS- Ratios: 1:3-4- Charge Nurse: Yes, no patient assignment. Also have a Clinical Supervisor in a management role.- Techs: PCTs – 1 per every 16 patients.- Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend.- Scrub Color: Navy- Tele: Centralized tele. RNs must be able to interpret EKGs.- Vents: No- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Hospitalist rounds during the day and on call at night.- IV Team: No- RT 24/7: Yes- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes- Shifts: 12 hr shifts. 7-7.- Floor specific orientation: 2 days on the floor.- Common diagnosis / Types of patients: Neuro post surgical, post cranis, spine, CVAs post TPA.- Additional Notes: No ICP monitoring.**Medical-Surgical C5**- Unit: MedSurg C5- # beds: 32 beds. Ortho, Surgical, Oncology- Certs: BLS, ACLS- Ratios: 1:4 ratio days and nights.- Charge Nurse: Yes, does not take patients. Also has Unit Supervisor.- Nurse Aides: PCTs on days. 1 PCT or Task RN at night.- Weekend Requirement: 4 weekend shifts per 4 week period (days – Sat, Sun, nights – Fri, Sat). One major and minor holiday. – Scrub Color: Navy- Tele: GE Monitors. Central monitoring station tech to read.- Vents: NA- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Must call Physician.- IV Team: No. House SWAT Nurse available for hard IV sticks.- RT 24/7: Yes – Pharmacy 24/7: Yes, ICU Pharmacist covers on days.- Shifts: 12 hrs. 7-7.- Floating: Float to MedSurg Tele B2C and B2D- Floor specific orientation: 2 shifts on the floor.- Common diagnosis / Types of patients: 80% Surgical, 20% Oncology. Ortho – JHACO certified knee and hip program. 8-10 elective knee/hips per week. Other – Urological, Abdominal, Whipple, Women’s surgeries (no OBGyn). – Additional Notes: Spectralink phones (call light attached to phone)**Medical-Surgical B2C**- Unit: MedSurg B2C- # beds: 29 beds- Certs: BLS, ACLS- Ratios: 1:4 ratio, days and nights- Charge Nurse: Yes, does not take patients. Also has Unit Supervisor.- Nurse Aides: PCTS on days. 1 PCT or SWAT RN at night to task.- Weekend Requirement: 4 weekend shifts per 4 week period (days – Sat, Sun, nights – Fri, Sat). One major and minor holiday. – Scrub Color: Navy- Tele: GE Monitors. Central monitoring station tech to read.- Vents: NA- Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Must call Physician.- IV Team: No. House SWAT Nurse available for hard IV sticks.- RT 24/7: Yes – Pharmacy 24/7: Yes, ICU Pharmacist covers on days.- Shifts: 12 hrs. 7-7.- Floating: Float to MedSurg Tele C5 and B2D- Floor specific orientation: 2 shifts on the floor.- Common diagnosis / Types of patients: General MedSurg patients that require tele. Amio, Cardizem to titrate down only.- Additional Notes: Spectralink phones (call light attached to phone). Is the “new grad training unit”, all new grads train with a “clinical scholar” for 4 weeks. Auto Offer off of Prescreen Recc. Cancellation Policy:Hospital can cancel up to 4 shifts per 13-week assignment, 3 shifts for assignments that are less than 13 weeks Charting System:Cerner BSN Required:False License to Submit:Yes Trauma Level:1 Care Setting:Acute Division:Nursing Shift Notes:4 weekend shifts per sched (Sat/Sun); First to float; must work 2 of 3 major holidays Required Certifications:ACLS, BLS, NIHSS