Med Surg

Opportunity:

RN - Med Surg

Job Details:

• Minimum 2 years of experience in specialty required
• Patient ratio of 6:1 for days, nights, and weekends
• Weekend coverage required
• Must be willing to work every other holiday
• Must be willing to work 2 of 4 designated holiday periods annually: Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, and Mardi Gras
• May be pulled to all other inpatient units as agency staff are pulled first
• Unable to guarantee specific scheduling requests such as block scheduling
• Care for adult and geriatric patients with diagnoses including chest pain, CAD, PVD, arrhythmias, DM, COPD exacerbation, pneumonia, HTN, MI, renal failure, PE, CHF, GI bleed, and syncope, with potential for med-surg overflow including GI bleed, sepsis, CVA, and other acute conditions
• Perform and assist with pre/post cath lab procedures, PPM/AICD, ablations, and vascular surgeries including CEAs and fem-pops
• Titrate cardiac drips including Cardizem, Amiodarone, Dobutamine, Nitroglycerin, Dopamine, and Heparin
• Perform sheath pulling at bedside
• Operate and manage special equipment including telemetry monitoring, chest tubes, PCAs, epidurals, and wound vacs
• Epic charting system experience preferred
• Required certifications: ACLS, BLS, CPI, NIHSS
• Required skills include: accessing/managing ports, blood product administration, cardiac telemetry, central line care/management, chest tube management, interpretation and management of dysrhythmias, isolation precautions/PPE, peripheral line care/management, PICC line management, post cardiac angiogram care, post MI care, pre/post cardiac cath care, pre/post cardiac surgery care, sheath removal, starting and maintaining IVs, telemetry on-unit monitoring, titrating cardiac and vasoactive drips, wound care/wound vac management
• Compact or Louisiana license required upon submittal
• Must reside more than 65 miles from facility address