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Shift: 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Experience:
• 24 months of experience with 3 months worked in the last 12 months.
• 12 months of Medical Surgical Unit experience with 12 months worked in the last 3 years.
Requirements:
• Candidates must have a Idaho license or compact license (required after submission).
• This role may require floating to additional units and locations
• Travel only, local not allowed. Candidates must live >50 miles from facility to be submitted.
• 12 months gap required between for Staff at Program: Medical Solutions Plus Program - St. Luke’s Health System and no current placement allowed at Program: Medical Solutions Plus Program - St. Luke’s Health System.
Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.
Additional Details:
Resume: Each employment history entry must include all the following: detailed duties, hospital size, unit size, trauma level (if applicable), patient ratio, teaching facility.
References: At least one reference must be from the same unit/specialty as the job you’re applying to.
Required Skills/Experience: Must be able to read and interpret telemetry.
Special Requests: Any employment gaps greater than 30 days must be explained. The facility may make one-off exceptions if previously employed at the facility, but exceptions must be approved by St. Luke’s Health System.
Unit Details: Uses Epic. Nurse-to-patient ratios are generally 1:5; some patient populations are 1:4, including neck dissections, facial reconstructions, and epilepsy patients. Patient population includes ortho cases (total joints; ankle, knee, hip, and shoulder; traumatic fractures), ENT cases (thyroid surgeries, lap nissens, neck dissections with donor site/new site with implanted dopplers and 30-minute doppler checks, trachs), facial reconstructions, eye surgeries for Graves disease, ED and ICU transfers including sepsis patients and high-flow O2, pediatric overflow patients (pneumonia, ortho surgeries, some pediatric behavioral), and general Med Surg cases such as appys, choles, pneumonia, and COPD. Pediatric overflow patients on this unit must qualify for adult ACLS weight-wise; no pediatric medication dosing and they are treated like adults. There are 3 epilepsy beds; these patients are scheduled with an epileptologist, come in Monday morning after stopping seizure meds the day before, and are hooked up to EEG and video monitoring to determine seizure source, medication adjustments, or whether surgery is needed; most usually discharge by Thursday. Travelers generally will not be assigned these patients unless they specifically want to take them. Heparin is the common set-rate drip; RNs are not required to titrate drips. Uses high-flow O2 and home-regimen CPAP and BiPAP; patients cannot be daytime dependent.
Shift & Scheduling: Weekends as needed. Holidays as needed.
Floating Requirements: Will float to like units here (4, 5, 6, 9; generally will not take specialty patients on these floors). May also float to Meridian Medical Center and Nampa Medical Center to MedSurg floors only.
14 days maximum time off
1 Charge/Lead reference required from within the last 3 years
Driver’s license required for submission
Certifications:
• BLS (Basic Life Support)
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