Trusted is seeking an experienced nurse for this exciting travel nursing assignment. Trusted has streamlined the travel nursing experience by enabling nurses to apply directly to jobs without the need for recruiters. This unique approach provides more transparency, eliminates pesky calls from recruiters, and puts more money in your pocket. Join the thousands of nurses across the country who have already made the switch to a more modern way to work.
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.
• Travel experience is required.
• Experience with Epic is preferred.
• Trauma Level 1 experience is required.
Requirements:
• Candidates must have a Illinois license (required for submission).
• This role may require floating to additional units and locations
• Local & travel allowed. Candidates living <50 miles from facility will be processed as local.
• 12 months gap required between for Staff at Program: Medical Solutions Plus Program - OSF HealthCare and no current placement allowed at Program: Medical Solutions Plus Program - OSF HealthCare.
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:
References: At least one reference must be from the same unit/specialty as the job you’re applying to.
Required Skills/Experience: Must have prior experience working on a dedicated neuro unit. Must have heparin gtt experience.
Unit Details: Neuro Med-Surg acute unit with stroke, spine surgery, seizure, brain tumor, head injury, and other neuroscience patients, plus some medical overflow. Nurse:patient ratios: day shift 1:4-5, nights 1:5-6. RNs are required to titrate drips; common titratable drip is heparin titrated based on PTT. Charge nurse and house supervisor are available 24/7; the charge nurse does not take an assignment unless staffing is short and ratios would otherwise be exceeded. High flow is used for stable COVID patients only and is very rare. House-wide telemetry; nurses do not need to read their own strips. Phillips monitors.
Special Requests: Tries to meet scheduling requests and will block if possible with staffing.
Shift & Scheduling: Every other weekend. Every other holiday. No call.
Floating Requirements: Float in rotation with the rest of staff. General unit travelers float to general unit floors and take a full team. If floated outside of a general unit in urgent need, assignments are limited to skills they are competent to perform and paired with a nurse trained for that unit.
14 days maximum time off
2 Charge/Lead references required from within the last 12 months
Driver’s license required for submission
Certifications:
• NIHSS (NIH Stroke Scale)
• BLS (Basic Life Support)
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