Registered Nurse Step down

Kansas City, KS - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 17 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

RN/PCU Years of experience REQ: 2 First-timers accepted: (Y/N) N Weekend REQ: 8 weekend shifts in Saint Luke s 6-week schedule period combination of F/S/S. Certs REQ: BLS NIH Skills REQ: MS/Tele PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown Interpretation of dysrhythmias Management of dysrhythmias Use of Rapid Response/Code teams Feeding tube care and management Continuous Bladder Irrigation (CBI) Peripheral Line Care/Management PICC line management Starting and maintaining IVs Epidural analgesia PCA Surgical drains Chest tubes-Emerson/PleurEvac Isolation Precautions/PPE Wound Care/Wound Vac Is on-call REQ (Y/N) What is the req N Will clinician float within scope to meet facility needs Y regular floating may be required between departments units and facilities as needed. Open to accommodating block schedule (Y/N) N Locals accepted: (Y/N) What is the local radius rule No home address must be at least 75 miles from the facility Pending License accepted: (Y/N) Y RTO Restrictions: No more than 7 days Guaranteed Hours: 3 shifts per 13 weeks. The cancelled shifts must be the regular shift length to which the Contractor Personnel is assigned Special Requirements: Our primary patients are those that have undergone bariatric surgery urology cases (TURP or TURBT with CBI Nephrectomy Ileal conduit creation nephroureterectomy) hepatobiliary (Whipple liver resection gastric stimulator complex biliary cases) colorectal (colon resection ostomy creation and takedown surgical oncology) and trauma patients generally those with abdominal injury and also a lot of necrotizing soft tissues infections requiring serial debridement with Wound Vac changes. Our patients primary pain control post-operatively is via Epidural PCA Ketamine grip and/or lidocaine infusion. Most urology patients will have CBI or long-term catheter (foley vs suprapubic). Many patients from all the surgical specialties will have numerous drains (foley JP IR drain NG tube Chest Tube G-Tube J-Tube GJ- Tube) and frequently they will have Wound Vacs.