Registered Nurse - MS/Tele
About The Position
Registered Nurse position in a complex care unit serving medicine patients, orthopedic overflow, and complex long-term patients. The role requires floating to MedSurg and caring for patient ratios ranging from 1:5 to 1:7, with experience managing a 1:6 ratio. The schedule alternates between 7 a.m.–7 p.m. and 7 p.m.–7 a.m., includes every-other-weekend work, and requires proficiency in Epic. Candidates must have a New York nursing license in hand and live more than 75 miles from the facility; local candidates are not accepted. The facility is a 528-staffed-bed tertiary care hospital. Scrub colors are navy bottoms with a navy or white top.
Requirements
- New York nursing license in hand; no exceptions.
- At least 2 years of experience.
- Previous charge experience required.
- Experience with a 1:6 patient ratio and ability to take a 1:5 to 1:7 ratio for MedSurg.
- BLS and NIHSS certifications required.
- Proficiency in Epic required.
- Must live more than 75 miles from the facility; local candidates are not accepted.
- Required skills include MedSurg/Telemetry; on-unit telemetry monitoring; use of Rapid Response and Code teams; pacemaker management, including temporary and permanent pacemakers; feeding tube care and management; blood product administration; central, peripheral, and PICC line care and management; phlebotomy; starting IVs; heparin protocols; orthopedic trauma; total joint replacements; surgical drains; high-flow nasal cannula, nasal cannula, oxygen face masks, and portable oxygen tanks; tracheostomy management; isolation precautions; and wound care/wound vac management.
Responsibilities
- Provide nursing care to patients in a complex care unit, including medicine, orthopedic overflow, and complex long-term patients.
- Float to MedSurg as required.
- Manage patient assignments with ratios ranging from 1:5 to 1:7.
- Perform telemetry monitoring on the unit and use Rapid Response and Code teams as appropriate.
- Provide care involving pacemakers, feeding tubes, blood products, central lines, peripheral lines, PICC lines, IV starts, and heparin protocols.
- Care for orthopedic trauma and total joint replacement patients, including management of surgical drains.
- Provide respiratory support involving high-flow nasal cannula, nasal cannula, oxygen face masks, portable oxygen tanks, and tracheostomies.
- Follow isolation precautions and provide wound care, including wound vac management.
- Use Epic for charting.
- Work every other weekend.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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