RN - 19175424

Baptist Medical Center South•Montgomery, AL

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides nursing care in a 492-bed facility with a Level I Trauma Center, Level III NICU, and Primary Stroke Center. Nurses are assigned to a home unit on the first day of orientation. Patient ratios typically range from 1:4 to 1:6. The role emphasizes high-quality care and patient engagement, including assistance with turning, bathing, and activities of daily living. Available home units include 6 North Trauma Surgical, 5 South Neuroscience, 5 North MedSurg/Oncology, 3 South Orthopedics, and 3 North MS/Ortho/Urology. Unit responsibilities and required skills vary by specialty. Nurses are expected to read and interpret telemetry strips. New travelers and those returning after one year receive 24 hours of classroom orientation followed by 24 hours of unit orientation. Rehires receive orientation based on their last date of employment. The schedule follows a four-week cycle; self-scheduling is not available. Nurses work 12-hour shifts, either 7 AM–7 PM or 7 PM–7 AM, and rotate every other weekend or four weekend days per month. Holiday work includes one major and one minor seasonal holiday per policy. Up to seven days off may be approved, excluding blackout dates.

Requirements

At least 18 months of MedSurg and/or ICU experience.
Experience with EPIC or Cerner; Cerner experience is required for applicants with strictly ICU experience.
BLS certification.
NIHSS certification.
For 6 North Trauma Surgical: trauma/surgical care experience, including wound care, chest tubes, NGT, IV skills, and medication administration/documentation.
For 5 South Neuroscience: experience caring for patients with CVA, TBI, seizures, spinal fusion, craniotomy, degenerative diseases, post-trauma conditions, and angiograms; skills in IV starts, blood draws from central lines, trach care, PEG, NGT, colostomy/ostomy, wound care, and restraint application.
For 5 North MedSurg/Oncology: skills in trach care, chest tubes, PEG tubes, wound care, drains, and foleys; chemotherapy administration if certified.
For 3 South Orthopedics: experience caring for orthopedic and spine patients, including joint replacements and fractures; skills with PCA pumps, negative pressure dressings, and dressing changes.
For 3 North MS/Ortho/Urology: experience caring for urology, ENT, orthopedic, and MedSurg patients; skills in trach care, wound care, IV starts, and CVL dressing changes.
Staff must be absent for six months before returning as a traveler.

Nice To Haves

High-acuity, fast-paced MedSurg experience for the 5 North MedSurg/Oncology unit.
EPIC experience is considered.

Responsibilities

Provide nursing care to patients assigned to the nurse's home unit.
Engage with patients and assist with turning, bathing, and activities of daily living.
Read and interpret telemetry strips.
Provide specialty-specific care and perform relevant clinical skills according to the assigned unit.