RN Step Down

Bestica • Saint Louis, MO

21h

About The Position

RN Step Down position in an acute care hospital’s Step Down Unit. This is a day-shift assignment with a 1:4 patient ratio and guaranteed 36 hours per week, scheduled as three 12-hour shifts. Nurses must work every other weekend, Saturday and Sunday. The clinician may float to lower-acuity floors to meet facility needs. On-call is not required. Local candidates within 75 miles are not accepted. Pending licenses are accepted, and there are no time-off restrictions. The unit uses EPIC charting and navy scrubs.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience.
• ACLS certification.
• BCLS certification.
• NIH certification.
• Ability to manage titration of vasopressors, sedation medication, and insulin drips, and care for tracheostomy vents, arterial lines, external pacemakers, and chest tubes.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care in the Step Down Unit at a 1:4 patient ratio.
• Titrate vasopressors, sedation medication, and insulin drips.
• Care for patients with tracheostomy vents, arterial lines, external pacemakers, and chest tubes.
• Float to lower-acuity floors within the clinician’s scope to meet facility needs.
• Work every other weekend, Saturday and Sunday.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed