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Form of workShift: Night 4x12-Hour (19:00 - 07:30)
Description:
MUST BE FLEXIBLE WITH WEEKEND REQUIREMENTS, WEEKEND REQUIREMENT WILL BE BASED ON UNIT NEEDS. TRAVELERS MUST BE ABLE TO WORK 50% OF THE WEEKENDS IN THEIR CONTRACT.
IU Health University and Methodist are teaching facilities and require all travel nurses to agree to the possibility of precepting and/or being assigned students to shadow them while on assignment. Please only submit candidates that are okay with these requirements.
If candidates have IN/Compact license in hand or have submitted their fingerprint application package then they are eligible to apply
Travelers are required to work 2 of the 3 holidays that fall within their contract (or a majority if there are 4 holidays).
Holidays include- Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve/Day and New Years Eve/Day
MUST BE WILLING TO TRAIN CHARGE
Local travelers with permanent residence within 50 miles of their assigned IU Health facility, will be offered *** below the current bill rate***
Shift Requirements: 4x12 or 3x12
***Call-Ins: If a traveler call-ins for a contracted shift, the traveler is expected to 1) make up the day during the pay period, if a 0.9 FTE. OR 2) if a 0.9 FTE and unable to make up during the pay period, then the shift will be added at the end of the traveler contract 3) If a 1.2 FTE, any call-in shifts will be added to the end of the contract
***Charge coverage: Pending operational needs, unit charge nurse responsibilities may be needed with provided training and resources.
Certification Requirements: ACLS and BCLS
Unit Info
26 bed, mixed acuity unit. 15 of our beds are PCU, and 11 are Medsurg. We are an advanced pulmonary unit. Our primary patient population includes COPD, CHF, pulmonary fibrosis, lung cancer, lung transplant (pre and post), tuberculosis, tracheostomies (including fresh tracheostomies), and stable trach-to-ventilator patients.
Special Procedures/Unit Details
2 years PCU experience preferred.
Travelers will be placed into the floating rotation with the rest of the staff.
Charge experience or willingness to train as charge is required.
Staffing Ratios:
PCU assignments are 1:4 and MedSurg assignments are 1:5-6, sometimes due to the skill set of the resource staff we receive, we may mix our MedSurg and PCU patients in an assignment of 4-5 patients as well.
IMPORTANT- This unit has patients on ventilators. Nurses must be okay working on trach/vented patients to be on this unit. Previous ventilator/trach experience isn't required; however, nurses must be okay and eager to train on these patients to be on this unit. This unit has unit based respiratory therapists that handle the ventilator weaning and adjusting of the settings. From a nursing standpoint, nurses caring for these patients know how to turn and mobilize them, suction them, and perform routine tracheostomy care. The nurses are not responsible for adjusting settings or weaning patients.
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