Unit Notes:
SCU/Telemetry (Cost Center - 20)
Total of 10-beds (5 ICU & 5 Telemetry)

Ratios
1:3-5 depending on the acuity

EMR
EPIC

Charge Nurse/House Supervisor
No charge nurse at this time, but once they re-establish them on the units they will take a patient assignment (lighter-load)

Nurse Aides
1 PCT with ratios 1:10 They lose a tech at 3 pm then the night tech comes in from 7p - 7a

Weekend Requirement
4 weekend shifts in a 4-week schedule. Nights is Fri/Sat, Days is Sat/Sun

Holidays
Work into the perm staff holiday rotation schedule

Scrub Color
Navy Blue - Traveler must provide their own scrubs - Must be neat & clean. Jackets are allowed, but no sweat jackets/hoodies. Jackets can be navy, grey, or black. Hair must be natural hair color - no pink/purple/blue. Excessive or distasteful tattoos must be covered.

Tele/Monitor Techs
Phillips Cardiac Monitors. They have monitor techs in the ICU at the nurses station. Monitors in the 5 ICU rooms are hard-wired. They also have 7 Tele packs but are expanding to 16 Tele packs 5/2021

Drips
Yes

Vents
Vents, Bipap, Cpap, & High-Flow

Hospitalist or Intensivist in house
Hospitalist in-house 7 am - 5 pm, then a family medicine resident covers after hours

IV Team
No IV Team

RT 24/7
Yes - RT is in-house 24/7

Pharmacy 24/7
Pharmacy is not in-house 24/7 but they work with pharmacy to have 'kits' developed for high frequency drips. Can also reach out to the pharmacy at Berkeley as a resource if needed

Shifts
12-hour shifts: 7am - 7 pm/7pm - 7am. Travelers are not allowed to self-schedule. They are here to serve the needs of the unit; however, they will accommodate block schedules as long as the needs of the unit are met

Floor specific orientation
1 Shift on the unit with a preceptor

Common diagnosis / Types of patients
Any patient vented to surgical. Everything from trauma to bowel obstructions, COPD, Vented OD's, COVID, etc. The SCU/Tele unit has been the COVID unit w/ an average daily census of 9 patients

Additional Notes
Candidates MUST have a positive attitude & willingness to work