RAPID RESPONSE
48 HOURS
6 WEEKS
NO RTO, NO SPECIAL SCHEDULING
MO TC testing within 30 days of start
2 Professional References
Lifetime National Criminal Background

Unit Specifics:
Number of Beds: 29
Patient Ratios: 1:4
Unit staffing description- (unit secretaries and tech availability): Charge Nurse, Unit Secretary, and PCTs
Type of equipment: AlarisIV Pumps, SCD machines, Hill Rom beds, dinamapin each room, 3 Welch Allen Vital Machines, WoundVacs, Temporary Pacemakers, Telemetry monitor, EKG Machine, Bladder Scanner, Doppler, Imobile for communication between team members
Documentation system: Meditech
Scheduling requirements: Must work full time hours including 3 weekend shifts per scheduling period.
Floating policy: Contract Nurses will be floated to any area where they have demonstrated competency.
Patient Experience requirements: Must align with our patient experience goals by treating every patient with courtesy and respect and to be responsive to the call light (using patients preferred name, making personal connections, involving the patient in bedside shift report, teaching the patient how to use the phone to call nurse directly, and to always ask if there is anything else you can do before leaving the room).

Requested Skill Set:
Must have: Cardiac Telemetry or PCU/ICU experience. Read and interpret EKGs and telemetry strips.
Advanced skills needed: Must have experience with post cardiac procedural care (Ablations, cardiac catheterizations, Post Op Day 1 Open Heart, permanent Pacemaker placements). Must be able to administer and titrate IV medications such as insulin, Cardizem, Cardene, and Amiodarone.
Procedures performed on unit: IV insertions, NGT placement and maintenance, Chest Tube maintenance, Temporary Pacemakers, Foley insertions
Dress Code: (Required uniform) Navy Blue scrubs. May wear black scrub pants with Navy Blue top.

AHA has awarded us Get With the Guidelines-Heart Failure GOLD PLUS with Honor Roll
Any additional information that would entice a worker to select your unit for their assignment:
Consider items such as new equipment or technology, tenure and experience of staff, schedule options, etc.
Tenured and new staff with a family-like atmosphere
Many contracts have been satisfied with our department and transitioned into full time employees
Fast-paced environment
Use Imobile which is an iphone for faster communication between team members. Imobile allows texting and phone calls between clinicians. You can also see updated lab results on your patients in real time.