Job Title: Med Surg
Pre/PACU Nurse position.
Location: Sitka, AK
Shift: Discussed during an interview
Guaranteed Hours: 36
13 Weeks Assignment
Baseline Qualification Requirements:
- Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing (Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Associate’s degree in Nursing or Diploma in Nursing
- One year clinical nurse experience preferred
- Prior CCS experience is preferred
- A valid, current, full, and unrestricted RN license in the State of Alaska
- Must have BLS until get ACLS. ACLS and PALS must be obtained within 6 months of hire date and prior to completion of clinical orientation; bi-annually thereafter.
- NRP Preferred
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Knowledge of Critical Care nursing care principles, practices, diagnosis and processes (including assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation) to provide professional nursing care to patients.
- Competency to recognize emergently ill patients and adverse signs and symptoms and to act promptly in emergency situations.
- Knowledge of Critical Care and general pharmaceuticals, their desired effects, side effects and complications in their use.
- Skills to apply scientific principles in operating and monitoring of basic and specialized emergency room medical equipment (ex: defi8brillator, chest tube insertion and set up, gastric and thoracic suction, EKG machines, etc).
- Proficient in the use of critical response procedures (i.e. intubations, arterial line set up, arterial blood gas puncture, thoracentesis, lavage, etc.).
- Oral and written communication skills, can enter and retrieve patient data accurately, can verbally communicate findings with healthcare team.
- Ability to provide guidance, leadership and work cooperatively with others by establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships with patients, visitors and other healthcare team members.
- Ability to implement appropriate nursing therapeutic interventions based on the knowledge of a wide variety of nursing diagnosis, evidenced based practice, medical and psychosocial disorders, the normal courses of disease and anticipated complications.
- Ability to recognize adverse signs and symptoms, which are not always apparent and to react promptly in emergency situations including the implementation of life saving procedures.
Lead Exercised:
CNA II
Job Types: Travel nursing, Contract
Pay: $3,200.00 - $3,492.00 per week
Medical Specialty:
- Medical-Surgical
- Telemetry
Physical Setting:
Supplemental Pay:
- Differential pay
- Overtime pay
Experience:
- Medical-surgical: 2 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- BLS Certification (Required)
- RN (Required)
- ACLS Certification (Required)
- PALS Certification (Required)
Work Location: In person
