Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg / Telemetry - $2,462 per week

Company: UW Health University Hospital
Location: Madison
Posted on: October 18, 2024

Job Description:

• Certification Details
• Traveler must have WI nursing license or compact license from their permanent address state
• BLS must be certified through American Heart Association ONLY
• Needs 2 references from recent work environment/assignments (supervisor or manager only)
• Traveler must have Basic Arrhythmia experience
• Traveler will be required to pass UW Health Telemetry test prior to being cleared to start (not for clinic positions). UW Health Recruitment will send instructions to traveler 2-3 weeks prior to start date
  • Job Details
  • Traveler must meet all minimum requirements to be considered
  • Do not submit traveler who have or will have expiring licenses and/or certifications during time frame of entire assignment. Traveler will automatically be declined
  • Only submit traveler who can work schedule in posting and interested in the unit
  • Join the #1 hospital in Wisconsin!
  • We are seeking a Registered Nurse: Join a team of REMARKABLE nurses that use compassion and teamwork to care for their inspiring patients
  • F6/4 is a 27-bed medical and surgical unit. It is the home unit to the Outpatient Short Stay patient population as well as the Hospitalist 4 patients
  • Outpatient Short Stay: We preassign patients from ENT, Gynecology, Urology, Neurosurgery, Plastics, and General Surgery. We also care for patients originating in Interventional Radiology, APC procedures, and E case eye surgeries
  • Hospitalist 4: These patients come from the Emergency Department, clinics, outside facilities, and home. They are admitted with a variety of different medical diagnoses and multiple comorbidities
  • The staff on this unit excels at time management and effective patient throughput. It is routine for this unit to have multiple admissions and discharges within a day. Staff work together to ensure that all patient needs are met, patient satisfaction is high, and throughput is expedited as appropriate to ensure we are able to care for the patients seeking care
  • Nurses are able to connect and form therapeutic relationships with patients. You'll be actively involved in cutting edge, evidence-based therapies and research studies to improve patient outcomes
  • Nurses are encouraged and supported to participate in quality improvement initiatives and lead practice change
  • Participate in a teaching and learning culture: always seeking out the why to understand both problems and solutions
    • Job Requirements
    • Traveler must have permanent address outside the 50-mile radius of Madison (permanent address must be included in traveler's profile: resume, Medefis portal, and all onboarding documentation must have a permanent address listed)
    • Traveler must have completed two years of acute care experience within the last 3 years
    • Traveler must have experience in an Academic Level 1 Trauma center or similar size hospital
    • Successfully completed a traveler assignment (13 weeks)
      • Schedule Information
      • Travelers are the first to float to floors working with children up to 1 year of age and/or based on the traveler's competency skills/experience
      • The Traveler may have shifts scheduled in multiple units, depending on the current staffing needs and/or different locations within the organization
      • During the traveler's assignment, if the primary unit no longer has a need, shifts will be re-assigned to another unit in order to complete the contract
        • Unit Specific Information
        • F6/4 is a 27-bed medical and surgical unit
        • Outpatient Short Stay: Assigned patients from ENT, Gynecology, Urology, Neurosurgery, Plastics, and General Surgery
        • Hospitalist 4: Admitting patients with a variety of different medical diagnoses and multiple comorbidities
          • Additional Details
          • UW Health is moving away from using outdated file formats for Microsoft (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel). Profiles will need to be submitted in the following format: .docx, .xlsx and .pptx file types or our IS department will be blocking them and we will no longer receive the files nor able to forward internally to our hiring managers

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