Travel Nurse (RN) - Progressive Care Unit

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

Please fill out Lehigh Valley Hospital Network Auto Offer Form to Submission. No RTO. No Block Scheduling requests Any special scheduling requests must be made with Manager upon arrival at facility.

Documentation of 3 doses Hepatitis B vaccine required, please do not apply if you are not able to supply these.

36 or 48 hour contracts are available upon request.

Nurses are required to interpret telemetry.

Experience Needed: progressive/step down experience; phlebotomy, IV starts, cardiac rhythm interpretation, drips (such as amiodarone, Cardizem, heparin, insulin), chest tube management, epidural/PCA management, fall prevention, pressure injury prevention, Telemetry, Post Cath/EP procedures, low level drips, nitro, milrinone, dobutamine.

Unit Information: All patients are monitored on telemetry or portable hardwire.

Cardiothoracic/post cardiac surgery, valve replacements, post mitraclip (interventional approach mitral valve repair), lung resections (both open and robotic), thorascopic lung reduction

Patients with chest tubes or Asept for pneumothorax, pleural effusion

Vascular surgery – carotid endarterectomy, fem-pop, etc, endovascular aortic repair, abdominal aortic repair, venous thrombolysis, post aortogram

Rapid response patients from med-surg for arrhythmia/rate control (afib with RVR)

Transfers from medical-surgical ICU (respiratory failure, complex surgeries)

ED admissions for sepsis requiring low level monitoring

COPD and CHF exacerbation

Other patients who normally go to med-surg after procedures who have subsequent cardiac sequelae requiring low level monitoring (i.e. new onset afib with RVR)

Infusions: amiodarone, Cardizem, insulin, heparin

Required: Graduate of accredited Nursing program

Experience - Required

• 1-2 years Acute Care Experience in Cardiac/ PCU
• Telemetry, Post Cath/EP procedures, low level drips, nitro, milrinone, dobutamine, Cardizem

Weekends: Every Other

Holidays: Rotating

Scrub Colors/Dress Code:Navy

Guaranteed Hours: 36

Is this position patient facing? (Y or N):Y

Details:

• AUTO OFFER - NO INTERVIEW: Please request an interview for one match from this facility at a time. You will not interview with the hiring manager if the facility chooses to extend an offer to you for this position. All time off requests must be submitted at application. Scheduling requests must be worked out with the manager directly upon starting the assignment. Any offers for this job will require a clear "Yes" or "No" response from the nurse within 24hrs or the offer must be declined.