Travel Nurse (RN) - Acute Care Float Pool

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:

Start date, hours and shift are all firm.

26 week contracts are highly preferred

Guaranteed hours: 48

First-time traveler: Upon review

Patient Types:

• Please ask all travelers about charge experience and include in the offer info if they have/have not worked in a CRN capacity
• ED Holding/MedSurg:
• Depending on demand during the assignment, you could be pre-assigned to this area for many of your shifts
• Traveler will float to other areas as often as is needed

Resource Role (Dependent on specialty):

• Unassigned but would float through all areas and work within your scope to assist as a task person – transport, starting IV’s, med pass, etc.

Merritt 3 (All Surgical patients): 44 beds on Merritt

• COVID
• Surgical: Bariatric (Gastric Bypass), Vascular Surgeries, Urology (TURP, cystos), GI (hemicolectomies, exploratory laps, bowel resection), colorectal surgeries, Ortho (total joint, ORIF, external fixation)

Grant 5/Grant 6 (Oncology/Medical): 2 units - 40 beds each

• All medical type patients. Stroke patients, Rarely post op patients. No pediatric patients, no obstetric patients
• Neutropenic patients, oncology patients (travelers do not need specific experience with this patient population)
• Insulin and Heparin drips

Grant 4/ P6 (Cardiac): 48 beds on G4 and 32 on P6 – Telemetry Level of Care

• CHF, MI, arrhythmias, cardiac interventional patients, pre/post heart caths (radial and femoral approach), stents, ablations, pacemakers, Med Surg overflow, post-op CABG, TAVR, other cardiac interventions; Common drips: Cardizem, Amiodarone, Insulin, heparin, etc.
• CABG, TAVR (Perm staff will take these patients)
• Cardiothoracic patients

Floating:This is a float pool position that floats between all levels of care, appropriate to care type – this does include floating into the ED to take ED holds (patients with admission orders) AND/OR ED Observation patients (holding orders but not fully admitted); will include patients within your scope of practice and below; as well as PACU Holds (patients with inpatient orders awaiting a bed)

Skills required:

-Tele RN: Chest Tubes, temp pacemakers (preferred not required), Cardiac drips (Cardizem, amiodarone) – protocols for rate changes, Heparin gtts, Insulin gtts; Reading/Interpreting Rhythm strips; PIV starts, trach care, dressing changes, wound vacs, PCA’s, total joint care, Stroke experience

Orientation:

• General hospital orientation followed by a tour by the education department to each floor. They get one shift of orientation and then they are on their own.

Scheduling:

• Weekend rotation: every other (Dayshift: Sat/Sun; Nightshift: Fri/Sat)
• Can we approve time off? To go through manager
• No call
• Holiday Expectations: no RTO accepted for Holidays

Scrub Color RN: Any color, must be professional

Housing in ME becomes more expensive in the summer months, beginning in May. Be sure to confirm you are comfortable with housing options before applying.

Roles requiring state licensure only: License should not expire within 45 days following start date

Travel Pairs: If you are in a relationship, EMMC will not schedule you on the same days. If you are not in a relationship, you can be scheduled for the same days if not on the same shift/unit. Managers will not guarantee the same schedule for travel pairs.