Travel Nurse (RN) - Medical Surgical 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:

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.

RTO and shift requests will not be accepted after submittal.

Guaranteed Hours: 48

Patient Types: Any medical diagnosis except Cardiac could be seen on this unit

Traveler will routinely work on either Grant 5 or Grant 6 (same level of care spread across 2 separate units)

Common diagnoses include but are not limited to: Stroke, COPD, Respiratory issues, GI Bleed, Renal Failure (AKI/CKD), Oncology, Electrolyte imbalance, altered mental status, weakness, non-operable fractures

Oncology/Neutropenic patients

Medical Telemetry patients – if travelers do not have previous Telemetry experience, Charge RN will sign off on the strips from the Tele tech

Non-surgical unit

Patient Ratios: May vary based on patient acuity, tech support, insulin drips within assignment, etc.

Floating Requirement: Traveler will routinely work on either Grant 5 or Grant 6 (same level of care spread across 2 separate units)

Potential to float to any area with Med Surg patients (within or below scope)

Weekend: Every Other

No on-call requirement:

Holiday Expectations: Manager approval

RTO: Manager approval.

Scrub Color: Any color; must be professional

Parking: Free in designated areas

Required: Previous charge experience highly preferred, please include if the traveler has charge experience or not in offer details and is willing to act as charge

Trach care, Chest tube management, General Medical Surgical skills (wound care, IVABX, Drain/tube management, IV starts, central line management, etc.)

Experience with Insulin gtts & Heparin gtts