Travel Nurse RN - ED - Emergency Department - $2,523 per week

Company: Mercy Hospital
Location: Bakersfield
Posted on: February 15, 2025

Job Description:

• Certification Details
• BLS
• ACLS
• NIHSS
• PALS
  • Job Details
  • A hospital in California is looking for an experienced ER nurse for a travel contract.
  • The right candidate will have 2 full years of experience.
    • Job Requirements
    • Hold an active BLS certification.
    • Hold an active ACLS certification.
    • Hold an active NIHSS certification.
    • Hold an active PALS certification.
    • Hold an active California License.
      • Schedule Information
      • Shifts: 12's Days: 7a-730p; 9a-9:30p; Mids:10a-10:30p, 11a-11:30p, 1p-1:30a, 3p-3:30p; Nights 7p-7:30a.
      • Self scheduling but not finalized until the manager balances it.
      • Schedules are for 4 weeks.
      • Weekend Requirement: 4 weekend shifts in a 4 week schedule.
      • Holidays: 1 major & 1 minor.
        • Unit Specific Information
        • Nights, EOW, first to float
          • Additional Details
          • CERNER REQUIRED
          • Unit: ED
          • # beds: 18 Beds (Fast track staffed with midlevel's & LVNs)
          • Ratios: 1 to 4 unless ICU patient would be 1 to 2
          • EMR: Cerner
          • Charge Nurse: Shift manager & a resource nurse
          • Nurse Aides: ED Techs are EMT or aides from other units
          • Tele: Phillips
          • Vents: yes
          • Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Yes - only use MD's in the ER
          • IV Team: No
          • RT 24/7: Yes
          • Pharmacy 24/7: Yes & Omnicell
          • Floating could happen between the 2 facilities to the ER. If floated prior to shift, would get a 2 hour notice prior start. Midshift floating could happen. The facilities are only 6.5 miles apart.
          • Floor specific orientation: 2 shifts at the primary campus & 1 shift at the other campus.
          • Common diagnosis / Types of patients: Less peds than Mercy Southwest campus. This campus has CDCR (correctional patients) officer comes from the prison & stays with them. All OB are transferred to the other campus. A little more homeless & indigent population here. No cardiac patients. These would be stabilized & transferred out.
          • This must be their primary job. They will not work around another work schedule to accommodate hours. Must be very teamwork oriented. They treat between 85 - 115 patients per day with an average of 100 patients per day.

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