Job Description:
Traveler must meet all minimum requirements below to be consider. 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 hospital in Wisconsin.
We are seeking a
Registered Nurse to:
- Join our new Thoracic Surgery team
- Help implement innovative ideas so quality patient centered care can be provided.
- Be part of developing a dynamic general care/IMC unit utilizing strong teamwork, providing compassionate care and employing critical thinking.
- Engage in acquiring new skills and integrating evidence-based nursing practices into the unit culture.
Minimum Requirements: - Facility Requirement:
- Traveler must have permanent address outside 50 mile radius of Madison (permanent address must be included in traveler's profile: resume, Medefis portal and all onboarding documentation must have permanent address listed).
- Experience:
- ICU or IMC and surgical post-op experience required. Must be willing to work with IMC or general care patient population as they rarely see ICU patients.
- Thoracic experience preferred.
- Traveler must have completed two years of acute care experience within last 3 years.
- Traveler must have experience in an Academic Level 1 - Trauma center or similar size hospital.
- Successfully completed traveler assignment (13 weeks).
- Licensure and Certification:
- Traveler must have WI nursing license or compact license from their permanent address state. Will consider candidates without WI or compact license but must apply for a temporary license under the Wisconsin Act 10 order within 48 hours of offer accepted and provide screenshot of application submitted. Traveler must complete this requirement prior to being cleared to start.
- BLS & ACLS must be certified through American Heart Association ONLY
- Education:
- List from PD (education verification required)
- Reference
- Needs 2 references from recent work environment/assignments (supervisor or manager only).
- Telemetry
- 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.
- Floating
- 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 travelers assignment, if the primary unit no longer has a need, shifts will be re-assigned to another unit in order to complete contract.
Location: University Hospital, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792
Parking: Permit required through UW Transportation.
in Madison is a Magnet -designated facility thats and considered one of the nation's leading hospitals, teaching institutions and referral centers.
Position Urgency:
Quick Start
Shifts:
36 hrs/week, Evening/Night shift, 12 hour shifts, weekend rotation and holidays as operationally needed.
State License Details:
Must Be Currently Active
Minimum Years of Experience:
1
Minimum Guaranteed Hours:
36
Specialty Type:
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 internal to our hiring managers. -
QuantiFERON/TSpot results will NOT be accepted for any reason
Sub Specialty:
CVICU, IMC (Intermediate Care), Intensive Care / Coronary Nurse (ICU)
General Certifications:, General Certifications(BLS/BCLS,ACLS)
Nursing Certifications:
Contract Length in Weeks:
13