Job Description:
Traveler must meet all minimum requirements below to beconsider.
Do not submit traveler who have or will have expiring licenses and/orcertifications during time frame of entire assignment. Traveler willautomatically be declined.
Only submit traveler who can work schedule in posting and interestedin the unit.
Be part of something remarkable Thisunit provides excellent experience with airway management and other for RNs whomay want to work in the critical care setting in the future.
We are seekinga
Registered Nurse to:
- Join a team of remarkable nurses who have a broad range of medical and surgical knowledge, skills and leadership.
- 28-bed unit with nurse-driven collaboration where you will have the opportunity to care for a diverse surgical patient population.
- This unit provides excellent experience with airway management, including new tracheostomies, for RNs who may want to work in the critical care setting in the future.
- Be part of a team of nurses who are prime support and educators to patients receiving highly specialized care for a variety of complex surgical procedures including Cystectomy or Bladder Removal with Urinary Diversion, Gender Confirmation Surgery, Mastectomy with flap reconstruction, head and neck surgeries and other related surgical oncology procedures.
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:
- Tracheostomy and surgical experience required.
- Gynecology . urology, plastic, and colorectal 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.
- BLS must be certified through American Heart Association ONLY
- Reference
- Needs 2 references from recent work environment/assignments (supervisor or manager only).
- T elemetry
- 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: UniversityHospital, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792
Parking: Permitrequired through UW Transportation.
inMadison 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, Day/Evening, 12 hr shifts Sunday through Saturday variable, every other weekend rotation, and some holidays required.
State License Details:
Must Be Currently Active
Minimum Years of Experience:
2
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:
GYN, Med-surg Adult, Plastics, Urology RN
General Certifications:, General Certifications(BLS/BCLS)
Nursing Certifications:
Contract Length in Weeks:
13