TotalMed Staffing is seeking a travel nurse RN Stepdown for a travel nursing job in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Stepdown
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 06/02/2025
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Pass/Fail exam on Friday during orientation. OPEN BOOK exam on skills learned - they are given all necessary resources to pass. Must receive a 90% to pass or they will be terminated
Radius Rule: 50 miles AND candidates may not be full time, part time, or PRN with any facility associated with CommonSpirit, including CHI and/or Dignity.
Driver's license required at submittal and will be used to determine if candidate is outside 50 miles.
Department: Stepdown RN
Certifications Required: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
PRESCREEN+AUTO OFFER
- of Beds: 22
- Nurse:Patient Ratios: 1:04
- Common diagnoses/Types of patients: Heart failure, Afib, respiratory distress, stroke
- Are RNs required to titrate drips?: Yes
- Common titratable &/or set rate drips: Cardizem, amiodarone, nitro
- Is there a Charge Nurse on each shift? Does the charge nurse take an assignment?: Yes- does take a full patient assignment
- Are there nurse aids/patient care techs on this unit? Ratios? Duties?: Yes- 1:10
- RT Equipment (Vents, Cpap, BiPap, High Flow, etc.) Are RNs required to do anything with these besides trouble shoot?: CPAP
- Are there Tele/Monitor Techs on this unit? Are RNs required to read their own strips? What brand are the tele monitors?: RNs must read and interpret strips
- Shifts & Scheduling (Do you allow self-scheduling? Block scheduling?): , cyclic scheduling
- Weekend Requirements: Every third
- Holiday Requirements: 1 major, 1 minor
- Floating Requirements: Will float to ICU if appropriate and has experience
- How many shifts of unit/department specific orientation?: 1- 12 hour shift in the department
- Additional Notes: Fast paced unit with many admits and discharges. Attributes that help make a nurse successful in this department are a positive attitude, teamwork, patient oriented, and comes to work to care for someone
About TotalMed Staffing
TotalMed is a Top Ten, travel nursing and healthcare staffing agency with the mission of igniting purpose in healthcare. The organization staffs nurses, therapists, pharmacists, and other clinicians of all specialties in all 50 states. They offer local and travel jobs and match caregivers with the right organization to assist both facilities and patients. As an organization, they focus on putting highly-skilled staff into facilities to ensure adequate staffing for a better patient experience.
TotalMed specializes in recruiting and placing healthcare professionals in travel, PRN, and permanent positions across the country in Nursing and Allied Health. Throughout 2020, the organization filled roles at even the most short-staffed facilities during the most challenging time in healthcare. By matching the right travel healthcare professional with the right organization, TotalMed continues to offer a lifeline to facilities and their patients.
Benefits
- Weekly pay
- Guaranteed Hours
- Continuing Education
- 401k retirement plan
- Sick pay
- Wellness and fitness programs
- Referral bonus
- Employee assistance programs
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Benefits start day 1