Travel Emergency Room Registered Nurse - $2,196 per week

About the role

The Nursing Resource Team (NRT) is a hospital-wide float department that serves the ER, ICU, PCU, Med Surg, and Behavioral Health (Adult Acute, Youth Acute, Addiction Recovery) service lines. This position is responsible for caring for a wide range of patient populations as a member of the NRT, maintaining a high level of adaptability and understanding in each unit.

Responsibilities

• Cares for a wide range of patient populations as a member of the NRT, maintaining a high level of adaptability and understanding in each unit.
• Works in a variety of care areas hospital wide, including medical-surgical, behavioral health, addiction recovery units, progressive care, the emergency department, and critical care units.
• Promotes optimal health, well-being and safety through use of the nursing process and in accordance with patient care standards, and the Idaho Nurse Practice Act.
• Engages fully within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care.
• Uses information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.

Requirements

• Graduate of a nationally accredited Nursing program (BSN highly preferred)
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in all of the following (can be congruent, but still need the minimum number of years of experience in each unit and need listed on resume): ER, ICU, PCU, Med Surg, and Behavioral Health/Psych (adult acute, youth acute, addiction recovery)
• Experience with cardiac drips
• Experience with non-invasive ventilation

Skills

Promotes optimal health, well-being and safety through use of the nursing process and in accordance with patient care standards, and the Idaho Nurse Practice Act.

Provides relationship based care as demonstrated by recognizing the patient, family and/or designee as a full partner in providing compassionate, coordinated and culturally competent care based on respect for patient’s preferences, values, and needs.

Engages fully within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care.

Integrates best current evidence into clinical practice and uses data to monitor and improve the outcomes of care processes.

Uses information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.

Qualifications

• State of ID (or compact) RN license
• AHA BLS, AHA ACLS, NIHSS is preferred
• Restraint C (during Kootenai Essentials)
• MOAB-8-hour class KBH/YA (will be covered in general onboarding)
• Boundaries 1-hour module (will be covered in general onboarding)
• Dept. of Health & Welfare Background Fingerprinting is required

Floating

NRT float RNs and traveler RNs have a consistent schedule and know when they work; the unit RNs will receive a message 2 hours prior to their shift, telling them on which unit they are assigned. NRT can float mid-shift, if needed.

Bed size/number of rooms

- 21-35 beds, depending upon the unit in which they are working

Nurse to patient ratio

• ICU: 1:1-2
• Med/Surg & ED boarded Med/Surg: 1:5-6
• PCU: 1:3-4
• Behavioral Health (Adult/Youth Acute, Addiction Recovery): 1:5-6 days / 1:10 overnights

Benefits

• Weekly pay
• Holiday Pay
• Guaranteed Hours
• Continuing Education
• 401k retirement plan
• Pet insurance
• Company provided housing options
• Cancellation protection
• Wellness and fitness programs
• Mileage reimbursement
• Referral bonus
• Employee assistance programs
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Benefits start day 1
• Licenses and certifications are reimbursed
• Life insurance
• Discount program