Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg
Pittsfield, MA
Tact Staff
3x12 hrs

THIS IS AN URGENT NEED.  CONFIRMED MANAGER IS ENGAGED AND WILL REVIEW, INTERVIEW AND OFFER ASAP!  Requested time off during the course of this assignment MUST be noted and verified at upload.  RTO REQUESTS AFTER UPLOAD WILL NOT BE APPROVED!!  NO MORE THAN 5 DAYS OF RTO WILL BE ACCEPTED (less is better).  TRAVELER CANNOT HAVE ALL HOLIDAYS OFF!!!  TRAVELER MUST WORK TWO:  THANKSGIVING AND WEEKEND AFTERCHRISTMAS EVE/CHRISTMAS DAY AND WEEKEND AFTERNEW YEAR EVE/NEW YEAR DAY AND WEEKEND AFTERAHSA Agency Partner Please Note: Effective Immediately,  You MUST include your AGENCY Massachusetts Temporary Nursing Service Agency License (Nursing Pool) license up front with all Berkshire Health System nursing submissions. This license is required by the state of MA in order to staff for temporary needs. If you have questions on this requirement, please visit:    We cannot consider your candidate for consideration without this license uploaded with traveler profile.  Thank you!  CC AT LEAST TWO SPECIFIC INTERVIEW DATES/TIMES OF AVAILABILITY FOR INTERVIEW MUST BE ADDED TO PROFILE - PROFILES WILL NOT BE PRESENTED WITHOUT THIS INFORMATION.  "ANYTIME" WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. BERKSHIRE HEALTH SYSTEM WILL NOT CONSIDER ANY
TRAVELER WHO RESIDES WITHIN 50 MILES OF FACILITY.  To avoid delays in
processing, please include perm address at profile upload.   COVID VACCINATION (dose date on or after 10/3/23) NOW REQUIRED FOR THIS HEALTH SYSTEM. Exemption forms are available in Trio/Downloadable Forms (Both forms REQUIRE Provider/Religious Leader Signatures), or please ask your delivery team for documents.  IF APPROVED BY HEALTHSYSTEM TRAVELER WILL WEAR A MASK AT ALL TIMES WHILE ON SITE. To avoid delays in processing, please include traveler covid vaccination card/or intent to fill out exemption form with profile submission. Thank you!    Unit Size: 20 to 34 beds, depending upon UnitPatient Ratio:  1:6, typicallyDress Code: Personal scrubs of any color8hrs non-billable orientationHoliday and OT Multipliers - 1.25%

Submission Requirements
MED SURG TRAVELERS MUST BE WILLING TO FLOAT TO ANY MS UNIT CLIENT WILL NOT CONSIDER BLOCK SCHEDULING! 2 years current MS experience Tele experience requiredWillingness to float- RequiredBasic Dysrhythmia course completion STRONGLY REQUIREDMeditech Expanse experience strongly preferred BLS AND ACLS MUST BE IN HAND AT PROFILE UPLOAD.  Facility will not pend either of these certifications.  AT LEAST TWO SPECIFIC INTERVIEW DATES/TIMES OF AVAILABILITY FOR INTERVIEW MUST BE ADDED TO PROFILE - PROFILES WILL NOT BE PRESENTED WITHOUT THIS INFORMATION.  "ANYTIME" WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Traveler must have their own vehicle for this assignmentPlease note BMC will not accept Declinations for Flu or TdapBERKSHIRE HEALTH SYSTEM WILL NOT CONSIDER ANY
TRAVELER WHO RESIDES WITHIN 50 MILES OF FACILITY.  To avoid delays in
processing, please include perm address at profile upload.  Profile Requirements: Work HistorySkills Checklist (pertinent to position), current to 1 year 1 Supervisory Signed Reference (from within the past two years of employment)License/Certifications - Must be uploaded with profile 

Certification Requirements
ACLS (AHA)
BLS (AHA)

State License Requirements
Massachusetts

About the Facility
BMC is a 298-bed teaching hospital and is ranked among the safest hospitals in the nation by The Leapfrog Group, which has given BMC Straight "A" grades since the inception of Leapfrog's patient safety program, one of only 42 hospitals in the nation to achieve this honor; and recipient of both the 2017 and 2018Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award.Berkshire Medical Center offers a full continuum of medical specialties, including anesthesiology, dentistry, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, around the clock neurology and neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose and throat), pathology, pediatrics, psychiatry, radiation oncology, radiology, rehabilitation, substance abuse, cardiac rehabilitation, a sleep lab and others. BMC has a state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging department, with MRI, high-speed CT, ultrasound, x-ray, mammography and more, providing 24-hour service.BMC has previously been honored by Healthgrades with its DistinguBMC Home.jpgished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence and was one of Healthgrades America's Best Hospitals in 2016. BMC is a not for profit medical center fully accredited by The Joint Commission. As a medical center affiliated with Berkshire Health Systems, Berkshire Medical Center, its Hillcrest Campus and North Adams Campus serve all residents of Berkshire County, Massachusetts and communities in adjacent eastern New York, northwest Connecticut and southwest Vermont.