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

AHSA 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 THIS IS A VERY, VERY SMALL UNIT.  CALL-OUTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED (Call-outs will CLOSE this Unit and adversely affect patient care).  PLEASE UPLOAD ONLY YOUR MOST DEPENDABLE, RELIABLE TRAVELERS!  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 3 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 AFTER  This client will not consider "local" travelers (who reside within 50 miles of facility). Our experienced Pediatric nurses understand the unique needs of children and adolescents, and the importance of family involvement in their care. We provide "rooming in" for parents who wish to remain with their child during the hospital stay. To help make the visit more pleasant, we have on hand a variety of "in room" games and videos, as well as a play room for those with no contagious illness.Non-billable orientation:  8hrsOT and Holiday Multipliers:  1.25%Charge, Call and Call-Back:  Not applicable for this need

Submission Requirements
2 years current Peds experience  ADULT MS EXPERIENCE - Preferred  (to Float)-Please note experience on profile.  Meditech Expanse experience strongly preferred BSN preferredTraveler must have their own vehicle for this needProfile Requirements: Cover page (if available/not required)Work HistorySkills Checklist (current to 1 year)1 Supervisory Signed Reference from within the past two years of employmentLicense/Certifications - Must be uploaded with profile

Certification Requirements
ACLS (AHA)
PALS (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.