Travel Contract

Travel Nurse RN - Pediatrics
Denver, Colorado
Presbyterian/Saint Luke's Medical Center

$1,626/week

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Job requirements

Number of Beds – 36- all private rooms with parent sleeping accommodations
Number of Staff – 60
Day Shift – 1 charge (patient free), 1-3 PCTs (CNAs), occasionally a Clinical Nurse Coordinator as extra resource- typically 4 days a week
Night Shift - 1 charge (patient free), 1-2 PCT’s, occasionally a Clinical Nurse Coordinator as resource – typically twice a week or as staffing allows.
Patient Ratios – Mixed care- step down patients (spinal fusions, chest tubes, high flow oxygen. We do not do any CPAP, BiPAP or trach/vents in the department, they all go to PICU) are staffed 1:3 and basic care patients are staffed 1:4
Type of equipment - Phillips Monitors
EMR - Meditech
2 years Peds acute care experience- must be comfortable with high flow oxygen, spinal fusion, chest tubes
Candidates with multiple years’ experience in traveling are first to be considered.

Schedule information

Scheduling is very important to the hiring manager- she wants the travelers to feel flexibility in their schedules. She communicates with the travelers about their requests at the same time of the full-time employees putting in their requests. The travelers do not just “fill holes” we try to make a good schedule for them too.

Unit specific information

Unit Information: Peds Care 64316
Skill Set Most recruited for: (Travel RNs, local CNAs, and sitters)
Preferred or nice to have: Will not put new travelers- first contract- on day shift, they must be willing to do night shift.
List typical procedures performed on unit(s): NGTs, Foleys, TP Tubes, PIVs, phlebotomy (we do have an accuvein in the dept)
Rare- but can occur occasionally- LP’s.
Best personality Fit: It’s a fast-paced department- Be willing to ask for help and be willing to help. It’s a fun team and we like everyone to feel like they are part of the team- so someone that wants to be part of a team.
Unit Guidelines/Policies attached directly
On-site parking, with a bridge that attaches directly to the department. Free of charge.

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