Position Details

Order Details ****MUST HAVE POST CARDIAC SURGERY EXPERIENCE****Cardiac Medical and Interventional experience including post cardiac cath, post PCI and post ablation, pacemaker and AICD insertion. Experience with TIA and Stroke care, syncope, arrhythmia management. Cardiac Telemetry can see ANY type of patient because all patients have a heart and any patient who enters the building can have a heart issue. Staff must be adaptable and well versed in medical surgical care as well as specialist in cardiac care. Need to have basic 12 lead EKG interpretation as well as expert arrhythmia analysis skills. We are a licensed 35 bed unit which houses 2 negative pressure rooms for rule out TB patients. Our ratio is 4 or 5:1 depending on patient acuity. Nights shift ratio may be 5 or 6:1. Staff function independently although we try to have a free charge nurse on day and evening shift. We need nurses who are detail oriented, very adaptable and an expert in assessment skills. Looking for enthusiasm as well as energy, compassion and overt friendliness. Telemetry is an extremely fast paced environment turning over about 40% of the patient population daily while admitting the same number back into the unit. Nursing plays a major role in the patient s plan of care and is looked to for suggestions and recommendations. Our team is set composed of an Operations Manager, 2 Clinical Leaders (charge nurses), a Nursing educators , staff nurses and nursing assistants. BLS and ACLS required. Experience with: Cardiac Monitoring equipment, Multiple gtts Vasoactive as well as antiarrhythmic, Wound/dressing changes Post pacemaker care, Post Cardiac Cath Care groin/wrist assessment, CVP and PICC line care, Life Vest Skin Care, IV Therapy, Patient Education in all Cardiac Diagnosis Additional Information:***Please Note -Your Agency s contract to your traveler MUST mirror the confirmation page. If your agency does not comply with this standard, your agency will be at risk of being removed from the Geisinger vendor set. No exceptions! Start Date Must be Identical. End Date Must be Identical. ***Please Note - All Requested Time Off (RTO) must be disclosed at the time of submission. If your agency or the traveler does not include all RTO in the submission form and adds it post confirmation, your agency will be at risk of being removed from the Geisinger vendor set. No exceptions! Time off requested after the acceptance date, will not be approved. Position Urgency:Rapid Response Crisis Billing string = Medefis