Travel Nurse RN – Med/Surg – $1,846 per week in Santa Fe, NM

Job Description

Job Title: Clinical Nurse I, II, III, IV
Profession: RN
Specialty: Float
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: Night
Hours per Shift: 12
Experience: Minimum 1 year
License: Current RN license
Certifications: BLS Certification
Must-Have: ACLS Certification

Description:
The Registered Nurse is a clinical practitioner who coordinates and implements patient care specific to the age of the patient population served on the assigned units.
He/she ensures that quality care is provided in an efficient and safe manner, consistent with the unit’s standards of care.
He/she demonstrates performance consistent with the mission, philosophy, and goals of the unit and organization.
Demonstrates quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice.
Treats staff, physicians, patients, and families with consideration and respect.

Minimum Qualifications:
EDUCATION: Graduate of an accredited program for Registered Nursing.
CERTIFICATION/LICENSES: Current RN license or current Compact state license; BLS Certification required.
SKILLS: Current knowledge and skills appropriate to age/type of patient population served.
Knowledgeable and sensitive to patients’ rights in the delivery of care.
Communicates in a clear and concise manner appropriate to the developmental age of the patient.

EXPERIENCE:
NATURE OF SUPERVISION: Responsible to Patient Care Director or Manager.
ENVIRONMENT: Exposure to bloodborne pathogens and infectious diseases.
Works in a clean, well-lit, ventilated environment.
Subject to stressful professional relationships.
Working hours are varied, with flexibility due to unexpected changes in schedule and emergencies.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Must be able to handle emergency/crisis situations.
Prolonged, extensive, or considerable standing and walking is required.
Requires heavy physical effort to position, push, and/or transfer patients or equipment and supplies.
Requires considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching.
Ability to judge distance and space relationships, see peripherally, and distinguish and identify different colors.
Hearing and visual acuity within normal or correctable limits.
Manual dexterity and fine motor coordination are required.