RN - LTC
Profession: Registered Nurse
Specialty: Long Term Care/Skilled Nursing Facility
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 12-Hour Nights (Every Other Weekends)
Hours per Shift: 36 hours per week
Experience: Minimum 2 years of experience in Long Term Care
License: Required to submit
Certifications: BLS Certification
Must-Have:
LTC experience
Description:
The nurse will act as charge and pass medications while performing wound care.
Common diagnoses include heart disease, diabetes, and dementia.
The nurse-to-patient ratio is 1:10 during the day and 1:19 at night.
There are no IVs or titratable drips required on this unit.
There are no telemetry monitors; RN's do not read strips.
No floating or additional team conference requirements are necessary.
Physician availability is by phone and on-call after hours.
There are no rehabilitation beds, only long-term care beds.
Physical therapy is provided as needed, with a social worker designee on site.
Respiratory Therapy is not available 24/7.
Oxygen therapy equipment includes concentrators and portable concentrators.
The pharmacy is off-site, with a medication dispensing system in place.
There are no blocked schedules, nor is self-scheduling allowed.
Weekend requirements consist of working every other weekend, with holiday requirements for every other major holiday.
The dress code is clean and presentable, with no specific scrub colors required.
Shifts are 12 hours from 7 PM to 7 AM.
Additional time off requests need to be submitted upfront, with no approval for additional requests post-submission.
The hospital reserves the right to cancel up to four shifts during the assignment duration.
The charting system used is MatrixCare/Matrix.
