Job description

Job Title: Registered Nurse, Med/Surg/Telemetry

Location: Laconia, NH 03246

Duration: 13 weeks

Shift: Night

Guaranteed hours a week: 36

Experience

• One year prior clinical nursing experience.
• Evidence of experience in working effectively and positively with patients, care providers, and the multi-disciplinary team.
• Evidence of the ability to perform as a member of a team.

Education

• Graduated from an accredited School of Nursing, BSN preferred.

Certification, Registration & Licensure

• Registered Nurse - New Hampshire Board of Nursing
• Basic Life Support - American Heart Association

Physical and Work Requirements

• The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is MEDIUM.
• The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 - 25 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 - 50 pounds.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to do fine motor, hear, speak, and walk.
• The employee is frequently required to bend, reach, sit, squat, and stand.
• The employee is occasionally required to climb, do repetitive motion, kneel, and smell.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.
• The employee is frequently exposed to airborne pathogens, blood borne pathogens, and bodily fluids.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne contaminants, chemotherapeutic agents, electrical hazards - shock, moving mechanical parts, non-weather related heat or cold, slippery surfaces, and toxic or caustic chemicals.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Responsibilities:

• Studying patients' medical history, test results, and treatment plans.
• Tracking routine heart rate, blood pressure, and pulse oximetry measurements.
• Monitoring, interpreting, and recording data from specialized medical technologies and equipment.
• Administering medication and performing treatment interventions in consultation with healthcare specialists.
• Maintaining and updating ward charts, patient files, and medical records.
• Instructing Telemetry Unit staff on patient care and treatment plans.
• Collaborating with healthcare specialists and reporting changes and deteriorating conditions.
• Explaining tests results and procedures to patients and their families, as well as answering questions.
• Advising patients on post-hospital care, including prescribed medicine, home care protocols, disease prevention, and lifestyle changes.

Job Types: Full-time, Travel nursing, Contract, Per diem, Temporary

Salary: $53.00 - $57.00 per hour

Medical specialties:

• Medical-Surgical
• Telemetry

Physical setting:

• Hospital

Standard shift:

• Night shift

Supplemental schedule:

• Overtime

Weekly schedule:

• 3x12

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Laconia, NH 03246: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Med Surg: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• BLS Certification (Required)
• RN State license of NH (Required)

Work Location: One location

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