Job Description
Encode INC is seeking a travel nurse RN Med Surg / Telemetry for a travel nursing job in Pikeville, Kentucky.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Med Surg / Telemetry
- Discipline: RN
- Duration: 8 weeks
- 48 hours per week
- Shift: 8 hours, days, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Med/Surg / Telemetry RN:
Pikeville Medical Center
911 S Bypass Rd, Pikeville, KY 41501
Position Details:
- Specialty: Med/Surg / Telemetry RN
- Contract Length: 8 weeks
- Start: ASAP
- Shifts:
- Days: 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Nights: 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM
- Schedule: 12-hour shifts × 4 days/week
- Hours: Up to 48 hours/week
- Experience: Minimum 1 year of travel nursing experience
- Payroll: Bi-weekly
- Work Week: Sunday – Saturday
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide comprehensive nursing care to adult patients in a Medical-Surgical/Telemetry setting.
- Perform thorough patient assessments and monitor vital signs, cardiac rhythms, and changes in patient condition.
- Administer medications and treatments safely and accurately according to physician orders and facility protocols.
- Monitor patients requiring telemetry/cardiac monitoring and promptly recognize and report significant rhythm or condition changes.
- Perform medication administration, IV therapy, wound care, and other routine nursing procedures within scope of practice.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate individualized patient care plans.
- Collaborate with physicians, nursing staff, ancillary departments, and other members of the healthcare team to coordinate patient care.
- Monitor patients for changes in condition and escalate concerns appropriately.
- Maintain accurate and timely documentation of assessments, interventions, medications, and patient responses.
- Educate patients and families regarding medications, treatments, disease processes, and discharge instructions.
- Assist with admission, transfer, and discharge processes.
- Maintain infection prevention, patient safety, and fall-prevention standards.
- Prioritize and manage care for multiple patients in a fast-paced hospital environment.
- Respond appropriately to changes in patient acuity and emergency situations.
- Follow facility policies, nursing standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Compensation & Facility Terms:
- Orientation: Billable
- Overtime: 1.5× for travel nurses working over 48 hours/week
- Call-Back: 1.5×
- On-Call Rate: $2.05/hour
- Holiday: 1.5×
- Payroll: Bi-weekly
Holiday Observance:
The following holidays are billed at 1.5× the straight-time bill rate from 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM:
- New Year's Day
- Memorial Day
- July 4th
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Day
Candidate Profile:
Ideal candidates should have strong Medical-Surgical and Telemetry nursing experience, be comfortable working 12-hour shifts, and have the ability to manage multiple patients while providing safe, timely, and compassionate care in an acute-care hospital setting.
Must have BLS from AHA License Must have 1 year of travel experience
About Encode INC
At Encode, we empower organizations and individuals through innovative, human-centric workforce and technology solutions. With decades of experience and a proven track record, we deliver more than just healthcare staffing, we provide integrated, strategic support across industries, with particular strength in federal and government contracts.
Benefits
- 401k retirement plan
- Vision benefits
- Dental benefits
- Referral bonus
- Life insurance
- Medical benefits
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Pikeville, KY |
| Industry | Computer/IT Services |
| Company Size | 50 to 99 employees |
| Year Founded | 1997 |
| Website | http://www.encodeinc.com/ |
About Company
You are a smart, motivated IT professional seeking ongoing opportunities for professional and financial growth. We are Encode, Inc., an award winning Specialty Systems Integrator and IT Staff Augmentation provider. We work with a close knit community of well-proven IT professionals and a roster of Fortune 1,000 commercial as well as government clients to enable people, leverage technology and exceed expectations.
Join us…working together we improve the world. We make it safer, more efficient and less error prone.
We have close to twenty years of experience working with major vendors’ infrastructure products. We seek accomplished IT professionals to conduct needs assessments, solution architecture, product implementation, system integration, system testing, performance tuning, production support and “best practices” mentoring around a broad range of these technologies with a particular focus on messaging, security, data management, portal, ecommerce, and virtualization.
In addition to continued exposure to interesting and varied project work, Encode offers a rich compensation package that may include a variety of additional benefits (depending on circumstances) including relocation assistance, technical training, INS sponsorship, weekly travel allowance, etc.
Check out our postings and if any of our current requirements match your skillset, apply today for immediate consideration.
Our clients depend on Encode to identify, screen and retain the best technical subject matter experts available. Speak with one of our recruiters today by clicking on the APPLY button.
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