JOB REQUIREMENTS

LTAC Long Term Acute Care Registered Nurse (RN) Travel Job

LTAC Long Term Acute Care RN Responsibilities:

• The LTAC Registered Nurse provides quality patient care during the patient assessment, intervention, and evaluation
• The Long Term Acute Care Registered Nurse collaborates with all members of a patient's healthcare team to formulate a care plan that ensures optimum outcomes and continuity of care
• The LTAC Registered Nurse is responsible for dispensing medications, chest tubes, ventilators, wound vacs, critical care IV Drips, feeding tubes, central lines, etc
• LTAC RN's develop an individualized plan of care and work closely with a multidisciplinary team to coordinate and oversee wound care, ventilator care, rehab, and more
• Monitors, implements, and evaluates status of patient
• An LTAC RN gives guidance and supervision to clinical support staff
• Provide emotional support to the patient and family

BENEFITS OF BEING GIFTED!

• Refer a nurse for this position and earn up to $1500 referral bonus when he/she completes a minimum of 8-week assignment. Refer a nurse for a PRN position, and earn $250 once he/she completes three shifts.
• Flexible scheduling
• Premium pay
• Same Day or Weekly Pay
• Ability to work in premier facilities
• Access to Chief Nursing Officer 24-7
• Access to Social Worker 24-7
• Group Health insurance benefits:
  • Medical Plan
  • Dental Plan
  • Vision Plan
  • Short and Long Term Disability
  • AD&D Insurance

Benefits of being a GIFTED TRAVEL NURSE

• Private housing and housing allowance
• Personal Career Coach
• Extremely competitive personalized pay package

FACILITY DETAILS

Part of a network of more than 100 long-term acute care sites this 40-bed facility features lower than average staffing ratios. The specialized facility provides comprehensive, specialized long-term care for patients with acute or chronic respiratory disorders with the primary focus of weaning medically complex patients from mechanical ventilation and restoring independent breathing.

Services provided include pulmonary, ventilator weaning, wound care, cardiac/heart failure, medically-complex treatment, renal, neuro, post-trauma, and infectious disease. The clinical practice is guided by medical directors and chief nursing officers. This opportunity provides nurses a small, critical care environment with excellent patient care assignments.

Lexington, KY is a vibrant city full of Southern charm. It is known as the “Horse Capital of the World” and located just outside of Louisville, KY, home of the Kentucky Derby. The city maintains 131 public parks, catering to everything from picnicking to outdoor sports. Lexington is surrounded by wineries and whiskey makers, which offer tours and samples. In downtown Lexington you can enjoy shops, galleries, restaurants, walking tours, parks, and historic sites.

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