• Contract staff will be assigned and expected to work a Storm Team and/or Hurricane Team.
• Contract staff may be required to report to work during a catastrophic event, mass casualty or disaster.
• Consolidation to the Centralized Office mid contract may occur and the contract staff may be preassigned to units as needed.

 
Education:

• HS Diploma/GED

 
Skills:

• Telemetry AND PCU/DOU/IMC/StepdowN experience. Interpretation of dysrhythmias and remote monitoring required.
• Pre/Post Cardiac Cath, Pre/Post Cardiac Surgery, and Sheath Removal experience required.
• Accessing ports, Blood Product Administration, central Line/care management, PICC line management, Cardiac drip-titrate Diltiazem and Amiodarone, Post cardiac cath experience

• Medical terminology – Highly Preferred Registration Experience – Preferred

 
Certifications: ACLS

Preferred Skills / Certs / Exp: NIH, Charge experience
 
Patient Diagnoses: Congestive Heart Failure; Arrhythmias; Post cardiac Cath

Special Procedures / Unit Details: Unit monitors cardiac patients. Cardiac Drips (Dobutamine, Amiodarone, Cardizem, Milrinone, Dopamine, etc). Sheaths Pulls, TR Bands, Femstop

Unit Systems (Medication, Documentation, Communication): Pyxis, EPIC, SBAR