Overview
Now is the ideal time to join CommonSpirit Health's National Travel Program! Supporting the Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) facilities across the United States, this is the perfect opportunity for you to work in various parts of the country and enjoy the variety of a travel nurse with the security of being employed by one of the largest faith-based healthcare systems in the country.
For the 1st time in CommonSpirit Health's ministry, we are launching an enterprise-wide national travel program that will ultimately operate in 139 hospitals and more than 1,000 care sites across 21 states; we invite select, exceptional nurses to earn excellent benefits (see below) while on temporary assignments across the country. If you are committed to social justice and health equity and prepared to deliver care in new, innovative ways, you belong with us.
As our Medical Surgical Travel Nurse at CommonSpirit Health, you’ll excel in your nursing career by providing care to patients admitted to our unit. Most of your patients are funneled in from other units providing you with the opportunity to build on your education and experience in specialized service lines such as cardiac, telemetry, orthopedics, neurology, critical care, surgical services, and emergency.
Your success in this role comes from your enthusiasm to help others - with a patient-first mindset. Keen assessment skills, critical thinking, and a sense of urgency support your career advancement and you thrive in a fast-paced clinical environment where you will rarely experience the same day twice.
Responsibilities
- Expect to deliver care to 4-6 patients per shift.
- Administer medications, change dressings, monitor vital signs, and chart with timely documentation.
- Collaborate with a variety of other healthcare professionals such as social work, care coordination, physical therapy, occupational therapy, lab, respiratory therapy, and imaging.
Why join our Travel Program:
- Be part of creating the foundation for the CommonSpirit Travel Program.
- Have a voice in establishing the practices for the CommonSpirit Travel Program.
- Travel to facilities within one organization, with one mission, vision and values.
- Competitive compensation range that includes base pay, benefits & travel/housing stipend options available. Pay breakdown available upon request (careers@commonspirit.org).
- Full-Time positions.
- Shifts vary.
- 12-Week Assignments (may be extended based on business need).
- Eligible for special pay in addition to base pay (shift differential, overtime, extra shift, etc.).
Benefits:
While you’re busy impacting the healthcare industry, we’ll take care of you with benefits that include health/dental/vision, FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, tuition assistance, adoption assistance, and more!
Qualifications
- Minimum 2 years of experience as a registered nurse in a medical/surgical unit.
- ADN or Nursing Diploma.
- Current unencumbered license as a Registered Nurse from the state(s) in which he or she will be practicing and/or compact state license.
- Current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS).
- Other credentials may be required based on specialty and area(s) of assignment as specified by the requesting facility, state license, and other regulatory requirements for local, state, and federal agencies.
- Certification in specialty preferred; certifications and competencies to support care area and patient population served.
Preferred:
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
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