Please ensure traveler is aware of the following: Upon accepting an assignment and starting your role, your unit manager may assign you to an "Emergency Team" where there will be an expectation to stay at the facility until after the event passes or be part of the relief team. Specific details pertaining to pay will be relayed on each emergency event, as impacts vary. By signing your travel contract to take a position with Ochsner Health, you accept the above and will report as assigned by your immediate unit manager if an emergency event were to occur.
You should not apply for a role at Ochsner Health if you are not comfortable with the above. --------------------------------------------------------------- Holiday Availability: Candidates must be willing to work 2 of 4 designated holiday periods annually: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's. Although Halloween is not a paid holiday, some units may require traveler coverage. Holiday assignments are based on departmental needs and fair staff rotation.
VAYA SCREEN Unit Info Patient Diagnoses: Multi-trauma, seizure, GSW, Falls, TBI, stroke, sepsis, psych, epidural hematomas, epidural hemorrhage, cerebral edema, Ortho related trauma- not elective, encephalopathy ****Neuro Surgery experience is also required**** Major Trauma unit Special Procedures/Unit Details: Craniotomy, Spinal Fusions, ORIF, muscle flaps, skin grafts, AKA, BKA, IM nails, external fixators, spinal stimulators - Every other holiday -Float requirement: Can be pulled to all other inpatient units - Unable to guarantee any specific scheduling requests ( ex: block scheduling) schedule as needed per unit.
Special Equipment: Traction, external fixators, trapeze, PCA pumps, JP drains, wound vacs, Chest tubes, ortho braces, hemo vacs, central lines, trach, PEG, NG tubes Required Certs and
- BLS - Blood product administration - PICC line management - Starting IVs - Pre/Post Neuro surgery - TBIs - Ortho trauma - Surgical drains - Chest tubes - Isolation precautions Preferred Certs: ACLS & NIH