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Unit Profiles :
The purpose of a unit profile is to help provide an exceptional understanding of the unit. Profiles will include location, number of beds, patient rations, and other unique details to assist recruiting professional in effectively and efficiently identifying highly qualified staff. Below you will find a data collection tool to help you identify essential data needed to complete your profile. I have also included a sample of a completed profile for your reference. Please utilize the formatting
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Unit Information: Transplant Care Unit
Location: Methodist Hospital I Specialty and Transplant
Address: 8026 Floyd Curl
Floor: 2nd floor
Building:
General Information
Tell us about the unit(s):
• Number of Beds – 37
• Number of Staff – 9 RN, 3 PCT, Unit Clerk (7-3/3-11), pharmacy presence on the unit, 2 CM
• Type of staff:
o Day Shift – 1 charge, 9 RN, 3 PCT for census of 37, Director and ANM
o Night Shift – 1 charge RN, 8-9 RN, 2-3 PCT for census of 37.
• Patient Ratios – 1:4-5
• Type of equipment – Emar carts, bladder scanner, accuvein, Welch allyn vitals machines
• EMR – Meditech
Typical hiring profile
Skill Set Most recruited for: (Travel RNs, local CNAs and sitters)
Must have : candidates without these skills will not be considered for the role.
• BLS Required
• 1.5 years nursing experience
• Med Surg experience
• Can-Do attitude
• Good communication skills
Preferred or nice to have : candidates with these skills will be considered first.
• MediTech experience preferred
• Liver and Kidney experience (not necessarily transplant)
List typical procedures performed on unit(s):
• Nephrectomy
• Hepatobiliary (hepatectomy, Whipple, liver resection), with drain management
• Kidney biopsy
• Hernia and choley (will NOT care for fresh transplant patients)
Dress Code : Include requirements, but most of all not acceptable attire.
• Scrub Color – Navy Blue scrub top and pants, white or navy jacket
• Nail Policy – clean and health, without polish
• Hair – hair should be neat and clean with no extreme styles or colors. Beards, mustache and sideburns should be clean and neatly trimmed.
• Tattoos – body art should be covered whenever possible. Body art that is not feasible to cover on a daily basis will be addressed individually.
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Unit Guidelines/Policies : Please feel free to attach unit policies and guidelines.
• Attendance Policy
• Floating Guidelines
• Methodist Acknowledgement Form
Awards/Recognition: Feel free to include items such as links to videos that feature the department, outstanding department/team awards, reigning annual chili cook-off winners, etc.
• Largest living donor kidney program in the country!
• World class liver transplant program, recently recognized with top 1 and 3 year survival for USA.
• CAUTI free for 14 months, CLABSI free for 12 month
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Any additional information that would entice a worker to select your unit for their assignment: Consider items such as new equipment or technology, tenure and experience of staff, schedule options, etc. * Remember it is a very competitive market any information you can provide will help attract talent .
This is a very unique unit, with transplant volumes are nationally recognized. We have a very engaging team, both our unit team as well as our physicians. We host grand rounds daily on our patients – this gives the patient the chance to interact with a collaborative team of providers, each aimed at creating a specialized plan of care for each patient. We have 2 case managers and 2 pharmacists present each day to help our team deliver a safe and high quality experience for all of our patients.
RN – Telemetry San Antonio, TX
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Benefits & Perks:
Medasource offers competitive medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care FSA, and supplemental coverage with plans that can fit each employee’s needs. We offer a 401k plan that includes a company match and is fully vested after you become eligible, paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that provides services like virtual counseling, financial services, legal services, life coaching, etc.
Pay Disclaimer:
The pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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