PCU/Step-down Nurse

MedPro Healthcare Staffing; Council Bluffs (IA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay and direct deposit

Full coverage of all credentialing fees

Private housing or housing allowance

Group Health insurance for you and your family

Company-paid life and disability insurance

Travel reimbursement

401(k) matching

Unlimited Referral Bonuses up to $1,000

Job summary

A leading healthcare staffing agency is recruiting a PCU/Step-down Nurse for a travel assignment in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Responsibilities include monitoring patients who require close attention. Candidates must have an active RN license and recent experience in a PCU setting. Benefits include weekly pay, housing allowance, and health insurance. This position offers a great opportunity to work with top healthcare clients.

Qualifications

• Eighteen months of recent experience in an Acute Care PCU/Step-down setting.
• Degree from accredited nursing program required.
• BLS & ACLS certifications required.
• Eighteen months of recent Acute Care PCU/Step-down experience required.
• Client facility may determine additional requirements.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and assess patients who aren’t unstable enough to need ICU care.
• Utilize computer equipment to monitor cardiac and other vital information.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to ensure safe patient care.
• Document care and update patient records accurately.

Skills

Active RN License

BLS & ACLS Certifications

Monitoring and assessing patient vital signs

Acute Care PCU/Step-down experience

Education

Degree from accredited nursing program

Job description

Overview

MedPro Healthcare Staffing, a Joint Commission-certified staffing agency, is seeking a quality PCU/Step-down Nurse for a travel assignment with one of our top healthcare clients.

Requirements

• Active RN License
• Degree from accredited nursing program
• BLS & ACLS Certifications
• Eighteen months of recent experience in an Acute Care PCU/Step-down setting
• Other requirements to be determined by our client facility

Benefits

• Weekly pay and direct deposit
• Full coverage of all credentialing fees
• Private housing or housing allowance
• Group Health insurance for you and your family
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) matching
• Unlimited Referral Bonuses up to $1,000

Duties and Responsibilities

Progressive Care Nurses (PCU) care for patients requiring close monitoring and frequent assessment, but who arent unstable enough to need ICU care. PCU nurses monitor cardiac and other critical vital signs and detect any changes, thereby enabling intervention of life-threatening or emergency situations. Many PCU patients receive complex medications that may require titration based on the patient’s vital signs. The PCU nurse is sometimes also called a step-down nurse and the PCU is also known as cardiac step-down, medical step-down, neuro step-down, surgical step-down and ER holding.

• Monitor and assess patients who aren’t unstable enough to need ICU care.
• Utilize computer equipment to monitor cardiac and other vital information and detect any changes, thereby enabling intervention of life-threatening or emergency situations.

About Agency

MedPro Healthcare Staffing is a Joint Commission certified provider of contract staffing services. Since 1983, we have placed nursing and allied travelers in top healthcare facilities nationwide. Join us today for your very own MedPro Experience.

If qualified and interested, please call 954-740-8789 for immediate consideration.

MedPro Staffing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, disability, marital status or veteran status.

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