Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $2,133 per week

HealthTrust Workforce Solutions; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Referral bonus

Continuing Education

Life insurance

Job summary

HealthTrust Workforce Solutions HCA is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The PCU unit supports 29 beds with a heavy cardiac patient population and telemetry; travel RNs will work 12-hour night shifts, 36 hours per week, for 13 weeks with block scheduling opportunities.

Requirements include 1 year of PCU experience, BLS/ACLS certifications, and the ability to float per policy.

Qualifications

• 1 year recent PCU hospital experience
• Cardiac/telemetry experience
• PCU/CCU and/or critical care exposure
• ACLS and BLS required

Responsibilities

• Provide patient care in the PCU for cardiac and surgical patients
• Monitor patient vitals, administer medications and titrate as needed
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team and support staff
• Adhere to unit policies and scheduling requirements including self-scheduling and block scheduling

Skills

Telemetry

Cardiac care

PCU experience

EKG

IV insertion

Foley management

CVC management

Chest tube

Tracheostomy

Early mobility

Job description

HealthTrust Workforce Solutions HCA is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Job Description & Requirements

HealthTrust Workforce Solutions HCA is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

• Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Unit Specifics

Number of Beds: 29

Patient Ratios: 4:1

Unit staffing description- (unit secretaries and tech availability) : Dayshift unit secretary and 2-3 PCTs depending on census. Nightshift has 2-3 PCTs depending on census.

Type of equipment: Welch Allyn dynamaps, Phillips telemetry, Phillips MP2, Pyxis, Alaris pumps, Hill-Rom beds, iMobile devices, MobiLab

Documentation system: Meditech

Scheduling requirements: 3 weekend shifts per 4-week schedule. Self-scheduling (within reason to allow balanced staffing). May request days off as needed prior to schedule closing. Schedule will be finalized 2 weeks in advance. Can accommodate block scheduling for night shift.

Floating policy: Travel RNs float first. We rotate floating, and the oldest float date will float first.

Patient Experience requirements: We have a heavy cardiac patient population, and the CV surgery patients come to PCU when they leave our ICU. We perform Q6H head-to-toe assessments and chart each one fully. We do the usual PCU gtts – Dopamine, Dobutrex, Nitro, Heparin, Cardizem, Lidocaine, Milrinone, Amiodarone, Cardene, Labetolol, Insulin, and we also titrate Precedex.

Hospital Specifics

Certifications: BLS and ACLS required.

Requested Skill Set: Cardiac/telemetry experience, and PCU and/or critical care experience

The PCU delivers highly individualized care to medical, cardiac, and surgical complex patients requiring intermediate care such as: Sepsis, stroke, myocardial infarction, angina, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, tachycardia, heart blocks, post cardiac catheterization, AKI, CKD, diabetes mellitus with ketoacidosis, CVA, acute and chronic respiratory failure, GI bleed, pneumonia, post-operative day one coronary artery bypass grafting, post-operative day one aortic valve surgery, post thoracic surgery, post neurosurgery, as well as other complex patients.

Must have

1 year recent PCU hospital experience

Advanced skills needed

IV insertion, chest tube management, DHT insertion/management, tracheostomy experience, CVC management, EKG, Foley management, early patient mobility

Procedures performed on unit

Foley placement, IV insertion, wound vac management, DKA management, EKGs, DHT/NG placement, patient ambulation, ADLs

Certifications Required

BLS and ACLS

Application and testing from agency required to be submitted.

Will accept 48 hour contracts. Multiple openings available/ travel pairs welcome!

TRAVEL - RN - PCU -COST CENTER - 613 - 7:00PM - 7:00AM (1015143)

About HealthTrust Workforce Solutions HCA

At HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, healthcare is not just about the four walls of a facility but about the people who provide and receive care. Our focus is on empowering healthcare professionals to deliver exceptional patient experiences by providing them with the necessary skills, tools, and support. We partner with healthcare facilities nationwide to ensure that the right professionals are in the right roles. We prioritize our clinicians by giving them a voice and access to opportunities to fulfill their mission of improving lives by providing quality patient care.

We are committed to our core values of Trust, Innovation, Adaptability, Courage, and Accountability. We are dedicated to positively impacting the healthcare industry by providing first-priority access to more than 200,000 jobs nationwide to our healthcare professionals. Join us and be part of the HealthTrust family, where you can make a difference every day.

We embrace our changing environment, and we maintain a culture that has a rich tradition of transforming itself to meet the challenges of the future.

MISSION STATEMENT

While putting great people in the right roles is essential, our mission is far greater. We want our clinicians to be part of the HealthTrust family, where healthcare professionals have a voice and are empowered with the right tools and opportunities to fulfill their personal mission of improving lives. Plus, as a preferred partner to thousands of top-performing hospitals, we provide our healthcare professionals with first-priority access to more than 200,000 jobs nationwide.

Benefits

• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Referral bonus
• Continuing Education
• Life insurance