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Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) – PCU Cardiac/Intermediate Care (Stepdown) | Day Shift
Location: Yuma, AZ, 85364
Job Type: Contract | 36 hours/week
Shift: Day Shift | 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM (12-hour shifts)
Contract Duration: 13 weeks (with possible extension)
Responsibilities:
- Provide direct patient care in a Stepdown/PCU setting with a cardiac focus.
- Manage and titrate critical drips including Amiodarone, Cardizem, Dobutamine, Dopamine, Heparin, Nitro, and Insulin.
- Monitor and interpret cardiac rhythms; tele experience required (dedicated monitor tech available).
- Care for a variety of patients including those with CHF, NSTEMI, MI, heart block, pacemakers, TAVR, CABG (day 2), and post-cath procedures.
- Manage general PCU overflow including respiratory failure, sepsis, post-surgical cases, and more.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure quality patient care.
- Participate in floating to ICU (within patient population) and Med-Surg units as needed.
- Follow hospital protocols for trauma level 2 care.
Requirements:
- License: Active RN license (License to submit required)
- Experience: Minimum of 2 years in PCU/Stepdown/Telemetry nursing
- BLS (AHA or APEX) – Required
- ACLS (AHA or APEX) – Required
- NIHSS (AHA or APEX) – Required
- Charting System: Experience with EPIC preferred
- Driver’s license required; must live 100 miles from Yuma, AZ 85364.
Job Type: Contract
Pay: $2,298.00 - $2,888.00 per week
Physical Setting:
- Acute care
- Hospital
- Inpatient
- Level II trauma center
- PCU
Work Location: In person
Salary : $2,298 - $2,888