What are the responsibilities and job description for the Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $2,568 per week position at St Michael Medical Center?
Certification Details
ACLS
NIHSS
Job Details
Cardiac PCU 5th Floor
Unit : Cardiac PCU (5th Floor)
of beds : 24
Ratios : 1 : 3-4 for PCU level acuity
Common diagnoses / Types of patients : TAVR, Post Caths- TR bands and fem stops, Temporary / transvenous pacemakers, VATS, lobectomies, POD 4-5 CABG, Thoracic- fem pops, etc.
Minimum of 2 years experience in PCU
Charge Nurse / House Supervisor : Yes, charge nurse
Are RNs required to titrate drips? Yes
Common titratable & / or set rate drips : nitroglycerin, heparin, cardizem, nicardipine, amiodarone, insulin, dopamine, esmolol, labetolol, milrinone, argatroban, aggrostat
Hospitalist or Intensivist in house : MD availability should be hospitalist not intensivist
RT in ICU 24 / 7 : RT dedicated to unit
Is there tele on this unit? Monitor Techs? RNs read strips? Yes. Offsite central monitoring. Nurses are required to watch the monitors and measure and interpret their own strips.
Job Requirements
BLS & ACLS required
NIHSS, CRRN, PCCN preferred not required
Experience : Minimum of 2 years experience in PCU
Are RNs required to titrate drips? Yes
Schedule Information
Shifts : 07-1930, 1900-0730
6 weeks at a time
Self scheduling, balanced then reviewed by the manager
Weekend Requirement : EOW weekend at minimum, Sat, Sun, Mon have high needs
Holiday Requirement : at least 1 major holiday during the holiday season
Is there a call or standby requirement? No
Floating Requirements : Within Skill set, traveler may float to 4th floor but take a PCU load
Unit Specific Information
Scrub Color / Dress Code : Any professional color scrubs
Unit / Department specific orientation : Can test out of Epic if experienced within the last year. (EPIC experience preferred). 8 hour Epic class in Tacoma in a centralized education department along with an 8 hour onboarding and education day, tours etc and then 1 Shift with a preceptor.
Additional Details
Region III : Primary to St. Michael Medical Center but if needed, travelers will be required to float throughout Region Three : St Anthony Hospital – Gig Harbor, WA; St. Michael Medical Center – Silverdale, WA.
Additional $20 / hr when floated within Region III that’s not the primary facility.
Medical Solutions auto deducts the 1.75 WA state tax - you are able to re-add that back in.
Looking for candidate with a flexible, team player mentality.
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