Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $2,250 per week

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

Job Description & Requirements

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

Hospital:  Trident Medical Center

Location: Charleston SC

Address:9330 Medical Plaza Drive

Unit: PCU 

Unit Specifics:

• Number of Beds :27
• Patient Ratios: 1:5
• Unit staffing description- (unit secretaries and tech availability) :2-3 PCTs and 1 unit secretary
• Type of equipment :
• Documentation system: Meditech
• Scheduling requirements: 3-12 hours shifts with EOW or 4 weekend shifts per schedule
• Floating policy: Float to ICU to care for downgrades and ER Holding for patients waiting on beds
• Patient Experience requirements: Bedside shift report is our method of patient hand off

Must have : 

• 1-2 years minimum experience
• ACLS, BLS, NIHSS
• Ability to care for 4-5 PCU patients/ post cardiac procedures to include: PCI, PPM, ICD Ablations, CABG, TAVRS 
• Ability to care for patients with Traches, Chest Tubes, titrating drips, CIWA, and strokes
• Proficient in reading telemetry strips
• Time management to include plans of care every shift, collaboration with physicians and ancillary departments
• Discharge planning and patient education

Advanced skills needed:

• Phlebotomy
• Nurses administer breathing treatments outside of the ICU (Respiratory treatments: inhalers and nebulizers)
• Foley Catheter care and maintenance (with nurse driven protocols for removal)
• Telemetry Post ICU Patients

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