Float Pool RN – ICU/MedSurg Telemetry/PCU
Prescott, AZ
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Opportunity: Float Pool Nurse (ICU/MedSurg Tele/PCU)

Location: Prescott, Arizona
Facility: Yavapai Regional Medical Center

Unit/Department

• Float Pool covering ICU, MedSurg Tele, and PCU across both East and West campuses
• Includes inpatient holding in the Emergency Department
• East Campus (Campus 2) includes a 10-bed double occupancy unit with ICU and stepdown patients
• West Campus Stepdown has 14 double occupancy rooms, average census 20
• West MedSurg Tele has 95 beds divided into 4 areas
• MedSurg is organized into 10-room pods, double occupancy

Nurse:Patient Ratios

• PCU: 1:4
• MedSurg Tele: 1:5-6

Required Certifications

• BLS (Basic Life Support)
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support)

Patient Population & Common Diagnoses

• Geriatric patients
• Orthopedic patients
• Post-procedural patients from cath lab (groin site care)
• Post MI, post Cardiac Cath patients
• CABG post-op days 3-4

Experience & Skills Required

• Minimum 1 year ICU experience
• Comfortable titrating drips including Heparin, Cardizem, Amiodarone, Nitro, Dopamine, Dobutamine, Insulin
• Ability to interpret cardiac monitor strips (RNs read strips)

Nursing Roles & Support

• Charge nurse present on each unit; does not take patient assignments
• Nurse aides utilized in all settings
• Monitor techs monitor PCU and MedSurg Tele units

Respiratory Therapy Equipment

• CPAP or BiPAP used at night in MedSurg
• BiPAP, CPAP, and Heated High Flow oxygen available in PCU

Scheduling & Shifts

• 12-hour shifts: 7 AM - 7 PM and 7 PM - 7 AM
• Schedule made by float pool scheduler, published 6 weeks in advance for 4 weeks at a time
• Travelers must be flexible; night shift may allow block scheduling
• Weekend requirement: every other weekend
• Holiday coverage included in permanent staff rotation
• Call/standby required on shifts with excessive staff; standby nurses may be called in during their 12-hour shift

Unit Assignment & Communication

• Assignments communicated by text message 2 hours prior to shift start
• Travel time between campuses approximately 20-25 minutes

Dress Code

• Currently solid color professional scrubs
• Transitioning to navy scrubs to align with Dignity Health guidelines starting October

Orientation

• 8-hour general hospital orientation day
• 12-hour shift orientation at West MedSurg Tele and PCU
• East campus orientation similar but smaller and easier to navigate

This position is ideal for experienced ICU nurses comfortable with a variety of critical care settings and flexible scheduling.