PCU RN
Springfield, IL
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

PCU Registered Nurse

Job Overview

• Location: Springfield, Illinois
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Shift: Days, 3x12 or 4x12; every other weekend
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Setting: Acute care hospital, Level I trauma center, Magnet hospital
• Bed size: 562 beds

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Illinois
• PCU - Progressive Care Unit (1 year of experience)
• PCU - Progressive Care Unit experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• NIHSS
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Interpretation of dysrhythmias
• Management of dysrhythmias
• Use of Rapid Response Teams
• Post Cardiac Angiogram care
• Post MI care
• Pre/Post Cardiac Catheterization care
• Pre/Post Cardiac Surgery care
• Sheath Removal
• TR Band management
• Feeding tube care and management

Preferred Qualifications

• ACLS certification
• Cerner experience
• Teaching hospital experience
• Level I trauma experience

Relevant Clinical Experience

• Cardiac monitoring and dysrhythmia interpretation/management
• Post-cardiac angiogram, post-MI, pre/post cardiac cath, pre/post cardiac surgery
• Sheath removal and TR band care
• Feeding tube care and management
• Pre/post hemodialysis management and renal failure care
• IV therapy and phlebotomy, including ports, arterial lines, central lines, PICC lines, and starting IVs
• Medication management involving heparin, cardiac drips, vasoactive drips, PCA, and procedural sedation
• Neurological care including craniotomy, CVA, pre/post neurosurgery, spinal cord injury, and traumatic brain injury
• Orthopedic care including ortho trauma, peripheral nerve block catheters, and total joint replacements
• Plastic surgery care including skin grafts and surgical drains
• Respiratory care including ventilated patients, chest tubes, CPAP/BIPAP, HFNC, ABGs, oxygen delivery devices, non-invasive airway management, and tracheostomy management
• Isolation precautions and wound care/wound vac

Additional Notes

• First-time travelers are not accepted
• Locals are accepted
• On-call is not required
• Parking permit required, no cost