MS/Tele/PCU Float Pool RN
Prescott, AZ
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

MS/Tele/PCU Float Pool RN

Overview

• RN role in a float pool covering PCU, Tele, and Med Surg.
• Location: Prescott, Arizona.
• Contract length: 13 weeks.
• Shift: Nights, 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week.

Unit / Department

• Float Pool
• Includes MedSurg Tele and PCU across both campuses, including inpatients holding in the ED.
• East Campus NextCare: 10-bed double occupancy unit with ICU and stepdown patients.
• West campus Stepdown: 14 rooms, double occupancy.
• West Med Tele: 95 beds, divided into 4 areas.
• MedSurg: 10-room pods, double occupancy.

Required Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in med/tele.
• 1 year of experience in PCU.
• Current state license.
• BLS certification.
• ACLS certification.
• Must be able to interpret strips.
• Must be comfortable managing titratable drips.
• Must pass a dysrhythmia exam within two attempts prior to signing the contract.

Preferred / Scheduling Notes

• Travelers need to be flexible.
• Night shift will try to accommodate block scheduling.
• Schedule is published 6 weeks out for 4 weeks at a time.
• Weekend requirement: every other weekend.
• Holiday rotation with permanent staff.
• No call or standby requirement.

Clinical Setting / Patient Mix

• Geriatric patients.
• Ortho patients.
• Post-procedural patients from a strong cath lab program.
• Post MI.
• Post Cardiac Cath.
• CABG post-op day 3-4.

Unit Operations

• Charge nurse does not take assignments.
• Nurse aides are used in all settings.
• Monitor techs monitor PCU and MedSurg Tele.
• RNs read strips.
• Common drips include Heparin, Cardizem, Amiodarone, Nitro, Dopamine, Dobutamine, and Insulin.
• RT support includes CPAP, BiPAP, and heated high flow in PCU; CPAP or BiPAP at night in MedSurg.

Orientation

• 8-hour general hospital orientation.
• 12-hour shift at West MedTele.
• 12-hour shift at PCU at West.

Additional Notes

• Radius rule: 50 miles.
• Candidates may not be full time, part time, or PRN with any facility associated with CommonSpirit, including CHI and/or Dignity, within the past year.
• First to float.