PCU RN
Kansas City, MO
Access Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights

PCU Registered Nurse

Location

• Kansas City, Missouri

Job type

• Travel/Contract
• Night shift, 3x12 hours
• 36 hours per week

Schedule and assignment details

• 13-week contract
• Weekend requirement: 8 weekend shifts in each 6-week schedule period
• Floating may be required between departments, units, and facilities
• Local candidates are not accepted; home address must be at least 75 miles from the facility
• No on-call requirement
• Block scheduling is not available
• RTO limit: no more than 7 days
• Guaranteed hours: 3 shifts per 13 weeks

Required qualifications

• Valid RN license in Missouri
• PCU - Progressive Care Unit (2 years of experience)
• PCU - Progressive Care Unit experience within the last year
• BLS - Basic Life Support issued by American Heart Association
• NIHSS
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Strong ventilator experience

Clinical focus

• PCU / stepdown
• MS/Tele and telemetry monitoring
• Ventilated trach patients
• COPD and other pulmonary patients
• High-acuity respiratory care
• Endobronchial valves and ventilators

Key skills

• Dysrhythmia interpretation and management
• Cardiac monitoring
• Feeding tube care and management
• Pre/post hemodialysis management
• Blood product administration
• Central line, PICC, peripheral line, and port access care
• IV starts
• Heparin protocols
• Cardiac drips
• PCA
• CVA and traumatic brain injury care
• Ventilated patient care
• Chest tube management
• CPAP/BiPAP and high-flow nasal cannula
• ABG interpretation
• Tracheostomy management
• Isolation precautions

Additional notes

• First-time travelers are accepted
• Scrub color: navy
• Parking is free