PCU RN Float (ICU and Cardiac Stepdown)
Knoxville, TN
Access Healthcare
4x12 hrs, Nights

Registered Nurse PCU (Night, 4x12)

Overview

• Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Start type: Auto offer with bi-weekly orientations
• Shift: Night, 19:00 to 7:30 (4x12 hours, 48 hours per week)
• Ratio: 1:5, float required
• Float scope: Floats between ICU and PCU/Cardiac Stepdown. Candidates must understand this is a float position.

Schedule

• Manager is open to 3x12 or 4x12 schedules.
• Weekend requirement: every other weekend or 2 weekends per month.
• Travelers requesting time off during any holiday or holiday week will not be accommodated. Holiday RTO requests can be made to the manager after arriving onsite, using the RTO form.
• Holidays covered: Valentine's Day, Local Spring Break, Easter, Mother's Day, Memorial Day, Father's Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Local Fall Break, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's.

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Tennessee
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• 2 years of PCU (Progressive Care Unit) experience, with PCU experience within the last year
• ICU (Intensive Care Unit) experience
• One completed travel assignment
• ACLS (required for PCU, starts on or after 7/1/2024)
• BLS issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross (required for all candidates)
• NIHSS (required for all RN candidates; can be obtained after accepting)

Background and Health Requirements

• Background check: Completed within 45 days of start and updated annually. Must include a 7-year SSN trace with full address history, plus national, sex offender, OIG, SAM, and other listed searches. Instant statewide searches are not accepted.
• Drug testing: Required within 45 days of start. Positive marijuana results are an immediate disqualification.
• Physical exam: Within 12 months of start. Must be signed by an MD, DO, NP, APRN, or PA. Chiropractor clearance is not accepted.
• TB: Negative QGold or skin test within a year of start. T-spots are not accepted. A TB questionnaire is required for all candidates.
• MMR, Varicella, and Hepatitis B: Records are required. Negative titers require a declination or booster.
• Flu vaccine: Required for all new assignments starting 8/24 and later. Working candidates must have a vaccine or an approved exemption on file by 9/30.

Documents and Admin

• Driver's license or state ID (color and current)
• Current state license verification and NURSYS verification, each run within 30 days of start
• Two supervisory references from the past 3 years, completed within 3 years of start
• Employment application with 7 years of work history and no unexplained gaps over 30 days
• Unit-specific skills checklist completed within the past year, with a date stamp
• Badge photo: passport-style with a solid background. Filters and facial piercings are not acceptable.
• Onboarding attestation and job description signed through DocuSign