PCU RN
Dayton, OH
Access Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights

Registered Nurse - PCU

Location: Dayton, Ohio Employment type: Travel/Contract Contract length: 13 or 18 weeks (winter assignment) Shift: Night, 3x12 hours (19:00-7:00), 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week

Unit and Patient Population

• Unit specializes in patients with burn injuries, muscle flaps, and head and neck surgeries.
• Patients are both ICU and Advanced Care level.
• Travel nurses are used in the critical care population.
• Wound nurses complete the extensive burn wound dressings. Agency nurses will not be asked to do burn dressings.
• Unit may use a team nursing model, where RNs, LPNs, and PCTs partner to care for a group of patients. Nurses may work in team or primary nursing depending on unit needs.

Schedule and Assignment Expectations

• Must be able to work every other weekend and holiday, at minimum.
• Traveler will be first to float, at the facility's discretion. Agency nurses float in and out of specialty clusters and are assigned a medically appropriate assignment or support the nursing team of the unit floated to.
• If assigned to the main hospital, may float to the main campus, the south campus (less than 10 miles from main campus), and the north campus (less than 15 miles from main campus).
• Two shifts may be cancelled due to low census per 13-week contract.
• Agreement may be cancelled with 2 weeks' notice without fee or fine.

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Ohio
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• PCU (Progressive Care Unit) experience of 1 year, with experience within the last year
• ICU (Intensive Care Unit) experience
• Telemetry experience
• Experience with mechanical ventilation
• IV insertion skills
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) certification issued by the American Heart Association or RQI
• BLS (Basic Life Support) certification issued by the American Heart Association or RQI
• Experience with Epic