PCU Float RN
Salem, OR
Access Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Days

RN, PCU Float

Location: Salem, Oregon Employment type: Travel/Contract Contract length: 13 weeks Start: ASAP

Role Overview

• Position: MS/Tele RN, Float Pool (MS/Tele/Stepdown/IMC units)
• Specialty: Registered Nurse, PCU
• Shift: Day, 12-hour shifts, 0700-1930
• Hours: 36 hours per week
• Ratios: RN 1:4-6; CNA 1:6-13 on days and 1:10-13 on nights
• Float scope: Clinician will float if needed, including to another facility in the system in Dallas, Oregon. Floating is part of the role requirements.
• Float pool coverage: Adult inpatient units, including the ED, ICU, inpatient rehabilitation, and vascular access
• Weekends: Every other weekend (source notes "not GTE")
• Block schedule: Not accommodated
• Guaranteed hours: 36 hours per week under the 8, 10, and 12 hour rules
• Client cancellations: Up to 3 shifts on a 13-week assignment (1 per 4 weeks, 2 per 8 weeks)
• Time off: Any time off over 10 days needs approval

Facility Highlights

• Short-term acute care
• Magnet, teaching, Level II Trauma Center
• 569 staffed beds
• Scrub color: Royal Blue
• Free employee parking

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Oregon
• PCU (Progressive Care Unit) experience of 1 year, with experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) issued by the American Heart Association
• BLS (Basic Life Support) issued by the American Heart Association or RQI
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Experience working with cardiac patients
• Experience with cardiac drips
• Experience with the care and management of invasive lines
• Non-invasive airway management
• Telemetry experience
• Med Surg experience
• Experience with Epic

Health Requirements

• Physical within 1 year of start (may start with physical pending)
• Tdap vaccine or facility declination
• TB: 2 negative PPDs or TSpot/QuantiFERON within 1 year of start; a past positive requires proof, a chest X-ray within 1 year, and a TB questionnaire
• Rubeola, mumps, rubella, and varicella: antibody IgG titer or 2 vaccines (boosters may be required for negative or equivocal titers)
• Hepatitis B: titer, 3-dose series, or declination
• 10-panel drug test within 90 days of start, rerun for gaps over 90 days; must list "Opiates"
• Flu vaccine or signed declination, year round
• Onsite fit testing through Employee Health within the first week (no appointment needed)

Onboarding Logistics

• Badge photo: due ASAP and at least 8 days before start; white background, sent as JPEG
• Facility modules: must be completed by the due date; additional modules apply for med tele, ED, and surgical services
• Facility dress code and scrub color information provided
• Facility job description must be signed before start