PCU RN
Wichita, KS
3B Healthcare Inc.
4x12 hrs, Nights
Relocation Bonus

RN – PCU | Roles & Responsibilities

Department: Progressive Care Unit (PCU)
Shift: 19:00–07:30 (7:00 PM–7:30 AM)
Job Type: Long-Term Assignment
Experience Required: 2 years

Responsibilities:

• Provide direct nursing care to patients requiring progressive/step-down level monitoring and treatment.
• Perform comprehensive patient assessments and monitor vital signs, cardiac rhythms, oxygen saturation, and other clinical parameters.
• Recognize changes in patient condition and promptly notify the provider and appropriate clinical team.
• Administer medications, IV therapies, and treatments safely and accurately according to orders and facility protocols.
• Monitor patients with complex medical conditions and respond appropriately to changes in status.
• Manage and monitor IV lines, central lines, drains, and other patient-care equipment as applicable.
• Collaborate with physicians, respiratory therapists, nursing assistants, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate individualized patient care plans.
• Provide patient and family education regarding medications, treatments, disease management, and discharge instructions.
• Accurately document assessments, interventions, medications, and patient responses in the electronic medical record.

Preferred/Required Skills:

• Minimum 2 years of recent RN experience, preferably in PCU, step-down, telemetry, ICU, or acute-care settings.
• Strong assessment, critical-thinking, communication, and time-management skills.
• Ability to care for multiple medically complex patients in a fast-paced environment.