Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit
Lee Summit, MO
TLC Nursing
3x12 hrs, Days

PCU Registered Nurse

Ratios: 1:5

Years of experience REQ: 2 Years’ Experience

First-timers accepted: (Y/N) Yes

Holiday shifts and Charge RN assignments as needed per unit.

Weekend REQ: 8 weekend shifts in Saint Luke’s 6-week schedule period, combination of F/S/S.

Will clinician float within scope to meet facility needs? **YES, regular floating may be required between departments, units and facilities as needed.

Certs REQ: BLS, NIHSS, ACLS preferred.

Skills REQ: Work Settings: MS/Tele, Telemetry, Cardiac Telemetry. Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency response: Interpretation of dysrhythmias, Management of dysrhythmias’ Telemetry -on the unit monitoring, Use of Rapid Response Teams. Gastrointestinal: Feeding tube care and management. Genitourinary/Renal: Pre/Post Hemodialysis Management, Renal failure. IV therapy/Phlebotomy: Blood Product Administration, Central line care/management, Peripheral Line Care/Management, PICC line management, Starting IVs. MEDICATIONS: Heparin Protocols, Manage Cardiac drips- no titration. Neurological/Psychiatric: CVA, Pre/Post neurosurgery. Plastics: Surgical drains. Respiratory: High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC), Interpretation of ABGs, Nasal Cannula, Oxygen face masks, Non-invasive airway management. Professional Topics and Skills: Isolation Precautions, Wound Care/Wound Vac. 
LTAC Experience Required.

Skills Preferred: Work Settings: ER Holding, Neuro Stepdown, PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown. IV therapy/Phlebotomy: Accessing Ports. MEDICATIONS: Manage Vasoactive drips-no titration, PCA. Neurological/Psychiatric: Traumatic Brain injury. Orthopedics: Ortho trauma, Total Joint Replacements. Respiratory: Chest tubes-Emerson/Pleur-evac, External CPAP/BIPAP, Tracheostomy Management.

Is on-call REQ? (Y/N) What is the req? No

Open to accommodating block schedule? (Y/N) No

Locals accepted: (Y/N) What is the local radius rule? No, home address must be at least 75 miles from the facility

Pending License accepted: (Y/N) No

RTO Restrictions: No more than 7 days

Guaranteed Hours: 3 shifts per 13 weeks. The cancelled shifts must be the regular shift length to which the Contractor Personnel is assigned

Special Requirements: Wide variety: Intermediate level of care, stroke, heart failure, SI, ETOH w/d; respiratory failure, pneumonia, GIB, syncope, TIA, falls, COVID, Flu, Cdiff; CBI; post surgical patients needing higher level of care monitoring; renal failure
cardiac gtts, heparin

Charting System: EPIC

Daily Census: 30

Number of Rooms: 30

Profession:
Registered Nurse

Specialty:
PCU

Unit:
610060 - SLELS Med Surg: PCU

Shift:
Day 3x12-Hour (06:45 - 19:15)

Block Schedules:
No