Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit
Charlotte, NC
Voca Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights

RN – PCU / Resource Team

Shift: 12-hour nights, 7:00 PM–7:00 AM Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours/week Schedule: Every other weekend Call: None Scrub Color: Navy Parking: Free

Facility

• 207 licensed beds
• No trauma designation
• Not a teaching hospital
• Chest Pain Center
• Stroke Center
• EMR: Epic
• IV pumps: Alaris
• Medication dispensing: Omnicell
• Monitors: Philips

Unit

• 10 Med-Surg beds + 10 Progressive Care beds
• Required experience: Minimum 18 months PCU experience
• First-time travelers: Not preferred, but will be considered
• RN ratios:
• Med-Surg: 1:5–6
• PCU: 1:3–4
• CNA ratios vary
• Charge nurse may or may not have patients

Common Patient Population

• Heart failure
• Chest pain
• Rule-out stroke
• Sepsis
• Renal failure
• Respiratory failure
• DKA
• Interventional patients requiring titratable drips

Required Certifications

• BLS
• ACLS
• NIHSS

Required Skills

• General PCU skills
• Stroke experience
• Cardiac rhythm interpretation
• Trach care
• PIV insertion
• Chest tube management
• NGT placement
• Dobhoff, PEG, Hemovac, JP drain and Flexi-Seal management
• Foley insertion/management
• PCA pumps
• Medication drips, including:
• Cardiac drips
• Heparin
• Insulin
• Blood products
• IV fluids

Department Support

• CNA
• Receptionist/HUC
• Phlebotomy for peripheral blood draws
• IV/VAT team: 11 AM–7 PM and 11 PM–7 AM
• Resource nurse as staffing allows
• Respiratory therapy 24/7
• Hospitalist 24/7
• Intensivist:
• In-house until 11 PM Monday–Friday
• In-house until 7 PM Saturday/Sunday
• VCC/on-call intensivist coverage afterward
• Telemetry monitoring/tech support: Not specified

Floating

Floating is required. Traveler must be willing to float to facilities/units within scope of practice and regional needs.

Potential Region 1 facilities include:

• Cabarrus
• University City
• Stanly
• Lake Norman
• Central Division:
• CMC Main
• Mercy
• LCH (peds only)

If floated between facilities mid-shift, the traveler remains on the clock and is paid for travel time.

Orientation & Scheduling

• NEO orientation
• 2 days of departmental orientation
• Schedule cycle: approximately every 6 weeks
• Weekend rotation: every other weekend
• No call
• Travelers expected to work 75% of holidays
• RTO: Up to 6 days may be approved, excluding holidays
• If approved RTO causes the traveler to fall short of contracted hours, additional time may need to be added to the end of the contract

Other Requirement

Radius rule: Traveler's permanent address must be at least 50 miles outside the home unit/facility.