PCU RN
Olympia, WA
Bestica
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Travel Registered Nurse – Progressive Care Unit (PCU)
📍 Olympia, Washington | 📅 13 Weeks | 🗓️ Start Date: November 17, 2026

Join the nursing team at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, WA, providing specialized care to adult and geriatric patients with complex cardiac and medical conditions.

📌 Assignment Highlights

• Specialty: Progressive Care Unit (PCU)
• Location: Olympia, WA
• Facility: Providence St. Peter Hospital
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Start Date: November 17, 2026
• Shift: Nights, 3×12-hour shifts
• Shift Hours: 7:00 PM–7:30 AM
• Patient Ratio: 1:4 on weekends
• Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
• Floating: Required to similar units within scope
• Charting System: Epic
• Patient Population: Adults and geriatrics
• Travel Experience: Not required
• Pre-Approved Time Off: One request permitted

🩺 Your Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care to patients with complex cardiac and medical conditions.
• Monitor cardiac rhythms and recognize and manage dysrhythmias.
• Administer and manage cardiac drips without titration, following facility protocols.
• Provide care for patients with CHF, TAVR, sepsis, chest pain, syncope, and cardiac arrhythmias.
• Assist with temporary pacemaker management, cardioversion, sheath removal, and groin-site management.
• Perform central-line, PICC-line, peripheral-line, and IV therapy care.
• Support respiratory care, including oxygen administration, BiPAP/CPAP, and high-flow nasal cannula.
• Respond to emergencies and collaborate with rapid response teams.
• Float to similar units as required.

✅ Required Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of nursing experience
• Current BLS certification
• Experience in PCU, cardiac telemetry, and telemetry nursing
• Ability to care for patients with complex cardiac and medical conditions
• Willingness to float to similar units within scope

⭐ Preferred Qualifications

• ACLS certification
• Experience interpreting arterial blood gases (ABGs)
• Tracheostomy care and management
• Feeding-tube care and management
• Procedural sedation administration and monitoring
• Wound care and wound-vac management
• Post-cardiac angiogram and pre/post-cardiac catheterization care
• Pre/post-cardiac surgery and sheath removal
• Hemodialysis management and renal failure care

🏥 Unit & Facility Details

• Unit: Progressive Care Unit
• Unit Capacity: 27 beds
• Daily Census: Approximately 27 patients
• Patient Conditions: CHF, TAVR, sepsis, cardiac arrhythmias, chest pain, syncope, temporary pacemaker management, and other cardiac/medical diagnoses
• Support Services: IV team, respiratory services, physical therapy, phlebotomy, radiology, pharmacy, social services, and rapid response teams
• Orientation: 24 hours

📋 Important Contract Details

• Overtime: After 40 hours per week, according to the contract's overtime multiplier
• COVID-19 Vaccine: Not required
• Flu Vaccine: Facility policy not specified
• Holiday Coverage: Facility-observed holidays may apply.