ICU RN
Prescott Valley, Arizona
Yavapai Regional Medical Center-East Campus

ICU/PCU RN (Registered Nurse)

Location: Prescott Valley, Arizona Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Days Hours: 12-hour shifts (0700/1900 – 1930/0730), 36 hours per week

Unit

• Unit: Multi Care Unit (MCU), 10 beds, combined acuity (ICU, PCU, and MST). Patients are cared for within one unit at all three acuities, not floated between units.
• Charge RN coverage: Manages 50 inpatient beds that include MST, Pediatrics, and the MCU.
• Common diagnoses: Medical ICU patients include sepsis, suicide attempts, drug or alcohol withdrawal, COPD, respiratory arrest, pneumonia, COVID, DKA, and abnormal blood pressure or heart rate, as well as post-op complications. PCU patients include those on non-titratable infusions to maintain heart rate or blood pressure.

Required Qualifications

• ACLS and BLS certifications
• At least 2 years of ICU experience. One year of ICU and one year of PCU or med-surg experience is accepted if the candidate has worked in larger facilities, along with strong skills.
• Must take and pass a dysrhythmia exam within two attempts before signing the contract, with a score of 80% or higher. Failing in two attempts results in DNU status for 6 months.
• RNs must take a 12-lead EKG.

Clinical Responsibilities

• RNs titrate drips. Common titratable or set-rate drips include sedation, vasopressors, and insulin.
• RT supports ventilators, BiPAP, and CPAP.
• Telemetry is used on this unit. Remote monitor techs cover PCU and MST patients. ICU patients are monitored by the RN using a bedside cardiac monitor.

Staffing Ratios

• ICU 1:2, PCU 1:4, MST 1:5–6
• 1:3 primary care if no nurse aide is available
• Nurse aides take 10–15 patients. If there is no nurse aide, the RN takes 3 patients and provides primary care to PCU and MST patients.

Schedule

• Every other weekend: Friday and Saturday for nights, Saturday and Sunday for days
• Holiday rotation to distribute holidays fairly
• Staff rotate standby shifts during low census

Floating

• Float to the MST and Pediatric unit to care for adult MST patients.
• Float to another campus in Prescott to care for ICU and PCU patients, to maintain competency across all ICU/PCU patient types. Full med-surg team assignment at a 1:5 ratio.
• Can go to Pediatrics to take an adult assignment.
• Two hours' notice is given before floating to the other campus's ICU or PCU.

Restrictions

• 50-mile radius rule. Candidates may not have been full time, part time, or PRN with any facility in the same health system, including CHI and Dignity, within the past year.
• Cannot have worked permanently at another facility in the same health system within the last 12 months.

Hiring Process

• Profile review and manager interview

Other Information

• Scrub color: any color except camouflage
• Orientation: hospital orientation and unit orientation (scheduled based on weekend rotation, days, and first to float)