PCU RN
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital

PCU Registered Nurse

Overview

• Travel/contract role in Columbus, Ohio
• 16-week assignment
• Day or night 12-hour shifts; rotating schedules may include days, nights, or both depending on department needs
• 36 hours per week

Unit Details

• Medical oncology progressive care unit with some med-surg patients
• High-acuity PCU setting with oncology telemetry
• Pediatric patients are extremely rare and pediatric experience is not required
• May be required to float to units of equivalent or lower acuity

Required Qualifications

• 2 years of acute care nursing experience
• 1 year of PCU experience
• High-acuity PCU patient experience
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS)
• ACLS
• NIH Stroke Certification
• Graduate of an accredited nursing program
• Ohio RN license
• Previous travel experience preferred

Required Skills

• Dysrhythmia interpretation
• Rapid response team use
• Feeding tube care and management
• Port access
• Blood product administration
• Central line care and management
• Peripheral line care and management
• PICC line management
• Starting IVs
• Heparin protocols
• Cardiac drip management
• PCA
• Titration of cardiac drips
• Chest tube management
• External CPAP/BIPAP
• High-flow nasal cannula
• ABG interpretation
• Nasal cannula
• Tracheostomy management

Preferred Skills

• Dysrhythmia management
• IV insulin protocols
• Insulin drip titration
• Phlebotomy
• Chemotherapy administration
• Chemotherapy monitoring
• Wound care and wound vac
• Arterial line management
• Surgical drains
• Non-invasive airway management

Work Conditions

• Staffing ratios: 1:3 in PCU and 1:4-5 in med-surg telemetry
• Weekend shifts are variable

Additional Candidate Requirements

• Emergency contact form
• 2 professional references, including at least 1 from a manager/director or other formal leader
• Employment application
• Skills checklist
• Unit-specific competency exam
• Dysrhythmia/EKG competency exam within 1 year of start and annually thereafter
• Medication test/pharmacology competency exam
• Orientation safety manual acknowledgement
• Annual ethics and compliance policy acknowledgement
• Fraud, waste, and abuse training certificate
• Confidential fraud, waste, abuse, and compliance reporting form
• Annual TB questionnaire
• Seasonal flu vaccination or declination during flu season
• Drug screen within 3 months of start
• Physical exam within 1 year of start
• Tdap
• Negative TB test or chest x-ray
• Measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, and hepatitis B immunity or vaccination documentation
• Ohio BCI/FBI fingerprinting and related background review requirements