PCU Float RN
Prescott, Arizona
Yavapai Regional Medical Center-West Campus

RN – MS/Tele/PCU Float Pool

Overview

• Location: Prescott, Arizona
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Days, 12-hour shifts (7a-7p), 36 hours per week
• Purpose: Hospital needs RNs to float between PCU, Tele, and Med Surg.

Required Qualifications

• Current state license (Arizona)
• ACLS and BLS certifications
• 2 years of med/tele experience
• At least 1 year in a PCU setting
• Comfort managing the majority of titratable drips (Heparin, Cardizem, Amiodarone, Nitro, Dopamine, Dobutamine, Insulin). RNs are required to titrate drips.
• Must pass a dysrhythmia exam with a score of 80% within two attempts before signing the contract
• Must be able to interpret cardiac strips
• Radius rule: must live or work outside 50 miles of the facility and must not have worked full time, part time, or PRN with any affiliated facility in the past year

Units and Patient Profile

• Units covered: MedSurg, Tele, and PCU across both campuses, including inpatients holding in the ED
• Ratios: PCU 1:4; MedSurg Tele 1:5-6
• Unit details:

  • East campus unit: 10 beds, double occupancy, ICU and stepdown patients
  • West campus Stepdown: 14 rooms, double occupancy, average census of 20
  • West Med Tele: 95 beds in 4 areas
  • MedSurg: 10-room pods, double occupancy
• Common patients: Geriatric and orthopedic patients, post-procedural cath lab patients (including groin site care in stepdown), post-MI patients, and CABG patients on post-op day 3-4
• Monitoring: Stepdown has monitors on the unit. Monitor techs watch PCU and MedSurg Tele.
• Respiratory equipment: CPAP or BiPAP at night in MedSurg; BiPAP, CPAP, and heated high flow in PCU
• Support staff: Nurse aides are used in all settings. Each unit has a charge nurse who does not take assignments.

Schedule and Logistics

• Schedule: Published 6 weeks out, for 4-week blocks. Travelers must be flexible. Night shift will try to accommodate block scheduling. The float pool scheduler makes the schedule.
• Weekends: Every other weekend
• Holidays: Travelers are included in the permanent staff holiday rotation
• Call/standby: None
• Assignment notice: Notified by text message from the staffing office 2 hours before shift start
• Travel between campuses: About 20-25 minutes
• Dress code: Solid-color professional scrubs currently; navy scrubs expected in October

Orientation and Application

• Orientation: 8-hour general hospital orientation, plus a 12-hour shift each at West MedTele and West PCU. The East campus is similar and smaller.
• Application process: Prescreen and manager review