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

MS/Tele/PCU Float Pool RN

Location: Prescott, Arizona Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Nights, 12-hour shifts (7a-7p), 36 hours/week

Required Qualifications

• Current state RN license
• ACLS and BLS certifications
• 2 years of experience in med/tele and 1 year in PCU (at least 1 year in PCU setting)
• Must pass the dysrhythmia exam within two attempts before signing the contract, scoring at least 80%
• Must be able to interpret cardiac strips and manage the majority of titratable drips: Heparin, Cardizem, Amiodarone, Nitro, Dopamine, Dobutamine, Insulin
• Radius rule: must live within 50 miles, and candidates may not have worked full time, part time, or PRN with any affiliated facility within the past year

Float Scope and Units

• Float between PCU, Tele, and Med Surg across both campuses, including inpatients holding in the ED
• East Campus (Campus 2): 10-bed double-occupancy unit with ICU and stepdown patients
• West Campus: Stepdown (14 rooms, double occupancy, average census 20), West Med Tele (95 beds in 4 areas), and Med Surg (10-room double-occupancy pods)
• Campuses are about 20-25 minutes apart

Patient Population and Clinical Context

• Nurse-to-patient ratios: PCU 1:4; Med Surg Tele 1:5-6
• Common patients: geriatric, orthopedic, post-procedural (cath lab, groin site care in stepdown), post-MI, post-cardiac cath, CABG post-op day 3-4
• Respiratory equipment: CPAP or BiPAP at night in Med Surg; BiPAP, CPAP, and heated high-flow in PCU
• Monitor techs monitor PCU and Med Surg Tele; stepdown has monitors on the unit

Staffing and Schedule

• Nurse aides used in all settings
• Charge nurse does not take assignments
• Schedule published 6 weeks out, for 4 weeks at a time; the float pool scheduler creates the schedule; travelers must be flexible
• Weekends: every other weekend
• Holidays: travelers included in permanent staff rotation
• No call or standby requirement
• Shift assignments sent by text message 2 hours before shift start

Orientation and Dress Code

• 8-hour general hospital orientation, plus 12-hour unit orientation shifts on West Med Tele and PCU
• Scrubs: solid-color professional scrubs; navy scrubs planned for a future date