PCU RN
Kansas City, Missouri
Saint Luke's Hospital

PCU Registered Nurse

Overview

• Travel/contract role in Kansas City, Missouri
• Day shift: 3x12 hours, 6:45 AM–7:15 PM
• 36 hours per week
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• First-time travelers are not accepted
• Pending license accepted
• Local candidates are not accepted; home address must be at least 75 miles from the facility
• Floating may be required between departments, units, and facilities as needed
• No on-call requirement
• Block scheduling is not available

Required Qualifications

• Valid Missouri RN license
• PCU - Progressive Care Unit (2 years of experience)
• PCU - Progressive Care Unit experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• NIHSS
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing

Relevant Clinical Skills

• Interpretation and management of dysrhythmias
• Rapid response/code team support
• IV starts and maintenance
• PICC line management
• Peripheral line care and management
• Feeding tube care and management
• Continuous bladder irrigation
• Epidural analgesia and PCA
• Surgical drains and chest tubes
• Isolation precautions and PPE
• Wound care and wound vac management

Patient Population

• Bariatric surgery
• Urology cases
• Hepatobiliary surgery
• Colorectal surgery
• Trauma patients
• Patients with necrotizing soft tissue infections requiring serial debridement and wound vac changes

Compliance / Pre-Start Items

• Government-issued ID
• Background check
• Education verification
• Fingerprinting
• State exclusion / sanctions screening
• Drug screening
• Physical exam
• Fit testing
• TB screening
• Tdap documentation or declination
• Flu vaccination or approved exemption during flu season
• Two professional references
• Employment application
• Skills checklist
• Unit-specific competency exam
• Dysrhythmia/EKG competency exam
• Color blind testing
• HIPAA acknowledgement
• Latex allergy questionnaire
• Confidentiality form
• Regulatory compliance education
• Hep B declination
• Hand hygiene policy acknowledgement
• Fingernail policy acknowledgement
• Dress code policy acknowledgement
• Orientation modules for RNs
• Photo for badge
• SSN and DOB confirmation

Notes

• RTO is limited to 7 days
• Guaranteed hours: 3 shifts per 13 weeks
• The role includes a surgical patient mix with frequent drains, catheters, and wound vac care