MS/Tele/PCU Float Pool RN
Prescott, Arizona
Yavapai Regional Medical Center-West Campus

MS/Tele/PCU Float Pool RN

Overview

• Registered Nurse role in a float pool covering PCU, Tele, and Med Surg.
• Location: Prescott, Arizona.
• Contract length: 13 weeks.
• Shift: Nights, 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week.

Unit / Setting

• Float Pool
• Includes MedSurg Tele and PCU across both campuses, including inpatients holding in the ED.
• West med tele is 95 beds, divided into 4 areas.
• MedSurg is broken down into 10-room pods, double occupancy.
• East Campus NextCare has 10 beds with double occupancy and ICU/stepdown patients.
• West campus Stepdown has 14 rooms, double occupancy.

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Arizona
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• BLS
• ACLS
• Experience in an Acute Care setting
• Med Surg / Telemetry experience
• Telemetry PCU - Progressive Care Unit (2 years of experience)
• Telemetry PCU - Progressive Care Unit experience within the last year
• Must be able to interpret strips.
• Must be comfortable managing the majority of these drips: Heparin, Cardizem, Amiodarone, Nitro, Dopamine, Dobutamine, Insulin.
• Must take and pass a dysrhythmia exam within two attempts prior to signing contract.
• Must not have been full time, part time, or PRN with any facility associated with CommonSpirit, including CHI and/or Dignity, within the past year.
• Radius rule: candidates must be within 50 miles.

Preferred

• None stated.

Schedule / Staffing

• Schedule is published 6 weeks out for 4 weeks at a time.
• Travelers need to be flexible.
• Night shift will try to accommodate block scheduling.
• Every other weekend.
• Holidays are included in the perm staff rotation.
• No call or standby requirement.
• Nurses are notified 2 hours before shift start by text message from the staffing office.
• Charge nurse does not take assignments.
• Nurse aides are used in all settings.

Clinical / Equipment Notes

• Common patient types include geriatric, ortho, post-procedural, post MI, post cardiac cath, and CABG post-op day 3-4.
• Respiratory support includes CPAP, BiPAP, and heated high flow in PCU; CPAP or BiPAP at night in MedSurg.
• Tele monitoring is on the unit, with monitor techs for PCU and MedSurg Tele.

Orientation

• 8-hour general hospital orientation.
• 12-hour shift at West MedTele.
• 12-hour shift at PCU at West.
• East campus orientation is similar and smaller/easier to navigate.