PCU RN
Kansas City, Missouri
Saint Luke's Hospital

Registered Nurse - PCU

Location: Kansas City, Missouri Facility type: Tertiary care hospital, teaching, Level 1 Trauma, 5-time Magnet Aware winner Total staffed beds: 456 Scrub color: Navy Free parking

Assignment Details

• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Night (3x12 hours), 18:45-07:15
• Hours: 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week
• Ratio: 1:5, with occasional flex to 1:6. Travelers are expected to take the extra patients when the ratio flexes.
• Guaranteed hours: 3 shifts per 13 weeks. Cancelled shifts must be the regular shift length the contractor is assigned.
• Weekends: 8 weekend shifts in the 6-week schedule period, a combination of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
• Holidays and charge RN: Holiday shifts and charge RN assignments as needed per unit
• Floating: Regular floating between departments, units, and facilities as needed
• On-call: Not required
• Block schedule: Not accommodated
• RTO restrictions: No more than 7 days
• Local candidates: Accepted if they reside within 75 miles of the facility

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Missouri
• PCU (Progressive Care Unit) experience for 2 years
• PCU (Progressive Care Unit) experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• BLS certification issued by the American Heart Association
• NIHSS certification
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Experience working with cardiac patients
• Experience working with neuro patients
• IV insulin protocols
• Blood product administration
• Experience with the care and management of invasive lines
• IV insertion skills
• Heparin protocols
• PCA (patient-controlled analgesia)
• Chest tube management (Emerson/Pleur-evac)
• Non-invasive airway management

Patient Population

Medical diagnoses related to pulmonary, wounds, urology, general cardiac, general neuro, and general renal.

Skills Required

• Work settings: MS/Telemetry
• Cardiac monitoring and emergency response: Interpretation of dysrhythmias, telemetry monitoring on the unit
• Endocrine/metabolic: IV insulin protocols
• IV therapy/phlebotomy: Blood product administration, central line care and management, peripheral line care and management, PICC line management, starting IVs
• Medications: Heparin protocols, PCA
• Respiratory: Chest tube management (Emerson/Pleur-evac), oxygen face masks, non-invasive airway management
• Professional topics: Isolation precautions, wound care and wound vac

Skills Preferred

• Work settings: Cardiac telemetry, ER holding
• Cardiac monitoring and emergency response: Management of dysrhythmias, telemetry monitoring on the unit, use of rapid response teams
• Gastrointestinal: Feeding tube care and management
• Genitourinary/renal: Renal failure
• Neurological/psychiatric: CVA
• Orthopedics: Orthopedic trauma, total joint replacements
• Plastics: Surgical drains
• Respiratory: Tracheostomy management

Pre-Start Requirements

• Background checks: Criminal background check within 6 months of start, with a 7-year search. Also includes EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG searches run quarterly, a Missouri EDL search, and a Missouri Highway Patrol check renewed annually. Education verification is required.
• Drug screen: Required within 1 year of start, must not expire during the assignment, and must include the standard panel with oxycodone.
• TB: Two negative PPDs (the first within 1 year, the second within 30 days of start), or a T-Spot or Q-Gold within 1 year of start. Yearly TB questionnaire required.
• Immunizations: Flu vaccine or exemption required during flu season (10/01 to 03/31). Tdap vaccine or declination required. Rubeola, mumps, rubella, and varicella titers, vaccines, or declinations required. Hepatitis B declination required.
• Health: Physical exam within 1 year of start. Fit test required, with any N95 model acceptable.
• Other documents: Government-issued ID, employment application, two professional references, unit-specific skills checklist, HIPAA acknowledgement, latex allergy questionnaire, confidentiality form, hand hygiene and dress code policies, fingernail policy, regulatory compliance education, facility badge photo taken within 6 months of start, and SSN/DOB confirmation