Cardiac PCU RN
Seattle, Washington
Swedish Medical Center - Cherry Hill Campus

Cardiac PCU RN

Overview

• Specialty: Registered Nurse
• Location: Seattle, Washington
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Night (4x12 hours), 19:00 to 07:30
• Hours: 12 hours per day, 48 hours per week
• Schedule: Every other weekend required
• Float: Floating to like units required; travelers must be flexible to floating
• Float policy: Float policy acknowledgement required. May be required to float to another facility within a reasonable distance.
• Nurse-to-patient ratio: 1:4 across the board (can be 5 at midnight)

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Washington
• 1 year of Cardiac PCU (Progressive Care Unit) experience, with Cardiac PCU experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) issued by the American Heart Association or Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation
• BLS issued by the American Heart Association or Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation
• NIHSS
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• IV insertion skills
• Open heart surgery experience
• Vascular surgery experience
• Radial band management
• Telemetry experience (3 years)
• Experience with Epic

Clinical Duties and Skills

• Breathing treatments, chest tube set-up and care, CPAP/BiPap, trach care, sternal precautions
• Blood and blood products administration
• Cardioversion and defibrillation, epicardial pacer management
• LVAD care, open heart patients 24-28 hours post-op
• Telemetry interpretation: dysrhythmia interpretation and management

Patient Population

• Cardiac PCU, myocardial infarction, rule out MI, primary arrhythmias
• Pre- and post-open-heart surgery patients, vascular surgery patients
• Coronary artery disease, heart failure
• Pre- and post-cath lab patients with or without interventions
• Stroke patients with cardiac involvement
• Specialized structural heart support (VAD, TVAR, etc.)
• Patients with chest tubes and sternal precautions

Onboarding Requirements

• Background check: Within 90 days of start, covering all locations lived or worked in the past 7 years; updated annually
• Background components: SSN trace, death master index, county and nationwide criminal searches, national sex offender search, FACIS Level 3, education verification, international search if applicable
• Washington State Patrol/WATCH search: Required by state law within 90 days of start
• Exclusion, sanctions: EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks within 30 days of start, updated monthly
• Education verification: Third-party verification of nursing degree required; international RNs may provide a CES report while verification is in process
• Drug screen: 9-panel drug screen within 12 months of start; instants acceptable
• Physical exam: Within 1 year of start, signed by MD, NP, PA, DO (APRN signature accepted); must indicate free of infectious disease and ability to work with or without accommodation
• Tuberculosis: Negative IGRA/TSPOT, QuantiFERON-TB Gold, or 2 PPDs within 12 months of start; annual single PPD or TB titer on renewal. Positive TB history requires proof and a chest X-ray.
• Vaccinations or immunity documentation: MMR (2 doses or positive titer), varicella (2 doses or positive titer), hepatitis B (declination or titer and vaccine documentation), Tdap within 10 years (declination accepted)
• Flu vaccine: Required during flu season (vaccine or declination)
• COVID: Vaccination record preferred; declination not required
• Respirator clearance: RespSafety clearance required, medically cleared annually; fit test required (completed onsite if no valid record within 1 year)
• References: 2 references covering 1 year of employment within the last 3 years in a comparable specialty or setting
• Employment application: Must include at least the last 5 years of employment
• Skills checklist: Required for the unit; updated annually
• Medication/pharmacology competency exam: Required as applicable
• Annual regulatory training: Approximately 3.5 hours of modules each year