PCU - Progressive Care Unit

Opportunity:

RN - PCU

Job Details:

• Work 12-hour night shifts from 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM
• Every 3rd Friday and Saturday required, plus an additional Friday or Saturday each schedule
• Holiday coverage needed for Halloween, Friday after Thanksgiving, and Christmas night
• Patient ratio of 4:1
• Work on a 25-bed Cardiac Telemetry Unit
• Telemetry experience and ability to read EKGs required
• Ability to handle a fast-paced unit with frequent admissions, discharges, transfers, and procedures required
• Perform procedures including peritoneal dialysis and EKGs
• Operate equipment including EKG machine, Hoyer Lift, and LifePak
• Use Meditech EMR system
• Set priorities and modify patient care in response to changing conditions using problem-solving skills and good judgment
• Make appropriate and timely notifications to physicians regarding patient condition changes
• Float to Med-Surg unit with low probability
• Navy scrubs required
• Required certifications: BLS and ACLS