PCU - Progressive Care Unit

Opportunity:

RN - Stepdown

Job Details:

• 13-week contract with 36 guaranteed hours per week
• 12-hour night shift schedule with every other weekend and holiday rotation required
• Patient ratio of 1:4-5 patients on night shift
• Strong cardiac/heart care experience required with minimum 1 year of cardiac experience
• Minimum 2 years medical-surgical experience required
• At least 1 completed travel contract preferred
• Experience must be in short-term acute care hospital setting
• ICU nurses comfortable with 1:4-5 patient ratios will be considered
• Must be comfortable with rhythm interpretation and familiar with routine cardiac care for patient populations including open heart surgical, arrhythmia, chest pain, cardiac procedural patients, heart failure, acute MI, and more
• Unit is an intermediate care unit (HCU) with 31 beds seeing a variety of patients including cardiac, sepsis, respiratory failure, stroke, and medical overflow patients
• Patient populations include heart failure, heart surgery and thoracic surgeries, pacemaker placements, ablations, TAVRs, cardiac caths, MI, hypertension urgency, sepsis, respiratory failure, strokes, and medical overflow
• Current Epic charting experience within the last 12 months required
• May be required to float to Oconomowoc Memorial and/or Mukwonago as needed
• No on-call or callback requirements
• Scrub color: Any color
• Required certifications: WI or Compact RN license, AHA BLS, AHA ACLS, NIHSS
• Required education: Associate Degree or Certificate
• Preferred education: Bachelor's Degree