RN - PCU

Details

Client Name
Atrium Health Mercy - AC

Job Type
Travel

Offering
Nursing

Profession
RN

Specialty
PCU

Job ID
35537689

Job Title
RN - PCU

Weekly Pay
$1878.0


Shift Details

Shift
Night - 12x3 - 07PM

Scheduled Hours
36


Job Order Details

Start Date
09/14/2026

End Date
12/12/2026

Duration
13 Week(s)


Job Description
Job Title: RN - PCU
Profession: Registered Nurse
Specialty: Progressive Care Unit
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 12-hour Night Shift
Hours per Shift: 36
Experience: 18 months of PCU experience required
License: Active RN License
Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS


Must-Have:
General PCU skillset including:
- Stroke experience
- Cardiac rhythm interpretation
- Tracheostomy care
- Peripheral IV starts
- Chest tube management
- NGT placement
- Drain and tube management (including Dobhoff, PEG tubes, Hemovac, JP drains, flexiseals, foley insertion and management)
- PCA pump management
- Medication drip management (including cardiac drips, Heparin, Insulin, blood products, IV fluids)


Description:
This position is for a Registered Nurse in the Progressive Care Unit.
The facility has 207 licensed beds with no trauma designation.
This is not a teaching hospital.
The unit has 10 MedSurg beds and 10 Progressive Care beds.
Patient types include Heart Failure, Chest Pain, risk of Stroke, General Medical Sepsis, Renal Failure, Respiratory Failure, DKA, and interventional patients requiring titratable drips.
Patient ratios are RN: MedSurg 1:5-6 and PCU 1:3-4.
Support within the department includes a certified nursing assistant, receptionist, and charge nurse.
Additional support is provided by a phlebotomy team for peripheral blood draws and an IV team available from 11 AM to 7 PM and 11 PM to 7 AM.
Respiratory Therapy is available 24/7.
There are hospitalists and intensivists in-house until 11 PM Monday through Friday and until 7 PM on weekends.
Telemetry monitoring is not provided, and floating is required to all units within scope and below, as well as to other facilities within the region and scope of practice.
Weekend rotation is required every other week with no call.
Travelers will work 75% of holidays.
Requests for time off can be approved for up to 6 days, excluding holidays, with the requirement to add time to the end of the contract if contracted hours are not met.
The unit culture emphasizes teamwork.


Client Details

Address
2001 Vail Ave.

City
Charlotte

State
NC

Zip Code
28207


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