Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $2,200 per week

Express Healthcare Staffing of Miami is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Asheville, North Carolina.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

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Unit Specifics:

· Number of Beds : 40

· Patient Ratios : 1:5 Step-Down/1:6 MedSurg – 1:5 if combined – day and night

· Unit staffing description-Goal is a free charge, typically 1-2 CNAs based on volume – day and night

· Type of equipment : Baxter IV pumps

· Documentation system: Cerner

· Scheduling requirements: every other weekend, no call, assist with holidays

· Floating policy: expected to float to other units within skill set

· Patient Experience requirements: Patient safety and care come first.

Hospital Specifics-

· Certifications: preferred, but not required

Hiring profile

Requested Skill Set: Prefer a minimum of 2-years recent MedSurg, Telemetry (remote), and Step-Down (PCU) level experience.

Must have: Positive attitude with a focus on teamwork for this fast-paced quick-turnover unit. Our focus is ED decompression and enhanced throughput. We are not an overflow or a holding unit. We are a Clinical Decision/Direct Admit Unit with a primary goal of receiving admitted patients from the ED, completing the Admission Assessment, Medication Reconciliation, and initiating acute care orders. This constantly refined process reduces overall length of stay and enhances the patient/family experience.

We care for patients with a wide variety of diagnoses; therefore, a well-rounded background will be instrumental.

Advanced skills needed: Charge Nurse experience or willingness to consider is appreciated.

Procedures performed on unit: minimal bedside procedures due to the environment

Certifications Required: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS

Express Healthcare Staffing of Miami Job ID #EHS1013785. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.

About Express Healthcare Staffing of Miami

Who We Are

Building Success. Building Hope.

For more than 40 years, our parent company, Express Employment

International, and its affiliated brands, have been in the business of putting

people to work. Express Healthcare Staffing understands that the healthcare

field requires compassion and urgency in the care of patients.

Express Healthcare Staffing in your community places candidates in a variety

clinical position and helps healthcare employers throughout our community fill

their open positions with the qualified staff they need.

We Recruit for Clinical Positions

Express Healthcare can fulfill your staffing needs for licensed and certified

medical professionals in a variety of positions, including:

• Allied Health Professionals

• Registered Nurse (RN) – all specialties

• Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)

• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

• Medical Assistant (MA)

• And more!

Our Healthcare Staffing Solutions

We have a variety of staffing options to meet your specific hiring needs.

• Per Diem

• Contract Staffing/Travel Nursing

• Temporary Staffing

• Evaluation Hire

• Direct Hire

Our Vision

To help as many people as possible find good jobs by helping as many clients

as possible find good people.

Our Impact

Since 1983, Express has put more than 11 million people into working

worldwide.

Benefits

• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Medical benefits