PCU Registered Nurse - Contract

CHF, MI, S/p TAVR, MVR patients, Pacemaker patients, Cardiac arrythmia patients, Drug load patients, Angiovac, Client patients, etc. Respiratory patients including COVID, FLU, COPD and Asthma exacerbations, Trach patients (> 24h since placement), chronic home ventilators.

Position: PCU RN
Location:Anchorage, AK
Shift: Night (3x12 Hours) 19:00 7:30
Duration: 13 weeks, 36 hrs/week 

Note:- License pending ok. Must be able to complete AK RN license application within 48 hours of signing (including submitting FPs, app fee, license application submittal).
Must have AK RN license in hand for Auto Offer.

Assignment Length - 13 Weeks
Start Date:ASAP
Shift: 3x12 Night Shift
Years of Experience: 1
First Timers Accepted: Yes
Certs REQ: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
Skills REQ: Per UD
Is on-call REQ: No
Weekend REQ:Weekend coverage could be more frequent than every other and is subject to staffing needs.
Will clinician float within scope to meet facility needs?: Yes- Lower acuity units, renal care, neuro, MS
Open to accommodating block schedule?: No
Locals Accepted: No - Candidates perm address must be at least 50 miles from facility
Pending License Accepted: Yes, but must have license in hand for Auto Offer
RTO Restrictions: Time off approved on an individual basis upon offer. All RTO must be included in submittal
Guaranteed Hours: 60 Hours per 2 weeks - Traveler can be called off for 1, 12-hour shift per 2 weeks

UNIT INFORMATION
Stepdown unit from ICU with a wide variety of patient populations serving multiple disciplines.

Co-Care/Virtual Nursing Model is utilized on this unit. For every patient there is 1 bedside RN, a Virtual RN, and 1 CNA.

Beside RN 1:4
CNA patient ratios are 1:6

The virtual nurse works remotely and assists patient with admission, discharge, rounding, education, plans of care, and safety rounds.

Must has AK RN license in hand for Auto Offer.

30% of patient population are cardiac in nature. CHF, MI, S/p TAVR, MVR patients, Pacemaker patients, Cardiac arrythmia patients, Drug load patients, Angiovac, Client patients, etc.
Respiratory patients including COVID, FLU, COPD and Asthma exacerbations, Trach patients (> 24h since placement), chronic home ventilators. Able to do high flow NC and BIPAP.
Overflow for Neuro patients, Renal patients.
Complicated medical surgical patients requiring higher level of monitoring. (ETOH WD, GIB, etc.)


FACILITY INFORMATION
Type of Facility: Acute Hospital
Magnet/Teaching/Level Trauma: Magnet Facility, Level II Trauma, USNWR Best Hospital in Alaska
Total Staffed Beds: 407
Scrub Color: Provided
Charting: Epic
Parking Cost: Parking is free

Job Requirements & Qualifications

• Previous Charge Experience:
  -
• Years of Experience:
  1 year(s)
• Patient Ratio Experience:
  1:4
• Charting System:
  Required, Epic
• Teaching Hospital Experience:
  -
• Community Hospital Experience:
  -
• LTAC Experience:
  -
• Trauma Level I Experience:
  -
• Trauma Level II Experience:
  -
• Travel Experience Required:
  No
• Certfications:Certs marked with * are preferred
  ACLS, BLS, NIHSS
• Skills:Skills marked with * are preferred

  Respiratory

  BiPAP/CPAP management
  Chest tubes-Emerson/PleurEvac
  High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
  Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs)
  Nasal Cannula
  Non-invasive airway management
  Oxygen administration
  Oxygen tanks
  Tracheostomy care/management

  IV therapy/Phlebotomy

  Blood Product Administration
  Central line care/management
  Peripheral Line Care/Management
  Phlebotomy*
  PICC line management
  Starting and maintaining IVs

  Work Settings

  Cardiac Telemetry*
  MS/Tele*
  Neuro Stepdown*
  PCU/DOU/IMC/Stepdown
  Telemetry

  Genitourinary/Renal

  Continuous Bladder Irrigation (CBI)*
  Pre/Post Hemodialysis Management*
  Renal failure

  Neurological/Psychiatric

  CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident)
  Pre/Post neurosurgery*
  Seizure disorders
  Spinal cord injury*
  Substance Withdrawal*
  Traumatic Brain injury*

  Medications

  Epidural analgesia*
  Heparin Protocols
  Manage Cardiac drips- no titration
  Manage Vasoactive drips-no titration
  PCA
  Titrate Cardiac drips
  Titrate Vasoactive drips*

  Gastrointestinal

  Feeding tube care and management

  Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency response

  Interpretation of dysrhythmias
  Management of dysrhythmias
  Telemetry - on the unit monitoring
  Telemetry - remote monitoring
  Use of Rapid Response/Code teams

  Professional Topics and Skills

  Isolation Precautions/PPE
  Wound Care/Wound Vac

  Endocrine/Metabolic

  IV insulin protocols*
  Titration of Insulin drips*

  Orthopedics

  Ortho trauma*
  Peripheral nerve block catheters*
  Total joint replacement*

  Cardiovascular

  Pacemakers/Temporary/Permanent*
  Post Cardiac Angiogram*
  Post MI*
  Pre/Post Cardiac Cath*
  Pre/Post Cardiac Surgery*
  Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)*

  Plastics

  Surgical drains*

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