TravelNurseSource is working with Cynet Health to find a qualified PCU RN in Bangor, Maine, 04401!
Job Title: Registered Nurse
Profession: Nursing
Specialty: Intermediate Care Unit
Duration: 13 Weeks
Shift: 7 PM - 7 AM
Hours per Shift: 12
Experience:
1 year of Intermediate/PCU level of care experience or 2 years of Med/Surg experience with some PCU
License: Registered Nurse License
Certifications:
BLS
ACLS
NIHSS
PCU level RN/skillset
Must-Have:
Experience with trached patients on vents
Ability to administer 100% FiO2 via suction support and silence alarms
Comfortable caring for neuro patients with Q2H neuro checks
Experience with chest tubes, wound vacs, and cardiac rhythm interpretation
Ability to manage non-titrating vasoactive or antiarrhythmic drips
Description:
This position involves providing nursing care in an Intermediate Care Unit.
Nurses will care for cardiac and medical patients, including post-op general surgery and trauma patients.
Patient management includes those recovering from cardiac catheterization, ablation, TAVR, STEMI, NSTEMI, CHF, and COVID-19.
Nurses will handle cases involving respiratory failure that requires BiPAP or high-flow oxygen.
Patient ratios are 1:3-4 for RNs and 1:6 for techs, across both day and night shifts.
Nurses are expected to perform trach care, trach suctioning, and manage high flow oxygen delivery.
Experience with trauma patients is preferred, and stable craniotomy care is required.
Additional responsibilities include phlebotomy and managing general drain/ostomy care.
Nurses are required to start their own peripheral IVs.
Floating to other departments may be necessary depending on assignments.
General hospital orientation will precede unit-specific training.
Weekend rotation is required every other week, with time off requests approved up to 7 days.
Holiday requests must go through management for approval.
Scrub color must be professional and any color is acceptable.