Registered Nurse-PCU

Description

Job Opportunity : Registered Nurse - PCU

Facility : Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center Crisis Response

Location : Wilmington, NC

Employment Type : Travel / Contract

Shift : Night (3x12 Hours) 18 : 45 7 : 15

Start Date : 3 / 24 / 2025

Job Duration : 13 weeks

Compensation : Rate Type : Hourly

Over Time : 40 total hours in 1 week : 1.25%

Double Time : None

On-Call : 10$

Call Back : 1.5%

Holiday Pay : 1.5%

Additional Information :

RTO after booking is not allowed and is not allowed to be worked out onsite. Any call offs or additional RTO on unit, could possibly turn into a cancel and DNR.

REQUIRED SKILLS / CERTS / EXP :

Minimum Years of Experience : Must have 2 years of surgical unit experience

Traveler Experience : Travel experience is preferred by not required

Locals Accepted / Rate Difference : Yes

Skills : PCU / DOU / IMC / Stepdown. Interpretation of dysrhythmias, Management of dysrhythmias, use of Rapid Response Teams, Blood Product Administration, Central line care / management, Peripheral Line Care / Management, Manage Cardiac drips- no titration, Manage Vasoactive drips-no titration, Nasal Cannula, Non-invasive airway management, Isolation Precautions, Wound Care / Wound Vac

Certs : BLS, ACLS, NIH

PREFERRED SKILLS / CERTS / EXP : Charge nurse experience and Level 1 Trauma, Titration of cardiac and vasoactive drips

JOB DETAILS :

Ratios : Ratios are 1 : 3 / 4 for floor for surgical / medicine stepdown patients. If stepdown beds are not full would require ability to care for medical surgical floor patients in a 1 : 6 ratio. Travelers are expected to be handling stepdown patients 40% of the time, and MS patients 60% of the time with a 1 : 6 ratio.

Shift : 12 HR NIGHTS; 36 or 48 hours accepted. If 48, then no OT billed until after 48 hours.

RTO : 7 days MAX

Float Requirement : Like Units or Med / Surg Floor Patients

Weekend Requirement : every other weekend

Contract staff will be assigned and expected to work a Storm Team and / or Hurricane Team. Contract staff may be required to report to work during a catastrophic event, mass casualty or disaster. Consolidation to the Centralized Office mid contract may occur and the contract staff may be preassigned to units as needed.

PATIENT DIAGNOSES : Wide range of patient diagnoses that have had or plan to have surgery or involved in a trauma : Cellulitis, Appendicitis, Cholecystitis, Diverticulitis, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Gun Shots, Stabbings, Falls, Various Cancers, Kidney Stones, Bowel Obstruction, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Limb Ischemia, Hernia, Gangrene

SPECIAL PROCEDURES / UNIT DETAILS : Wide range of any inpatient surgical procedure, as well as trauma : Cholecystectomy, Appendectomy, Hernia Repair, TURP, Ostomy Creation or Closure, Wound Debridement, Tumor Removal, Kidney Stone Removal, Amputations, Fem Pop Bypass

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT : Wound Vacs, Chest Tubes, NG tube / Corpak, JP Drains, Hemovac Drains, Penrose Drains

UNIT SYSTEMS (Medication, Documentation, Communication) : Pyxis, EPIC, SBAR

SCHEDULING TYPE : Schedule as needed as needed

UNIT ORIENTATION : 2 Days of hospital orientation, 24 hours of floor training

SCRUBS : All Navy or Navy on bottom / White Top

• INTERNAL NOTES
• MUST Pass EKG Testing prior to start for this specialty.

Combination acuity unit : Adult medical surgical and surgical stepdown.