Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $2,009 per week
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions HCA — Denver, CO
$2,009/wk
Apply now- Specialty
- PCU
- Type
- Travel
- Shift
- Days
- Hours
- 36/week
- Duration
- 13 weeks
Job description
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions HCA is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Denver, Colorado.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
Surgical Transplant 5A
- Type of equipment – bladder scanner on each floor, Mobilabs for lab specimen labeling in each room, EKG machine, AccuVein, Virtual Sitter Cameras, W.O.Ws, Hoyer Lift, Sara Steady Lift, Sit to Stand Lift, Cortrak Machine to place Dobhoff tubes (core staff have competency), Ultrasound Guided PIV Machine
- EMR - Meditech
Must have: candidates without these skills will not be considered for the role.
- Minimum 1-year acute care hospital Stepdown/PCU Experience
- BLS & ACLS
Preferred or nice to have: candidates with these skills will be considered first.
- Experience with Solid Organ Transplant (kidney, liver or pancreas). We do NOT give travelers fresh transplants, unless they want to take on competencies
- Experience with modalities of higher oxygen delivery/respiratory support (Vapotherm/Bipap/CPAP)
- Knowledge of Chest Tube management and care
- Experience/knowledge of Tracheostomy management and care
- Experience with NG/Dobhoff placement and management
- Experience in management of DKA patient’s and insulin drips
- Strong critical thinking skills: identifying decompensating patients (ie: sepsis)
List typical procedures performed on unit(s):
- Wound/drain care (large surgical population)
- Frequent lab draws from Central Lines
- Transfusing blood products
- Use of two point soft physical restraints
- Use of NICOM (form of non-invasive cardiac monitoring)
- CBI (Continuous Bladder Irrigation)
- Plasmapheresis (partner with the HD/infusion nurse, done on the unit)
- Experience caring for patients with Heparin gtts, PCA’s, Epidurals, Cardiac Arrhythmias, management of anti-arrhythmic drips (any drip that isn't a titratable pressor), central line care/use, Reading telemetry strips, Strong Infection Prevention knowledge for immunocompromised patient population, comfortable with transfusing blood products
About HealthTrust Workforce Solutions HCA
At HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, healthcare is not just about the four walls of a facility but about the people who provide and receive care. Our focus is on empowering healthcare professionals to deliver exceptional patient experiences by providing them with the necessary skills, tools, and support. We partner with healthcare facilities nationwide to ensure that the right professionals are in the right roles. We prioritize our clinicians by giving them a voice and access to opportunities to fulfill their mission of improving lives by providing quality patient care.
We are committed to our core values of Trust, Innovation, Adaptability, Courage, and Accountability. We are dedicated to positively impacting the healthcare industry by providing first-priority access to more than 200,000 jobs nationwide to our healthcare professionals. Join us and be part of the HealthTrust family, where you can make a difference every day.
We embrace our changing environment, and we maintain a culture that has a rich tradition of transforming itself to meet the challenges of the future.
MISSION STATEMENT
While putting great people in the right roles is essential, our mission is far greater. We want our clinicians to be part of the HealthTrust family, where healthcare professionals have a voice and are empowered with the right tools and opportunities to fulfill their personal mission of improving lives. Plus, as a preferred partner to thousands of top-performing hospitals, we provide our healthcare professionals with first-priority access to more than 200,000 jobs nationwide.
Benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Referral bonus
- Continuing Education
- Life insurance