Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $2,684 per week

Job Description

Genie Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Job Description & Requirements

Specialty:

PCU - Progressive Care Unit
Discipline:

RN
Start Date:

07/18/2024
Duration:

13 weeks
48 hours per week
Shift:

12 hours, days
Employment Type:

Travel
REQUIRED SKILLS / CERTS / EXP:
Minimum Years of Experience: 1 year required.
Traveler Experience: Unit WILL ACCEPTS 1st time traveler.
Locals Accepted
Skills: IV start, Vents, Telemetry and cpap/bipap,

Interpretation/management

of dysrhythmias.
Certs: ACLS, BLS

PREFERRED SKILLS / CERTS / EXP: NIHSS

JOB DETAILS:
Target Ratios: 1:6 (Mixed acuity unit with PCU and MS/Tele patients with ratios of 1:6-7)

Float Requirement: required to float to like units.

Patient Population: COPD, PNA, Resp distress, Covid-19, FLU, PE’s.
***Patient population currently includes care for COVID-19 patients, including those who have tested positive.***

SPECIAL PROCEDURES / UNIT DETAILS: Our acuity is on the higher end of a med-surg unit, but we do operate with a team lead present in a 3:1 that rounds the whole unit, 2 respiratory therapists that are rounding, and an assistant nurse manager on shift including weekends. We do take ventilators on our unit but they are for chronic trach/vent patients. Our model is that no nurse has more than one vent patient at a time. Our unit is 48 beds in total. Our CNA’s are a 9-10:1. Most of our patient population is going to be COPD exacerbations, pneumonia, acute respiratory failure, and patients with chest tubes, CPAP, BiPAP. Many have comorbidities as well as telemetry monitoring.
Genie Healthcare Job ID #2519520kk. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 48 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.
About Genie Healthcare

Genie Healthcare is one of the fastest growing Nurse Travel Agencies in the USA. Genie serves hundreds of facilities and has over 4000 current travel RN contracts open at any given time.

Genie provides travel RN’s flexibility, support, top pay scale, housing and the #1 rated, multi-state health insurance coverage.

Genie Healthcare carries with it a commitment to providing a comprehensive level of service and quality care. Growing from a small team of eager recruiters to a company with satisfied clients in nearly every corner of the nation, delivering excellence in patient and customer care is the key to Genie’s success.

The management team has 20 years of experience in workforce solutions and staffing in medical and non-medical fields, roles ranging from Clerical job to Cardiologist to software developer to CEO.