Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit

Job Description

Techlink Systems Inc. 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 : 11 / 03 / 2025
• Duration : 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift : 12 hours
• Employment Type : Travel

Job Title : Registered Nurse - PCU

\nLocation (Onsite, Remote, or Hybrid?) : Winston Salem, NC (ONSITE)

\nContract Duration : 13 weeks

\nWorking Hours : Night 3x12-Hour (18 : 45 - 07 : 15)

\nTotal Weekly Hours : 36 hrs \n\n \n\nREQUIRED SKILLS / CERTS / EXP :

\nMinimum Years of Experience : 2 year required.

\nTraveler Experience : Unit WILL ACCEPTS 1st time traveler.

\nLocals Accepted / Rate Difference : Yes

\nSkills : IV start, Vents, Telemetry and cpap / bipap, Interpretation / management of dysrhythmias.

\nCerts : ACLS, BLS

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\nPREFERRED SKILLS / CERTS / EXP : NIHSS

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\nJOB DETAILS :

\nTarget Ratios : 1 : 4-5 (Mixed acuity unit with PCU and MS / Tele patients) In extreme situations the unit will go to a 1 : 6 ratio.

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\nUnit will accept 13-16weeks.

\n12 HOUR NIGHTS

\nFloat Requirement : required to float to like units.

\nWeekend Requirement : 4 weekend shifts in 6 weeks but staffing needs may require more.

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\nPatient Population : COPD, PNA, Resp distress, Covid-19, FLU, PE’s.

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\nSPECIAL 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.

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\nAn Admission / Discharge nurse

\nAssistant Nurse Manager

\nVascular Access Team

\nRRT

\nCode Team

\nBehavioral Health Team

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\nSPECIAL EQUIPMENT :

\nChest tubes

\nDrips : \nDopamine

\nCardizem

\nHeparin

\nvents, trachs, bipaps / cpaps

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\nUNIT SYSTEMS : Pyxis, EPIC, SBAR

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\nSCHEDULING TYPE : Unit Can Accommodate Block Scheduling when the needs of the unit as met.

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\nUNIT ORIENTATION : 24 hours

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\nSCRUBS : white or navy blue

Techlink Systems Inc. Job ID #TLS53201. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title : Registered Nurse - PCU

About Techlink Systems Inc.

Techlink+ is a national provider of staffing services with offices all over the USA as well as development and support centers globally.

Techlink+ was incorporated in 1998 by Jane Kim, and the company is proud to be a Certified Minority and Woman-owned Business Enterprise (MWOBE). Techlink+ provides contract staffing, contingency placement, temp-to-hire staffing, and an of vendor-managed services to Fortune 500 companies and organization nationwide with office locations in Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.