Description

American Traveler is hiring a Step Down/PCU RN for a cardiac-focused unit requiring strong telemetry interpretation skills and recent cardiac unit experience.

Details

• Cardiac-focused PCU/Step Down unit in a hospital setting
• Nurse-to-patient ratio typically 1:4 to 1:5
• High patient acuity with frequent admissions, discharges, and significant procedural volume
• Patient population includes heart failure, A-Fib, A-Flutter, SVT, VTach, VFib, FVO, chest pain, HTN, heart transplant, congenital heart disease, and LVAD patients
• Common procedures include right and left heart catheterizations, TR band management, sheath removal/management, stent placement, valve replacement, STEMI/NSTEMI care, pacemakers, ICDs, cardioversions, ablations, and groin site management
• No ventilator patients on this unit
• 3x12-hour AM shifts totaling 36 hours per week
• No on-call requirements
• May float to similar cardiac/PCU units but not to Cardiac Monitor Tech roles
• Uses Epic EMR

Requirements

• Active GA or Compact RN license required in hand
• Current BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications required
• Minimum 18 months of recent cardiac unit experience within the past 3 years
• Epic EMR experience required
• Must independently interpret cardiac rhythms and pass a proctored, paper-based Dysrhythmia Exam using calipers on the first attempt with no tech assistance
• Must rate a "4" on all cardiac skills on the skills checklist
• Experience with cardiac drips including insulin, milrinone, dobutamine, amiodarone, heparin, lasix, and nitroglycerin required
• Chest tube experience required
• Heart transplant and LVAD experience preferred, with training available if needed

Additional Information

• Provide direct patient care for high-acuity cardiac and step down patients
• Navy blue scrubs required
• Must reside outside a 50-mile radius of the facility; local candidates not accepted
• Former Emory or Houston permanent staff must be separated for 1 year before returning to the health system, or 18 months if returning to the same facility
• RTO is limited to a maximum of 5 days if not falling on or near a holiday, or 3 days if falling on or near a holiday, with only one holiday request allowed