Description

American Traveler is hiring a Progressive Care Unit RN for a night shift assignment requiring strong cardiac experience and independent telemetry interpretation skills.

Details

• Work in a high-acuity, cardiac-focused Progressive Care Unit (PCU) setting
• Nurse-to-patient ratio typically 1:4 to 1:5
• High patient acuity with frequent admissions, discharges, and significant procedural volume
• No ventilator patients on this unit
• Common patient populations include 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
• EPIC EMR experience required
• Night shift schedule: 3x12s, 36 hours per week
• No on-call requirements
• May float to similar cardiac/PCU units, but not to Cardiac Monitor Tech positions

Requirements

• Active GA or Compact RN license required
• BLS and other relevant certifications required
• Minimum 18 months of recent cardiac unit experience required
• Must independently interpret cardiac rhythms and pass a proctored, paper-based Dysrhythmia Exam using calipers on the first attempt (no tech assistance or remediation)
• Must have experience with cardiac drips including insulin, milrinone, dobutamine, amiodarone, heparin, lasix, and nitroglycerin
• Must have chest tube experience
• Must rate a 4 on all cardiac skills on the skills checklist
• Heart transplant and LVAD experience preferred (training available if needed)
• Full SSN and DOB required for consideration

Additional Information

• Provide direct care to high-acuity cardiac patients including monitoring, medication administration, and post-procedural care
• Navy blue scrubs required
• Available start dates are every Monday
• Must reside outside a 50-mile radius of the facility; local candidates not accepted
• Former Emory or Houston perm 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 on or near a holiday, or 3 days if on or near a holiday, with only one holiday request allowed