**Job Title:** Registered Nurse - PCU
**Job Specialty:** Progressive Care Unit (PCU) - Open Heart Progressive Care
**Job Duration:** 13 Weeks
**Shift:** Night Shift, 4x12-Hour (19:00 - 07:00)
**Guaranteed Hours:** 36 or 48 hour contract options
**Experience:** Minimum 2 years of RN experience required
**License:** West Virginia RN license or Compact License
**Certifications:** BLS, ACLS (American Heart Association)
**Must-Have:**
- Chest tube insertion assistance, management, and removal experience
- Central line experience
- External/internal pacemakers experience
- Wound vacuum experience
**Job Description:**
- Provide nursing care in a 29-bed progressive care unit for post-op open heart and other cardiothoracic post-surgical patients requiring cardiac monitoring.
- Accept Med/Surg overflow patients as needed.
- Support and assist with chest tube insertions, manage chest tubes, and handle their removal.
- Handle central line insertions and management.
- Assist with the management of external and internal pacemakers.
- Utilize wound vacuums effectively.
- Maintain a 4:1 patient ratio.
- Be available for shifts on weekdays, and every other weekend. Float as needed within the scope of practice.
- Be open to accommodating blocked schedule requests.
- Orientation is held every other week on Thursday.
- Must comply with facility rules and regulations including health requirements.
**Additional Information:**
- Orientation Hours: 16
- Modules are non-billable and average 2-4 hours, included in 16 hours of Non-Billable Orientation (NBO).
- Covid-19 vaccine not required; flu vaccine required with medical exemptions only.
- Full compliance file must be submitted by noon on Monday prior to start. Insufficient documentation will result in a 2-week delay.
(Note: Any reference to specific hospitals, clinic names, or locations has been removed to maintain confidentiality.)