**Job Title:** Registered Nurse - PCU
**Job Specialty:** Ortho Neuro Surgical (ONS)
**Job Duration:** 13 weeks
**Shift:** 12-Hour Days
**Guaranteed Hours:** 36 hours per week
**Experience:** Minimum 1 year of nursing experience required; first-time travelers accepted if they have more than 1 year of experience and EPIC experience.
**License:** Registered Nurse (RN); Completion of a nursing education program approved by a board of nursing.
**Certifications:** BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
**Must-Have:**
- Intermediate/Stepdown RN experience
- Comfortability with MedSurg assignments
- Ability to read and interpret cardiac strips
- Experience with chest tubes, trach care, NGT tube placement, line management, and wound vacs
- Medication administration skills
- Drip titration experience (Heparin, Insulin, Cardizem, Amiodarone, Levophed, Esmolol drips)
**Job Description:**
- Provide nursing care for Intermediate Care acuity as well as Telemetry and MedSurg patients.
- Handle a variety of surgical patients, including those undergoing urological, orthopedic, and neuro/spine surgeries.
- Manage post-intervention neuro patients with support from education resources if necessary.
- Address general medical conditions such as cellulitis, pneumonia, COPD, renal and hepatic failure, infections, and more.
- Monitor and care for telemetry patients and manage wound care and debridement.
- Utilize skills in cardiac monitoring, medication administration, and various nursing procedures.
- Work within a pod structure for patient management with collaboration from CNAs and charge nurses.
- Float to adult inpatient units based on the scope of practice.
- Participate in a structured orientation and ongoing support from a nursing professional development team.
- Flexibility to work weekend rotations and possible extra shifts.
Please note: The role requires compliance with monthly audits for pre/post pain scoring. Orientation includes both policy/classroom training and on-unit shifts.