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Local Contract Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $47-53 per hour
Local Contract Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $47-53 per hourHealthTrust Workforce Solutions Regional • Chattanooga, TN, US
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Local Contract Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $47-53 per hour

Local Contract Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $47-53 per hour

HealthTrust Workforce Solutions Regional • Chattanooga, TN, US
17 hours ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

HealthTrust Workforce Solutions Regional is seeking a local contract nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a local contract nursing job in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Job Description & Requirements

  • Specialty : PCU - Progressive Care Unit
  • Discipline : RN
  • Start Date : 01 / 12 / 2026
  • Duration : 13 weeks
  • 36 hours per week
  • Shift : 12 hours, nights
  • Employment Type : Local Contract

Unit Specifics :

  • Number of Beds : 29
  • Unit staffing description- (unit secretaries and tech availability) : Dayshift unit secretary and 2-3 PCTs depending on census.  Nightshift has 2-3 PCTs depending on census.
  • Type of equipment :   Welch Allyn dynamaps, Phillips telemetry, Phillips MP2, Pyxis, Alaris pumps, Hill-Rom beds, iMobile devices, MobiLab
  • Documentation system : Meditech
  • Scheduling requirements : 3 weekend shifts per 4-week schedule.  Self-scheduling (within reason to allow balanced staffing).  May request days off as needed prior to schedule closing.  Schedule will be finalized 2 weeks in advance.  Can accommodate block scheduling for night shift.
  • Floating policy : Travel RNs float first.  We rotate floating, and the oldest float date will float first.
  • Patient Experience requirements :   We have a heavy cardiac patient population, and the CV surgery patients come to PCU when they leave our ICU.  We perform Q6H head-to-toe assessments and chart each one fully.  We do the usual PCU gtts – Dopamine, Dobutrex, Nitro, Heparin, Cardizem, Lidocaine, Milrinone, Amiodarone, Cardene, Labetolol, Insulin, and we also titrate Precedex.

    • Hospital Specifics-

  • Certifications :   BLS and ACLS required.

    • Requested Skill Set : Cardiac / telemetry experience, and PCU and / or critical care experience.

    The PCU delivers highly individualized care to medical, cardiac, and surgical complex patients requiring intermediate care such as : Sepsis, stroke, myocardial infarction, angina, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, tachycardia, heart blocks, post cardiac catheterization, AKI, CKD, diabetes mellitus with ketoacidosis, CVA, acute and chronic respiratory failure, GI bleed, pneumonia, post-operative day one coronary artery bypass grafting, post-operative day one aortic valve surgery, post thoracic surgery, post neurosurgery, as well as other complex patients.

    Advanced skills needed : IV insertion, chest tube management, DHT insertion / management, tracheostomy experience, CVC management, EKG, Foley management, early patient mobility

    Procedures performed on unit : Foley placement, IV insertion, wound vac management, DKA management, EKGs, DHT / NG placement, patient ambulation, ADLs

    Certifications Required : BLS and ACLS

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