Local Contract ICU​/PCU Registered Nurse

Position: Local Contract ICU/PCU Registered Nurse - $59 per hour
Alto Healthcare Staffing is seeking a local contract nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a local contract nursing job in State College, Pennsylvania.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit

• Discipline: RN

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Start Date:

• Duration: 12 weeks

• 36 hours per week

• Shift: 12 hours

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Employment Type:

Local Contract

Job Description:

Preference will be given to those with EPIC experience. In person start date would be Responsible to the Unit Director/Manager/designee for overall nursing practice. Provides professional nursing care to treat human responses to life-threatening problems, based on the American Association of Critical Care Nursing (AACN) Standards. This includes the responsibility for assessment of the patients needs, development of a plan of care, implementation of nursing measures and evaluation of the effectiveness of the nursing care and other treatments to protect, maintain, and restore health for the pediatric through geriatric age population.

The Critical Care nurse recognizes cardiac arrhythmias and life-threatening emergency situations and takes appropriate action.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Assessment is ongoing for all critically ill patients to promote optimal outcome.

Conducts a comprehensive health history and physical assessment.

Prioritizes patient problems/needs according to the actual/potential threat.

Develops and implements a plan of care based on ongoing assessments. A problem list is developed, prioritized and updated to meet critically ill patients' needs, which includes discharge planning and appropriate referrals.

Manages life-threatening complications of critically ill patients per Mount Nittany Medical Center policies and procedures and based on AACN standards. Interventions are established to prevent life-threatening complications, maintain airway and ventilation, hemodynamic stability, and stable heart rhythm.

Accepts responsibility and accountability for maintaining knowledge and skills in critical care practice.

Maintains an awareness of professional issues.

Updates knowledge and clinical skills on an ongoing basis.

Remains current on concepts, trends, scientific advances, biomedical equipment and ethics relating to Critical Care Nursing by updating knowledge and clinical skills on ongoing basis.

Ensures the minimum qualifications of position are met at all times including licensure, certification and  mandatory education and participates in annual competency fair.

Assists with temporary pacemaker insertion and ambulance transport as needed

Position Urgency:
Normal

Shifts:

Days; 3 12 Hour Shifts EOW, EOH

State License Details:
Must Be Currently Active

Minimum Years of

Experience:

2

Minimum Guaranteed

Hours:

36

Sub Specialty:
Intensive Care / Coronary Nurse (ICU), PCU

General

Certifications:

, General Certifications(PALS,ACLS,BLS/BCLS);
Nursing Certifications(NIHSS)

Nursing

Certifications:

Contract Length in Weeks:
14

Alto Health Care Staffing is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or geographical laws.

Alto Job  #. Posted job title: RN - ICU/PCU

About Alto Healthcare Staffing

Alto Staffing is a professional staffing, placement, and human resource firm that got its start in 2003. Our founder witnessed first-hand how much her colleagues cared for their patients and how little their staffers would care for them. Since then, we’ve dedicated ourselves to building an enterprise solution led by clinicians and experts focused on changing healthcare for the better. For the last 20 years, we’ve helped place thousands of clinicians for clients in assignments all over the country, ensuring each one received the support and solutions they needed to excel in their positions and succeed in their careers.

Benefits

• Medical benefits

• Dental benefits

• Vision benefits

• 401k retirement plan

• Referral bonus