Care Partners Staffing, Inc. has multiple per diem, travel, and local contract positions, as well as permanent placements available for healthcare professionals. Our goal is to meet the needs of our clients while providing great work/life balance for those professionals that choose us!
Currently we are looking for a Progressive Care Unit RN!
Location: 509 BILTMORE AVENUE ASHEVILLE, NC
Estimated Blended Gross Weekly Pay Rate: $2262.60
Shift: 7:00PM - 7:00AM
Duration: 13 weeks

Description:

• Number of Beds : 23: (15 Step-Down High Acuity beds on one side of unit and 8 Covid Positive patient beds on separate unit)
• Patient Ratios : 15 bed side: 1:4-5, 8 bed side: 1:4 (Max ratio unit due to unit size)
• Unit staffing description- (unit secretaries and tech availability) : Days: 1 HUC, 2-3 NA s, Nights: HUC 7p-11p, 2 NA s
• Type of equipment: In all patient rooms: Bedside Monitors, computers, scanner for med administration. Some patient rooms have sky lifts, for all others there are mobile lifts for safe patient movement, bed alarms, sitter select/chair alarms, mobile telemetry for off unit monitoring. Portable monitors, bladder scanners.
• Documentation system: Cerner/power chart
• Scheduling requirements: modified self-schedule, every other weekend.
• Floating policy: Float as all other staff to SD and Med-Surg units. We use a float/pull grid for fairness.
• Patient Experience requirements: Patient communication board in room, purposeful rounding, ICARE communication, patient safety/excellent care/medication explanation. RN/MD bedside rounding, bedside reporting. Dedicated respiratory therapists on unit Installation of TPA and Dornase into chest tubes (advanced competency)
• Required Experience/Skills/Certifications: Active Nursing License (Compact or NC State), BLS, Telemetry BLS/ACLS.
• Preferred Experience/Skills/Certifications: Familiar with pulmonary patients, Bipaps, tracheostomy, chest tubes, wounds, wound vac, drains, renal patients, IV insertion, maintenance of central lines, and post-op monitoring. Experience with patients on ventilators-but not required
• Advanced skills needed: Medication administration/instillation via chest tube. If RN does not have, our staff can train and check off for advanced competency. Experience with Ventilated patients-requested but not required as some of our patients are vent weaning and or on hospital/home ventilator.
• Procedures performed on unit: Chest tube insertion with MD, Thoracentesis with MD, Dobhoff placement with VATT team, Instillation of medication via chest tube-completed by RN s. CAPD-completed by Renal Nurse, HD-completed by Dialysis RN at bedside, Bronchoscopy-performed with MD and Endo team, Specialize in trach care, vapotherm therapy titration and vent care in with Respiratory therapist team.
• Dress Code: (Required uniform) Navy scrub pants, White scrub top. Scrub jacket must be white (no hood, sweaters, pullover, or fleece). Hospital provided green scrubs for covid patients with request

Benefits Available:

• Pay Weekly
• Referral Bonus offered
• Commission
• Flexible scheduling
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Medical Gap Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Accident
• Short-term Disability
• Cancer Assist
• Critical Illness